NYT Crossword December 11, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Against 4 5A Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband 4 9A Suisse peak 4 13A Spoils 4 14A Work of Bellini or Bizet 5 16A Stead 4 17A SEAL … SWAT … B … 10 19A Some ways off 4 20A Plane divider 5 21A English town known for its salt 5 23A Sustainable start? 3 24A Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across 3 26A Author Zora ___ Hurston 5 28A Utopia … 10 … ideal … 14 34A Warms up for a race, say 4 35A Columbus's smallest ship 4 36A "No harm, no foul" 5 37A Bus. page news 3 38A Landing area in a long jump 7 40A Sign for cheap admission 3 41A Word with heavy or scrap 5 43A Slip (out), in a way 4 44A Cry over spilt milk? 4 45A Puff … Komodo … Smaug … 14 48A Take inspiration from 5 49A Quote from Homer 3 50A Cable staple since 1972 3 51A A replay might be seen in this 5 55A Echo starter 5 59A Prepares to throw 4 61A Fish … scuba … Army … 10 63A Reunion group 4 64A Subject of an Oscars announcement 5 65A What a dog might do to its owner 4 66A Lottery-style gambling game 4 67A Dreamcast developer 4 68A Puts two and two together, say 4

Down

1D Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers" 4 2D Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant 4 3D Steps up to, as the line 4 4D Right-leaning type 7 5D Super-trendy 3 6D Electrified Olympic weapon 4 7D Collect, as rewards 4 8D Huggers 4 9D In the style of 3 10D Something learned the hard way, often 10 11D Organization promoting international goodwill 10 12D Coin with 12 stars on it 4 15D Acting collectively 5 18D Un-solid-ify 4 22D Be worthy of 5 25D Sol's sister 4 27D Toward the back of the boat 3 28D Big wheels in the Vatican? 10 29D Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954) 10 30D Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this 5 31D Quit 5 32D Art class staple 5 33D Abrupt endings, of a sort 4 34D 2022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend 4 38D Narrow openings 5 39D Big Apple debut in 2010 4 42D This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president 3 44D "Lux-ur-ious!" 7 46D Nick of "Cape Fear" 5 47D Pan in the butt? 4 50D Cybersecurity concern 4 52D Electrical units 4 53D Maze runners, sometimes 4 54D Universal donor's type, informally 4 56D Children's author Blyton 4 57D Popular stick-figure webcomic 4 58D Quizzes 4 60D ___-cone 3 62D New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker 3