NYT Crossword December 19, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Fashion designer Schiaparelli 4 5A Boomer playing in a band 8 13A Things that may be connected 4 14A 2023 musical with a Tony for Best Choreography 9 15A Some arthritis 4 16A Climbed without ropes 10 17A Fire in one's belly 8 19A Old money, for short? 3 20A Jewish honorific 3 21A They work around the clock 5 23A Big Apple athlete 5 27A Home ___ 5 29A Summer Olympics event 4 31A Gram alternative 3 32A Trusted one, typically 5 33A Mr. Right, e.g. 9 35A Silver of the Silver Bulletin 4 36A Deduce 5 37A L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor 4 38A Suddenly kicks the bucket 9 40A Go viral 5 41A "Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3 42A Introductory dissection subject 4 43A Plane on a diamond 5 44A ___ Hadley, "Clever Girl" novelist 5 46A Certain put-back shot 5 48A Golden ratio symbol 3 50A Rx dosages 3 52A Extend 8 54A Their talent may not be as important as their last names 10 58A Awed reactions 4 59A One who enjoys the high C's? 9 60A Slow ___ (response from the unamused) 4 61A Disparities studied by economists 8 62A High-fat diet, informally 4

Down

1D Annual mystery award 5 2D Had an outsize presence 11 3D They may recently have been in a jam 11 4D Prosecco relative 4 5D Results of some remarriages 15 6D Yard sale? 3 7D Afirmativa enfática 4 8D Swim with the fishes? 7 9D Larry ___, longtime owner of the Cleveland Guardians 5 10D Grande opening? 3 11D Fair ___ (concept in copyright law) 3 12D Kind of school 3 14D Wrinkle remover 4 16D Diktat 4 18D Repeated role for Chris Hemsworth 4 22D Word with dating or skating 5 24D Bad place to be while gambling 11 25D Fictional companion of Thing One and Thing Two 11 26D Hit below the belt, in a way 5 28D Easter basket treat 4 30D Pitch catcher? 3 32D Wrap up by 5 33D Like He and Xe 5 34D Windy City exchange, in brief 4 36D Altar-ed statement? 3 39D Expo take-home 7 40D Zesty flavor 4 43D Parts of submarines also known as fairwaters 4 45D D.I.Y. dessert item 5 47D Pressure source 4 49D Source of motivation, informally 5 51D It's a long story 4 53D Half time? 4 54D When you're reading this 3 55D Grp. with geologists and biologists 3 56D Piece in the game Battleship 3 57D Genre for Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie 3