NYT Crossword December 6, 2025 Answers

Across

1A It goes around in circles 4 5A Winter quaffs 10 15A Booty 4 16A Source of rhythm in electronic music 10 17A With 23-Down, bandolier, e.g. 4 18A Court order 10 19A Chinese surname transliterating "Zuo" 3 20A Assessor 5 21A Some 4 22A Treats whose name is derived from the Arabic for "to drink" 7 24A Thread organizer 4 27A Home to the Temple of Hephaestus 6 28A Cutters for kitchen installations 8 32A High-stakes gambler, in Vegas lingo 5 33A Like some car exteriors and hairy legs 5 34A Director Jon M. ___ 3 35A Sit, say 4 36A Many a character on "Breaking Bad" 5 37A Toiletry kit item 4 38A Portrayer of Glinda in 2024's "Wicked," to fans 3 39A Cleanse 5 40A "Indubitably!" 5 41A Honey and sugar, for two 8 43A Holder of arrows 6 44A That stinks! 4 45A Penn athletes 7 46A Website that competes with PCMag 4 49A Having a good aura, in slang 5 51A "___ dat?" 3 52A "That's crazy!" 10 55A Hippie happening 4 56A Warning preceding some "madness" during March Madness 10 57A "Please, Mom?" 4 58A Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally 10 59A Aussie predator 4

Down

1D Closing statement? 10 2D "Count me in!" 10 3D Lead-in to some juicy gossip 10 4D ___ rating (chess stat) 3 5D Big Apple cathedral 6 6D Fur trade exports 5 7D Frozen treat 4 8D Singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" 9 9D Tennis duo? 3 10D It might go for a buck 3 11D American battle tank named for a general 6 12D First name in Norse exploration 4 13D No trouble 4 14D Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven 4 20D Former French president ___ Coty 4 23D See 17-Across 4 25D Bread spread 4 26D Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart 3 28D Sacred Polynesian plants 5 29D Yoga pants and such 10 30D Endangered African grazer 10 31D Very fast, in a way 10 33D Ratty is one in "The Wind in the Willows" 9 36D Title film character with a "lucky fin" 4 37D Longtime Nestlé product 4 39D Pop 3 40D Spot to dock 4 42D "Wait a sec" 6 43D Pursuits 6 45D Classic arcade game with a pyramid 5 46D Shark bait 4 47D "Negative" 4 48D Who's asked the musical question "Do you want to build a snowman?" 4 50D Longtime catalog purveyor 4 53D Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr. 3 54D Wide mouth 3 55D Email abbr. 3