NYT Crossword December 23, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Longtime CBS procedural with multiple spinoffs 4 5A Highly capable 5 10A Ctrl+S command 4 14A Alternative to check or credit card 4 15A Secondary subject for a college student 5 16A Short video 4 17A Appropriately named bus driver on "The Simpsons" 4 18A Alternative to épée or foil, in British English 5 19A Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature 4 20A Classic Hanukkah treat 13 23A Brownish-yellow fabric 5 24A Institution of higher education, to a Brit 3 25A Sleeper's breathing problem 5 27A Lead-in to "drink and be merry" 3 28A Classic classroom party treat 7 31A Antitrust enforcement org. 3 32A Unfortunate accident 6 34A Clever 6 36A Highly pleased about 7 38A Colored, as church glass 7 39A Classic Halloween treat 9 41A It's part of the job 4 44A Prefix with classic 3 45A Carve 4 49A Take advantage of 3 50A "Where'd you hear that?" 7 54A Dream Team country, for short 3 55A Take responsibility 6 57A Cry from a movie director 6 59A Classic Yuletide treat 15 63A Prayer ender 4 64A This should clear things up! 5 65A Reject, as a bill 4 66A Nothing, in Nogales 4 67A Cries out 5 68A Biblical garden 4

Down

1D Sgt. or cpl. 3 2D Go off a ski jump, say 8 3D "Oh, really?" 8 4D Tried to identify, in a way, as a wrapped gift 5 5D Playground retort 4 6D 1990s internet option 6 7D With all judges present 6 8D ___ de Rossi, "Arrested Development" actress 6 9D Aspen or pine 4 10D Reporter's big get 5 11D Just for grins 8 12D Short version of an impactful story 8 13D Org. regulating water safety 3 21D Insect that emerges en masse every 13 or 17 years 6 22D Kind of salad whose dressing contains anchovies 6 23D Former N.B.A. star Shawn with the nickname "Reign Man" 4 26D Nailed, as a test 4 29D "Once ___ a time …" 4 30D Character played by Bruce Lee on "The Green Hornet" 4 33D ___ Finn 4 35D One of three on the pitchfork in "American Gothic" 4 37D Big Apple org. that's going to blazes? 4 38D Flat-bottomed boat 4 40D "That's correct!" 3 41D Resident of Pisa or Lucca 6 42D Condition that may require an inhaler 6 43D Get more than a little mad 6 46D Like many a dress shirt, with "in" 6 47D Top execs, colloquially … or what 20-, 28-, 39- and 59-Across are, phonetically? 6 48D Make negative remarks about 6 50D Not on the up and up, slangily 3 51D In a fitting way 5 52D Breaks (into), as a computer system 5 53D Middle name for Lennon starting in 1969 3 56D "Escape (The ___ Colada Song)" 4 58D Sign of peace 4 60D Sallie or Fannie follower 3 61D Hand-y communication method, for short? 3 62D Drink slowly 3