NYT Crossword December 20, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Sampras rival during the 1990s 6 7A Get on board 6 13A Let off steam, perhaps 6 14A Perry Como or Bing Crosby 7 15A Frustrated and making poor decisions, informally 6 16A #1 on Wired magazine's list of the 10 most influential video games of the 2010s 8 17A "Aren't we all hoity-toity?!" 11 19A Generate clippings, say 3 20A First name in hog riding 4 21A Established fact 5 22A Let go of 4 23A Body layer 5 25A Events at which to release one's inner geek 9 27A Makers of frightening but (thankfully) rare marine attacks 5 29A Source of half the world's sugar during the late 1800s 5 30A Higher power? 5 31A They're stoked 5 32A Word with blue or open 5 33A Speak, as thou might 5 34A Kind of beard that follows the jawline 9 36A Dunderheaded 5 40A "You ___?" 4 41A Punted 5 43A Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars 4 44A Org. that's gone to the dogs? 3 45A [womp, womp] 11 47A Major magazine pieces 8 49A Delicatessen offering 6 50A Loser of the 2025 World Series 7 51A Where to follow local customs, it's said 6 52A Underhanded 6 53A Beach shade 6

Down

1D Sworn 6 2D City, lake or canton de Suisse 6 3D Tip on quite a few bucks? 6 4D Extremely rare, facetiously 11 5D Act bearishly 4 6D What might come with some baggage? 5 7D Dogsbody 9 8D Io or luna 4 9D When repeated, a small treat 3 10D Shamans, typically 8 11D Claps back 7 12D Mardi Gras parading societies 6 14D Tech job 5 16D Bills first introduced in 1861 5 18D Currency of Serbia 5 22D Exercise almost to a point of pain 11 24D Van Gogh retreat in southern France 5 26D Significant spread 5 28D Post-show celebration 9 30D Some spa treatments 8 31D Escapade 5 32D Agree to, in a way 7 33D Bath ___ 5 34D Fashions 6 35D Clown locale 5 37D Futuristic sci-fi classic with tales set in 2021 and 2029 6 38D Field of the annual César Awards 6 39D One of the Wayans brothers 6 42D Day at the movies 5 45D Like some costs 4 46D Many a drop-down 4 48D ___ T 3