NYT Crossword December 25, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Response to discovering the theme of a crossword 3 4A Dashing through the ___ ... 4 8A Foam on a seashore 4 12A One who runs, informally 3 13A Possible base for a Caesar salad 4 14A Of help 5 16A Dawdle 8 18A Some anxious behavior on one's feet 6 20A Stew (over) 6 21A In a ___ open sleigh ... 8 23A Where Bart Simpson directs his prank calls 4 24A Buffet stand vessel 3 25A Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr. 3 26A One way to take a bull 10 31A Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders 4 32A Michael of "Barbie" 4 33A Hits from the side, informally 6 35A First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career 13 39A Stretch 6 40A Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters 4 41A Right-eous path? 4 42A Footwear for a bride, perhaps 10 48A JFK or EWR alternative 3 49A Cable lead-in to TV 3 50A Jump in skates 4 51A What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle? 8 54A Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight Olympics 6 56A "All that being said ..." 6 57A Ado 8 59A "Yes ___!" 5 60A Something typed in this field: YYYY 4 61A Fashion designer Lange 3 62A Many a vacation package 4 63A Transcript ruiners 4 64A ___ pop (hybrid music genre) 3

Down

1D Chillness 6 2D "Oh me, oh my!" 6 3D Ready to go 6 4D "___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.) 4 5D Horses studied by touts 4 6D Portuguese greeting 3 7D O'er the fields ___ ... 4 8D Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984" 10 9D Like many Mormons 5 10D The "R" of P.R. 4 11D Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City" 8 15D Sews up 7 17D Phil of the Grateful Dead 4 19D Uber-enthusiasts 5 22D Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?" 3 27D Zoom call issue 4 28D "S.N.L." V.I.P. 10 29D Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22" 3 30D Sides of pie slices, essentially 5 31D Ballon ___ (soccer star's award) 3 34D Slangy "dude" 4 35D White House family of the 1980s 7 36D Tax dodger's fear 8 37D Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.) 3 38D Very in 3 39D Big name in windows and doors 5 43D Raider in times past 3 44D A person 4 45D Go "Phew!," say 6 46D "He has my permission" 6 47D Total slimeball 6 49D Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flag 5 52D Halal cart offering 4 53D Elided farewell 4 54D Do pretty much nothing 4 55D Between you and me 4 58D At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!" 3