NYT Crossword December 13, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Possible turnoff on a first date 9 10A Spicy shellfish dish 11 12A Yellow 5 and Red 40, for two 13 14A City SE of Chicago 4 15A "Cool beans!" 5 16A Grub 4 18A "Knowing" without really knowing, for short 3 19A Shade of the gay pride triangle 7 21A Cry in many a horror film 3 22A Actress Birch of "Hocus Pocus" 5 24A Robert Byrd was one for 51 years: Abbr. 3 25A Abstain from 5 27A Philippic 6 29A Connect to the internet via mobile hotspot, as a device 6 30A Subs 7 32A Home heating component 7 33A Dub 7 34A Board of creatives? 7 35A Countenance 4 36A Ready to dive in, say 5 38A Streamlet 4 39A Ticker tape?: Abbr. 3 40A First, second or third 7 42A "___ won't!" 3 43A Shift shape 5 45A They travel through tubes 3 46A "Dang it!" 5 48A Gluttonous request … or what this puzzle has vis-à-vis the possible answer lengths? 15 51A Obtain 6 52A Morning prayer 6 53A Doorbell sounds 5 54A Weapon that killed Medusa, in myth 5

Down

1D Harbor bobber 4 2D Wiz end? 3 3D Alternative to a snake 5 4D Fancy hotel amenities 6 5D Orangutan, by another name 6 6D Include later, as video footage 6 7D Heed 5 8D Part of TNT 3 9D Order at a restaurant 4 10D Creator of some bubbles 14 11D "Remember …" 14 12D Audrey Hepburn and Princess Diana, for two 12 13D Some of them may be forgiven 12 14D Be looped in 10 17D School viewing? 10 19D Lost all patience 5 20D Mourning peal 5 23D ___ Cajun (Creole sauce with a rhyming name) 5 26D Cousin of a wolverine 5 28D Pot user? 5 29D Article of regalia worn by both Elizabeth II and Pope Paul VI 5 31D Birds also known as "little auks" 8 32D Sign of good reception? 8 37D Present 4 40D "Well, whoop-de-doo!" 5 41D Rapper with the 2022 hit "Big Energy" 5 44D Not mucho 4 47D Sound from fans 4 49D A little work 3 50D Pitch, roll and ___ (rotations along the three-dimensional axes) 3