NYT Crossword December 17, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Lock combinations? 5 6A ___ League 4 10A Single instruction 4 14A Enemy W.W. II vessel 5 15A Turner of old movies 4 16A Powerful impulse 4 17A Group of grumps sitting around kvetching? 10 19A Elmer's nemesis 4 20A Meeting, casually 4 21A A smartphone has lots of these 4 22A Centerpiece of "The Hobbit" 5 23A Community property pronoun 3 25A Like barked orders 4 26A Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.? 15 34A Genre for GloRilla 3 35A Official mandate 6 36A Fellow fighter 4 37A Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana" 5 39A Mardi Gras day, in brief 3 40A Works on a muffler, say 5 41A Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop 4 42A See 50-Down 6 44A To and ___ 3 45A Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise? 15 48A Poindexter 4 49A TV freebie of a sort 3 50A Easter Island's country 5 52A Dark-skinned fruit 4 55A Pieces of advice 4 59A Primordial substance 4 60A Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across 10 62A Takes a tour of 4 63A Compassionate 4 64A Terra ___ 5 65A Does the math, in a way 4 66A Pot grower? 4 67A H, on the N.Y.S.E. 5

Down

1D Tarot suit associated with the element of water 4 2D Yamaha product 4 3D What makes a stud become studious? 4 4D Fully get 6 5D Hog's home 3 6D "That's a real shame" 4 7D Steakhouse order 4 8D Marchers in sidewalk cracks 4 9D Howl at the moon 3 10D Chevy S.U.V. 8 11D Authentic 10 12D Ones from platypuses have leathery shells 4 13D Fly by night ... or by day 4 18D Compact holder 5 22D Neighbor of Ont. 3 24D Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps 4 25D Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor 3 26D Food you might eat wearing a bib 5 27D Overplay for the audience 5 28D Was the bigger person, say 10 29D Follow, as advice 5 30D Have faith in 5 31D Canines, e.g. 5 32D Mega- 5 33D Big name in chicken or boxing 5 38D 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma" 8 40D "Get Smart" bad guys 4 42D Suffix with beat or neat 3 43D Throw off 5 46D Stick in the ground? 3 47D Just about anything on a string 6 50D With 42-Across, the Mafia 4 51D Cultivated, in a way 4 52D Start a turn in Twister 4 53D Time to do without 4 54D Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers") 4 56D Minuscule amount 4 57D Short stroke 4 58D Batting avg., e.g. 4 60D Rocksteady relative 3 61D "___ bin ein Berliner" 3