NYT Crossword December 3, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Young fellows 4 5A Tied up, as hay 5 10A Surrounded by 4 14A Plant-based spread 4 15A Echo speaker 5 16A Largest company headquartered in Oregon 4 17A 1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across 15 20A Words after "happily ever after" 6 21A Bit of ink 3 22A Lack of connectivity 3 23A Long-haired bovine 3 24A Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally 4 27A College football rival of Michigan, for short 3 29A 1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across 12 34A Lead-in to pop or lit 4 36A Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category 4 37A Midmonth time 4 38A Linseed oil source 4 39A Shampoo often in a green bottle 5 40A Remain unresolved 4 41A Cause for a miner celebration? 4 42A Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles 4 43A Hospital count 4 44A 2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across 12 47A One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro 3 48A Egyptian sun deity 4 49A Solid-rock connector 3 52A Forehead marker at the start of Lent 3 54A Long-running procedural franchise 3 57A Removes forcibly 6 59A 1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across 15 63A Currency of Yemen 4 64A Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain" 5 65A Unimpressive rating 4 66A TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg 4 67A "Take this job and shove it!" 5 68A Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke? 4

Down

1D Elevated 5 2D Greeting among the lei community? 5 3D Jeter in Cooperstown 5 4D Not too many 4 5D Like Picard vis-à-vis Kirk 6 6D Drink that may come in a yard 3 7D Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté" 3 8D Kind of strategy 4 9D Obama-era immigration program, informally 4 10D Novelist Patchett 3 11D Following bad advice 9 12D Store with iconic blue totes 4 13D Like certain thoughts and pockets 4 18D Advice 5 19D Yours, in French 4 25D "Slavonic Dances" composer 6 26D Omsk's region 7 28D Stole 6 29D Philly b-ball squad 6 30D Superlatively contemptible 6 31D Slithering swimmer 3 32D Google app with the slogan "Search what you see" 4 33D Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind" 3 34D Online commentary site 4 35D Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows" 9 38D Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr. 3 39D Aphrodite's second letter 3 43D Golden-tan dog of multiple films 5 45D Blue area on a Scottish map 4 46D Think that it's appropriate 6 49D Cold call? 5 50D Got out of a chair 5 51D "Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas) 5 52D Razor brand 4 53D Guarded area for many athletes 4 55D 18-wheeler 4 56D Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia 4 58D Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category 4 60D Sneakily clever 3 61D Letters of indebtedness 3 62D Day before taking the SAT: Abbr. 3