NYT Crossword December 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "We're the best!," e.g. 5 6A Lengthy pitch 5 11A Web access co. 3 14A Mushroom in ramen 5 15A Trunks 5 16A Platoon sgt., e.g. 3 17A Feats performed on knights' quests 11 19A "Platoon" setting, for short 3 20A ___ tight 3 21A Dig in 3 22A Appropriate inappropriately 5 24A Go off on 6 27A Bear with a message 6 29A "Colorful" Atlantic Coast Conference team 12 32A Helpful 5 35A Some radar blips 4 36A Reveal private data of, in modern lingo 3 37A Mama's mama 4 38A Jake's love in "The Sun Also Rises" 5 40A Bit of aerial arts equipment 4 41A Word with ball or card 3 42A Lake ___, body formerly known as Lac du Chat 4 43A Botch 5 44A Follow-up to an oath 12 48A Fluid for a lighter 6 49A Crosses off 6 52A Get schooled 5 53A Volleyball team count 3 54A OK signal 3 56A Off-line, online 3 57A Point at the wrong person 11 62A The time of one's life? 3 63A He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it" 5 64A Smooth transition 5 65A Visibly embarrassed 3 66A Alley components 5 67A Preserved, in a way 5

Down

1D Some queens 4 2D Live 5 3D It comes from the heart 5 4D Glide down a piste 3 5D ___ soldier 3 6D Levels 6 7D One versed in verse 4 8D Agcy. that takes many forms 3 9D Title for a J.D. 3 10D Spirits 7 11D "That's what she said" and others 9 12D Beyond impressive, informally 9 13D Ceremony 4 18D One of several in a watch 4 23D Caribbean music genre 3 25D Rae of "Insecure" 4 26D NaOH 3 27D About 35,000 for the Taj Mahal: Abbr. 4 28D No longer relevant 4 30D ___ Nation (activist organization since 1990) 5 31D Fair 4 32D T.H. White's "The ___ and Future King" 4 33D Knockoff version of a bejeweled Imperial egg, e.g. 9 34D In a class by oneself 9 38D ___ Mawr 4 39D Teeming (with) 4 40D Greeting from Kermit 4 42D Name that sounds like a computer guidebook 7 43D Hosts, for short 3 45D N.F.L. div. 3 46D Lives 6 47D Coming right up 4 50D Eel, at a sushi bar 5 51D "Ratatouille" topper 5 52D Fabrication expert 4 53D "I guess so" 4 55D Barred from competing, for short 4 58D Trail Blazers' grp. 3 59D "Severance" actress Tullock 3 60D Microdosing drug 3 61D "Quit ___ yappin'!" 3