NYT Crossword December 15, 2025 Answers

Across

1A ___ Nicholas 5 6A Judge's seat, from the French 4 10A N.Y.C. airport 3 13A "Star Wars" droid, familiarly 5 14A Side's length squared, for a square 4 15A Thrilla in Manila boxer 3 16A Recharge one's batteries 6 18A Prepared to bathe 8 20A Cool ___ cucumber 3 21A "Balderdash!" 4 23A Filled in (for), for short 6 24A Schmoozed (with) 9 27A Good, long bath 4 28A Slight injury from tripping 10 30A Bridge support 5 32A Karl Marx's "___ Kapital" 3 33A Do one better than 3 36A President Hoover 7 39A "You take credit cards?" response 7 42A Unconventional 3 43A Alternative to the pill, in brief 3 45A Dog-___ (like the pages in some books) 5 46A Foreign-language movie that you don't have to read subtitles for 10 50A Location for a goatee or soul patch 4 52A Enchanted 9 55A Big-beaked tropical bird 6 57A One-named Brazilian soccer star 4 58A "If you ask me …," to texters 3 59A Camp sleeping spots … or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters 8 61A Sci-fi writer Isaac 6 63A Suitable, as a unit in a bldg.? 3 64A Tales of yore 4 65A Join in marriage 5 66A Lo-___ graphics 3 67A One-named Grammy winner from Ireland 4 68A ___ Cottontail 5

Down

1D Wife of Abraham, in the Bible 5 2D "You ___ right!" 5 3D "Ridiculous!" 9 4D "I'm kidding!!," in "Wayne's World" 3 5D Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec 8 6D One who's rotten from the start 7 7D Singer Grande, to fans 3 8D Loch ___ monster 4 9D Opera great Enrico 6 10D Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss 5 11D On ___ (looking great, in slang) 5 12D Colonial-era pirate captain 4 17D Mr. ___ (Dr Pepper competitor) 4 19D Orchestral woodwind 4 22D Be on the wane 3 25D Crash-investigating org. 4 26D Turning point in W.W. II 4 29D When doubled, an African fly 3 30D But, briefly 3 31D Like a ripe strawberry 3 33D Re-election restriction 9 34D Many a Wordsworth poem 3 35D Pea holder 3 37D Part of a barbecue rack 3 38D Ernest in the Country Music Hall of Fame 4 40D Suddenly stops working, as an engine 8 41D Gov. Tim ___, 2024 running mate 4 44D Beyond the continental shelf, say 7 46D Comic actor Van Dyke 4 47D Lacking the capacity 6 48D Prez before 10-Across 3 49D "Deck the Halls" syllables 4 50D Two-door auto 5 51D Outings for foxhounds 5 53D Show feelings onstage 5 54D Capital of Delaware 5 55D Lift on the slopes 4 56D Like bright signs on the Las Vegas Strip 4 60D Funny in a subtle way 3 62D Suffix with Benedict or elephant 3