NYT Crossword December 29, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Life story, in brief 3 4A The "S" of NASA 5 9A Where Shrek lives 5 14A Kerfuffle 3 15A Outer limits 5 16A They're contained within books 5 17A Is severely underpaid 15 20A Andean animal with a long neck 5 21A Earth goddess 4 22A Condé ___ (magazine publisher) 4 23A "Tsk! Tsk!" 5 25A Humorist Bombeck 4 27A Motown or RCA 11 32A Particular place 4 35A Stephen of "V for Vendetta" 3 36A Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest 5 38A Chicago trains 3 39A Seating area for 12 peers 7 42A Piece of Grubhub info, for short 3 43A Stringed instrument that rests on the ground 5 45A Tin Man's need 3 46A Like the Mariana Trench 4 47A Works that are heard rather than read 11 51A Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy in "Little Women" 4 52A Gives the ax 5 55A Soaks (up) 4 58A Puppy sounds 4 61A Fundamental belief 5 63A Description for an ideal partner … or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create? 15 66A Put on TV 5 67A Molars and canines 5 68A Signal for an actor to go onstage 3 69A Pumpkin, e.g. 5 70A "Alas ..." 5 71A TV's "___ Lasso" 3

Down

1D Cry like a baby 4 2D Admired figures 5 3D Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps 5 4D Kind of bagel 6 5D Many a PC file 3 6D Really eager 4 7D Actor Michael of "Arrested Development" 4 8D Caught sight of 6 9D Place to be pampered 3 10D 1996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls 7 11D Water, in Colombia 4 12D Team that plays at Citi Field 4 13D "Over here!" 4 18D Onetime retail chain giant 5 19D ___ Grey tea 4 24D Very light brown 4 26D Tail-less cat 4 28D Above, in poetry 3 29D Synthetic fiber 5 30D Fencing sword 4 31D Not on time 4 32D "Gimme a ___!" 3 33D Commoner 4 34D Norway's capital 4 37D Two lengths of a pool 3 39D What a punch line may end 4 40D Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine 3 41D "Frozen" snowman 4 44D Seafood with claws 7 46D Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame 5 48D Rushing yards, e.g., informally 4 49D "Well, dang it!" 6 50D Slightly out of tune 6 53D Put into law 5 54D Move smoothly to another topic 5 55D Without a date 4 56D River past Cincinnati 4 57D Lima's land 4 59D Tiny canine pest 4 60D Drove over the legal limit 4 62D Ticked (off) 4 64D Peculiar 3 65D The Falcons, on a scoreboard 3