NYT Crossword December 10, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "___ been had!" 4 5A Shoo away, in a way 6 11A Thunderbolt wielder 4 15A First name in daring jumps 4 16A City NE of Olympia 6 17A Familiar with the tricks of 4 18A Emulates a dog around the family dinner table 4 19A Like voice mail messages, for example 11 21A Red "Inside Out" character 5 23A OUT OF ORDER! PAPER TRAY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE! 7 24A J.F.K. Library architect 3 25A Verbal hesitations 3 27A "No ___!" 5 31A Like some boarding school attire 6 33A Green dispensaries? 4 37A Iconic repeated Keanu Reeves role 3 38A Bit of condensation 4 39A Type of flooded field 9 42A Protected lands for plants and animals 14 44A OUT OF ORDER! USE STAIRS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! 9 45A One who is acting? 4 46A Corp. money bigwig 3 47A Some pearls of wisdom 4 48A Third-party holding 6 51A Used to have 5 54A ___ Chinmoy, 20th-century Indian spiritual leader 3 55A Time piece? 3 56A Hole in the wall 7 61A Rapper who co-starred in 1994's "Above the Rim" 5 63A Love poem opener 11 67A Article of pool equipment 4 68A Children's author Carle who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" 4 69A OUT OF ORDER! USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD! 6 70A Corn container 4 71A Release steam 4 72A Diocese assemblies 6 73A Final boss in the game God of War 4

Down

1D Software accessed via an online browser 6 2D Game-tying goal 6 3D Healthier version of a breakfast side dish 11 4D "Or ___ what?" 4 5D Longtime NASCAR sponsor 3 6D Alters the shape of 5 7D Dell competitor 4 8D Singer Amos 4 9D "You can say that again!" 4 10D Sensitivity 4 11D Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega 5 12D Ax, so to speak 3 13D Beehive State athlete 3 14D Grassy section 3 20D Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short 3 22D Performer of the 1992 dance song "Supermodel (You Better Work)" 6 26D Greek figures with multiple heads 6 28D Status of 23-, 44- and 69-Across, as indicated by their clues and placement in the grid 11 29D Trampoline mats 4 30D Elf product 3 32D Org. opposed to "speciesism" 4 33D Common street sign symbol 5 34D Several things in a pagoda 5 35D Party starters, in brief 3 36D Sowing machine 6 40D "To your health!," in Germany 6 41D ___ gaz (carbonated: Fr.) 4 42D [Don't open this at the office!] 4 43D One of four rhyming letters 3 44D Modern prefix with village 3 49D "The Matrix" character, with "the" 6 50D Nuts 6 52D Standing 5 53D Aachen article 3 54D "There is more to life than increasing its ___": Gandhi 5 57D Some needle work, in brief 4 58D "Community" character played by Donald Glover 4 59D Apt letters missing from _ _stra_ _ 4 60D Songwriter Guthrie 4 62D ___ Minor 4 63D Fire up 3 64D Prize that a prospector pries 3 65D Sloth, e.g. 3 66D Some N.F.L. linemen 3