NYT Crossword December 28, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Poet with a 1982 posthumous Pulitzer 5 6A S.L.R. insert since the early 2000s 6 12A Baths in Bath 4 16A Comedian Notaro 3 19A Host Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" 5 20A One sporting an article of apparel 6 21A Sign in a theater 4 22A Droll 3 23A Rock of Ages 12 25A How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 8 27A Prop for a proposal 4 28A College credit hours 5 29A Far from fore 3 31A Starting section 5 32A Fab Four drummer 5 34A "I can handle that for you" 5 36A Swallow something hook, line and sinker 7 38A Subject of some modern maps 6 41A Boots out 6 43A Ending with Butler or Bard 3 44A A Class Act 9 47A A Strange Loop 11 50A Played a part 5 51A Baldwin of "30 Rock" 4 53A Ran in the rain, perhaps 4 54A Brig pair 5 55A New Mexico skiing locale 4 56A Full legislative assembly 6 58A Personification of darkness, in Greek myth 6 60A Shapiro of public radio 3 61A Buds 4 62A Chips go-with 5 64A Straight up 5 67A A Little Night Music 7 69A Rent 5 70A A Chorus Line 7 72A Creatures formed from the fingers of the sea goddess Sedna, in Inuit myth 5 73A Personal histories 5 74A Automatons, informally 4 75A Cell letters 3 76A "___ down the hatches!" 6 78A Nursery rhyme couple 6 80A Cribbage markers 4 81A Sine's reciprocal, in trig 5 84A Bit of power 4 86A Japanese noodle 4 87A Wave to, say 5 88A The Producers 11 91A Into the Woods 9 93A ___ Lingus 3 94A Intertwine 6 95A Halloween haul 6 96A In tears 7 99A Eschew the high road, say 5 101A ___ Dame 5 104A Repeatedly hit hard 5 105A Dollop 3 106A Pop group 5 109A Sitar great Shankar 4 111A The Wiz 8 113A Mean Girls 12 116A Chess pieces 3 117A Bombeck who wrote "At Wit's End" 4 118A File often installed with computer programs 6 119A Do penance 5 120A Apply 3 121A Hurdle for a J.D.-to-be 4 122A Became aware of 6 123A "Fiddler on the Roof" matchmaker 5

Down

1D Playground area, often 4 2D Fearsome felines 5 3D Plus 5 4D "One of These Nights" band 9 5D Makeshift tip collector 3 6D Epitome of graceful beauty 4 7D Arnaz of "I Love Lucy" 4 8D Certain stock holder 9 9D Came about 5 10D Kylo ___ of "Star Wars" 3 11D Gig of a lifetime 8 12D Advanced 4 13D Guitar, slangily 3 14D Front-of-the-line credential 7 15D Cousin of a mink 5 16D Cheep trills? 8 17D Dodger's comeuppance 8 18D Indoor recess locale 3 24D Super-excited, in slang 5 26D One "T" of TNT 3 30D Least hale 8 33D Foxx of 1970s TV 4 35D Judge pro ___ 3 36D Piano pupil's practice piece 5 37D Short boxers, e.g. 4 39D How some medicines are taken 6 40D Apt name for a distance runner? 5 42D Oldsmobile Cutlass model 5 44D Like 45-Down's flaw 5 45D Mythical figure undone by hubris 6 46D Prima ballerina 6 48D Uses an alternate account to play against easier opponents, in gamer-speak 6 49D Police weapon 5 52D Transition points 5 56D Blue Ribbon brand 5 57D Ice cream parlor offerings 5 59D Borscht base 5 61D Classic theater name 6 63D Struggles with sibilant sounds 5 65D Law, but not order 6 66D Hints 6 68D Word with record or union 5 69D World capital near the Andean foothills 8 70D Give a twist 6 71D Downright mean 5 73D Bit of wisdom 5 74D Founder of the Mughal Empire 5 77D String-plucking sound 5 79D Sources in etymology 9 80D Prone 9 81D Some summers, in brief 4 82D Black-and-white desserts 8 83D Université with a Pierre and Marie Curie campus 8 85D Shell filling stations 8 87D Basic programming command 4 89D Chicken pieces 7 90D Part of AT&T: Abbr. 3 92D Ballet or bourrée, in Bourgogne 5 97D Do a diner job 3 98D Gathering of moles 5 100D Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" 5 102D Continued interminably 5 103D Discus throw at the Olympics, e.g. 5 105D Buzzing nuisance 4 107D Glitzy fabric 4 108D Like some cheese 4 110D "Gotcha" 4 111D Blue-necked bird 3 112D "___ Believer" 3 114D Flock formation 3 115D Blue-winged bird 3