NYT Crossword December 27, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Org. that organizes rec leagues 4 5A ___ Seton, author of "Foxfire" and "Katherine" 4 9A Interloper whom no one seems to know, informally 5 14A Audio sensors 4 15A Ring on a coaster? 10 17A It offers a narrow point of view 4 18A "At this point, that's no surprise" 10 19A Price-ending digits, often 5 21A Gets into a tight spot 9 22A City west of Knoxville 8 24A Knights of ___, ancient cult in the "Star Wars" universe 3 25A Group that protects the QB 5 26A Cruising, say 4 28A Bussing on the street, e.g., in brief 3 31A Halves of Hamiltons 4 32A Superman's mother 4 34A Some stream settings 5 36A Zip 15 39A Divert 5 40A "I ___ bored!" 4 41A Word that may precede itself? 4 42A Bad singer? 3 43A Many a popular TikTok 4 45A Fantasy author Bardugo 5 47A Amazon wrapper 3 48A Thermostat display, informally 8 51A Gets dragged along on a beach trip? 9 55A What many wine corks do 5 56A March Madness group 10 58A Trace 4 59A Put on a finishing touch 10 60A Man's name that describes a radio that's lost half its frequencies? 4 61A Pitch one might try to perfect 5 62A List abbr. 4 63A Certain wings 4

Down

1D Unambiguous question type 5 2D One of Time magazine's "Most Influential Teens" during the 2010s 10 3D Style of French fries 10 4D They may go in for cursing 9 5D Winner of the 1974 rematch "Super Fight II" 3 6D Phrase on some seasoning labels 5 7D "That's what I said!" 15 8D Lhasa ___ 4 9D Wilma Flintstone and Jane Jetson, for two 8 10D ___ Brown, host on the Food Network 5 11D 2021 science fiction novel by Nnedi Okorafor 4 12D "Whatcha ___?" 4 13D Makes a choice 4 16D John with some ground-breaking inventions 5 20D Cardinal ___ 3 23D Spot for a sub 4 27D "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria 4 28D Cold bathhouse amenity 10 29D Extreme music subgenre with heavily distorted guitars 10 30D Concerning 4 31D "The soul should always stand ___": Emily Dickinson 4 33D Leading man? 4 35D Historical region of southwestern France 9 37D Best performances by an actor in a short film? 8 38D "No day but today!" 4 44D Let up 5 46D First responder, for short 3 47D Hollywood icon Davis 5 49D Actor ___ Jackson Jr. 5 50D British baby buggies 5 51D Officially joins 4 52D Off-kilter 4 53D South American monkey with a reduplicative name 4 54D Wind-up toy? 4 57D What may appear after dusk and before dawn 3