NYT Crossword December 2, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Posts on a battleship, say 5 6A Comic Idle of Monty Python 4 10A Sport with striking and grappling, for short 3 13A "Grrr!" 5 14A Pro ___ (fairly divided) 4 15A Ray of light 4 16A Cozy corners 5 17A Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.) 4 18A Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles 4 19A One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island 4 20A "Please help!" 3 21A Decadent dessert 6 23A Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor 8 25A British "facilities" 3 26A Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name 3 27A The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two 8 32A Longtime home of Stephen Colbert 5 35A A million years, so to speak 4 36A Go on for-ev-er 4 37A Many a TikToker's music rendition 7 39A Deep down 7 41A "That being said …," to a texter 4 42A Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming 4 44A "We have the meats" sloganeer 5 45A Herbal remedy in a cleanse 8 47A Blue Moon, for one 3 48A "If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet 3 49A Family-friendly film fare 8 54A The "O" of A.O.C. 6 57A Little devil 3 58A Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch 4 59A Fizzy drink 4 60A Weak, submissive person, in modern slang 4 62A Wing it onstage 5 63A Blast 4 64A "Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics 4 65A Carhop's article of footwear 5 66A Go (for) 3 67A Sweet person 4 68A Not nearly as cool 5

Down

1D Nicki ___, "Starships" rapper 5 2D Gas brand owned by BP 5 3D Dessert item usually eaten moments after it's made 5 4D Criticize unfairly 14 5D 1960s antiwar grp. 3 6D Hospital staffer, for short 5 7D With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors … or what you're doing in 4-, 9-, 15- and 38-Down? 7 8D Suffix with Manhattan or Brooklyn 3 9D Brought up the rear 8 10D Prefix that's bigger than kilo- 4 11D Bible figures invoked by O. Henry 4 12D Love of Spanish? 4 15D Grey Goose competitor 14 20D Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir. 3 22D Hairball hacker 3 24D Subject of the Tenth Commandment 4 28D Bit in a friendship bracelet 4 29D Many a Mideast native 4 30D 1970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile" 4 31D Superiors to cpls. 4 32D Oaf 4 33D What spicy food has 4 34D Lay eyes on 4 35D Clearasil target 4 38D "Huh, better than I expected" 8 40D Ring of light 4 43D See 7-Down 7 46D Top of the hour? 3 47D Electric guitarist's accessory 3 50D Communication system for almost two billion people 5 51D Belief system for almost two billion people 5 52D Top-tier 5 53D Not drunk 5 54D Dos cubed 4 55D Business that's owned and managed by its members 4 56D Frequently 4 61D Prefix with conscious 3 62D Communication syst. in which the letter Z is drawn with one's index finger 3