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New York Times, Thursday, December 4, 2025

December 05, 2025

By Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen • 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house → CEDAR

6. Onetime Volvo competitor → SAAB

10. Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV" → CCCP

14. Concession admission → ILOSE

15. Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh → AGRA

16. Heard, but not seen → ORAL

17. Also + Frozen water → TOOKNOTICE

19. Actress Rooney → MARA

20. Hoopsters might hang on to them → RIMS

21. Mate → PAL

22. Name of eight English kings → HENRY

23. Put into practice → USE

24. Three squared + Slide → NINETIESKID

27. Brand with "counting sheep" mascots → SERTA

29. Stop right there! → INN

30. ___ Luís, Brazilian city of 1.1+ million → SAO

31. Veterinarian's interest → ANIMALS

35. Buzzed, in a way → HIGH

36. Italian "darling" + Top-shelf → CARAMELDELITE

39. Deep shade of green → MOSS

40. Like kilts and some drapes → PLEATED

41. "___ is a revolt against fate": André Malraux → ART

42. Prefix with tracking → GEO

43. Uncool bunch → NERDS

47. Northern tribe + Toe trouble → CREEPINGOUT

52. "Niiiiice!" → OOH

53. Dances around? → HORAS

54. Org. with a fraud hotline → IRS

55. "___ upon a midnight dreary ..." → ONCE

56. Stink → ODOR

57. Auto + Consumed → CARBONDATE

60. Cavuto of cable news → NEIL

61. Fruit so named for its wrinkly skin → UGLI

62. Sharp fingernail, humorously → TALON

63. Curling current → EDDY

64. Get the win over → BEST

65. Multiheaded monster of myth → HYDRA

Down Clues

1. Oranges, but not apples → CITRUS

2. Precocious literary resident of the Plaza Hotel → ELOISE

3. One who expects the apocalyptic worst → DOOMER

4. Aims to sell for, as a price → ASKS

5. Last name in "The Last Jedi" → REN

6. Evil one → SATAN

7. Flexible → AGILE

8. Eyebrow, essentially → ARC

9. Sweetie → BAE

10. Follows through on one's R.S.V.P., say → COMES

11. Turns the volume way up → CRANKSIT

12. Posture → CARRIAGE

13. Toy with a scent trademarked by Hasbro → PLAYDOH

18. Cosmetics alternative to Essie → OPI

22. Clutch producer → HEN

24. Mama's mama → NANA

25. Swinton of 2024's "The Room Next Door" → TILDA

26. Hawaii, often, on a map → INSET

28. Besmirches → TARS

32. Head of the design firm behind One Dallas Center → IMPEI

33. Noggin → MELON

34. Stein's contents → ALE

35. Secrete → HIDE

36. A little rusty, perhaps → CORRODED

37. Element of a certain belt → ASTEROID

38. Period of abstinence, for some → LENT

39. Speed equal to roughly 767 miles per hour → MACHONE

42. It'll find a way, for short → GPS

44. Noted name in clowns → RONALD

45. Falsify, as a photo → DOCTOR

46. Two-time Grammy-winning Easton → SHEENA

48. Primitive → EARLY

49. When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title → GIRLS

50. Go around → ORBIT

51. Troupe for troops, in brief → USO

55. Jazz great Anita → ODAY

57. Greenhorn → CUB

58. Input on an alcohol retailer's website → AGE

59. Advanced degree? → NTH