NYT Crossword December 14, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Marvel superhero who can manipulate weather patterns 5 6A Something fun to take out for a spin 3 9A Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short 3 12A Parts of a hand 5 17A Irritate 5 18A Recaps 7 20A Paul whose house is one of the 16 historic sites of Boston's Freedom Trail 6 21A False alarm announcement? 13 23A Jedi-in-training 7 24A Sensible 7 25A TV host Brzezinski 4 26A #1 choice, in slang 4 27A "No ___, ands or buts!" 3 28A Pollution-fighting org. 3 29A "Game of Thrones" actor Gillen 5 31A River that borders the Black Forest 5 33A "Render ___ Caesar …" 4 34A Major coin producer 10 37A Viking I or II 10 39A Astronaut Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space 5 40A Nickname for Mark's unsevered best friend in "Severance" 5 41A They turn red litmus paper blue 5 42A First chimpanzee to orbit Earth 4 43A Football blocker? 7 46A Hair-raising stuff 3 47A Remodel and resell some real estate 10 49A Marching band tempo setters 9 54A Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" 3 55A Season to enjoy une glace 3 56A Ruler before 1917 4 58A "Black-ish" airer 3 59A It's a numbers game 4 60A Clothing for SWAT teams 5 62A "The Simpsons" character who becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles 4 64A Puff piece? 4 66A Like the number of Oscars vis-à-vis the number of Emmys 5 67A Plant watcher, for short 4 68A Camera type, in brief 3 69A Site of some Santa sightings 4 71A Longtime record label of Elvis Presley 3 73A 911 responder 3 74A "Hilarious!" 9 77A "I mean, kind of ..." 10 80A "Don't give up!" 3 81A ¬ or ~, in logic 7 83A Beat poet ___ Cassady 4 84A Like some milk, idiomatically 5 87A ___ on the past 5 88A Indication of bad service 5 90A "Much obliged" 10 92A Crossed the International Date Line from east to west, or west to east (depending on how you look at it) 10 97A Bundled up 4 98A Articles are written in this 5 99A Brand name for naproxen 5 100A ___ Miss 3 101A Doll that comes in multiple body types, skin tones, eye colors and hair colors 3 102A Drink known also as "honey wine" 4 103A Frosty 4 105A Subject of Newton's first law 7 108A Enjoying a soak 7 110A 1980 horror film starring William Hurt ... or what the shaded squares contain? 13 112A Fundamental rules of math 6 113A Loopy writing 7 114A Star pitcher? 5 115A "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker 5 116A Letters for an unscheduled event 3 117A Prefix with natal 3 118A Like a bubble bath 5

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1D Surveyed, with "out" 6 2D Early track star Jim 6 3D Resident of Honolulu, e.g. 6 4D Touchless payment tech 4 5D Internet ___ 4 6D Cheat on, in a way 7 7D Surgery sites, in brief 3 8D Video game character with an endless appetite 6 9D Be in a chat room but not chat 4 10D Soldiers with long arms 8 11D Alternative to the euro, in brief 3 12D Relinquish 4 13D Director DuVernay 3 14D Turns back the clock, maybe? 7 15D Opposite of volunteer 7 16D Parts of many robots in robot-sumo 7 19D Area inside the free-throw line, in basketball slang 5 20D "Gaspard de la Nuit" composer 5 22D Addresses angrily 8 23D Variety of violet 5 26D Urban safety hazard 8 30D Australia's largest carnivorous mammal 5 32D Word used 10 times in Roger Ebert's review of "North" (1994) 5 33D Dissimilar 7 35D Part of a legendary boast 4 36D Skips all the ceremony? 6 38D The brother in "Am I my brother's keeper?" 4 40D What might be made while clasping one's hands 4 42D Engineer Gray who, arguably, invented the telephone — and battled Alexander Graham Bell over it in court for years 6 44D Ballpark figure 4 45D Kind of tea 5 46D Sierra automaker 3 47D Shylock's security 5 48D Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" 5 50D Non-premium option in a rideshare app 5 51D Gaming mogul Gabe 6 52D Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to James Bond 5 53D Put into piles, perhaps 4 54D Swear 4 57D Parking space for an Airstream, say, in brief 5 61D Did some school reporting? 7 63D Exceptionally hard timber 8 65D Amy Winehouse, e.g. 4 66D Thumbprint alternative on iPhones 6 68D Reluctant to ask out one's crush, maybe 3 70D Particularly particular 4 72D Cafeterias 8 75D Like many indie films 4 76D Many characters in the 2007 comedy "Superbad" 5 78D He had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Rubber Duckie" 5 79D Tortilla de patatas, por ejemplo 4 82D Where high schoolers work on their numbers? 8 84D Starship's medical facility 7 85D Ren faire prop akin to a halberd 7 86D "Sign me up!" 7 87D Hair-care item associated with Black culture 5 89D Like YouTube offerings 7 91D Commences 5 92D Rough drafts? 5 93D Interview guest whom Ali G calls "my man Buzz Lightyear here" 6 94D Like lowercase i's and j's 6 95D Sci-fi sequel of 1986 6 96D Like soft rolls 6 102D Wordless entertainment 4 104D Other, to Octavio 4 106D Brief announcements from a pilot 4 107D ___ alla bolognese (slow-cooked sauce) 4 109D Like hell! 3 110D Play a part, or part of a play 3 111D Part of N.Y.E. 3