NYT Crossword December 30, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Scoundrels 4 5A Pointed end of a pen 3 8A Parts not filled in 4 12A Cookies with their name embossed on them 5 14A Prefix with -metric 3 15A Attracts 5 17A Something to wave with pride? 9 19A Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians 5 20A "Absolument!" 6 21A Fizzled out completely 8 23A "Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish) 3 24A In the style of 3 26A Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast 4 27A Play loudly, as from a speaker 5 29A Break away (from) 6 33A [That looks delicious …] 5 36A Flashy cycling maneuvers 9 38A Shared by us 4 39A What a new hire might learn, with "the" 5 40A "That's not good!" 4 41A "Sunday Night Football" producer 9 43A Floating markers 5 44A Wet floor? 6 45A "That's not good!" 5 47A Opera excerpt 4 49A Casual turndown 3 50A Psychic's alleged ability, for short 3 53A They're pulled to garner media attention, informally 8 57A Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g. 6 59A Sudden shocks 5 60A Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across! 9 62A Upside-down frown 5 63A Exist 3 64A Skip over, in speech 5 65A Mimicked 4 66A Perfect score in Olympic diving 3 67A Many bills in tip jars 4

Down

1D The eyes of an emoticon, typically 5 2D Make a case (for) 5 3D Opposite of credit 5 4D "And ___ bed" 4 5D Nothing 3 6D Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street" 4 7D 4 on a par 3, e.g. 5 8D Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff 7 9D Like good omens 10 10D College instructor, for short 4 11D "To thine own ___ be true" 4 13D Sudden, powerful gust of wind 6 16D Used a stool, say 3 18D Athleisure brand originally from Italy 4 22D Homes on branches 5 25D ___ Day (April observance) 5 27D Climactic fight in a video game 10 28D 0% filled 5 30D Fun word to shout into a canyon 4 31D Fashion inits. in Manhattan 4 32D Those, en español 4 33D Puts on, as a jacket 4 34D Yokel 4 35D Apex predator of the ocean 4 37D Marks, as a ballot square 5 39D "The Thinker" sculptor 5 42D Pored over 7 43D Not act up 6 46D ___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean) 4 48D Making a plate appearance 5 50D Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him 5 51D Fuzzy-feeling leather 5 52D Extremes of the earth 5 53D Nightwear, informally 3 54D Oblong tomato type 4 55D Lose traction 4 56D "OK, go ahead" 4 58D Casual collared shirt 4 61D Desire 3