NYT Crossword December 5, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Home to Kotoka International Airport 5 6A Many a wearer of a long robe called a thawb 5 11A Can't-miss purchases? 13 14A Words of caution 15 16A Threshold 3 17A Ties up 7 18A Coastal waterway 3 19A Up 5 21A Subject of the Bouguereau painting "The Abduction of Psyche" 4 22A Colombian city of 2+ million 4 23A Dutch artist Jan van der ___ 4 24A Curtail 4 25A Stick in an orchestra 5 26A Spot likely to smear 8 28A They aren't party people 6 29A Cut, as with a box cutter 4 30A "Fun-size" 4 31A Film with the tagline "Someone has taken their love for scary movies one step too far" 6 34A Words of retaliation 8 38A Word with fire or false 5 39A Hotel listing 4 40A One and the other 4 41A Big name in chip production 4 42A Bundle 4 43A Sauce whose name derives from the Italian word for "crush" 5 44A Refuge 3 45A Where much of "Brokeback Mountain" was filmed 7 47A It's perfect 3 48A "Might as well give it a shot ..." 15 51A Age at which you just learned something you should have realized before, facetiously 13 52A Something blocked by censors 5 53A 1944 Pacific battle site 5

Down

1D What clones share 7 2D It might be on a rack 3 3D Ski town that shares its name with a tree 5 4D "High" time 4 5D Image that's just over a foot, informally 8 6D "Arrested Development," e.g. 6 7D Pines 5 8D Relatives of banjoleles 4 9D Nebraska senator Fischer 3 10D Repeat 7 11D Council, in Russian 6 12D Got misty 6 13D Sea shanty singer 6 14D Skin layer with hair follicles 5 15D Show stoppers, sometimes 5 20D Items on many a back-to-school supply list 7 22D "Is this possible?!?" 7 24D Take a little off the top 4 25D Dog treat 4 27D Silent sort 4 28D Fancy 4 30D Kind of instinct 8 31D Mohamed ___, Egyptian soccer star 5 32D Shade of red 6 33D Big name in fast food 7 34D "Honor Thy Father" writer, 1971 6 35D Argumentative 7 36D Get to 6 37D Minimal coverage provider? 5 39D Hearty steakhouse serving 6 42D Tricks 5 43D Unwitting mark 5 45D Thickening agent found in many vegan recipes 4 46D Raced 4 49D Dot follower in academia 3 50D Spicy 3