NYT Crossword December 7, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Fancy dos 5 6A "Count me out" 5 11A Cantankerous captain of fiction 4 15A Lab provisions? 4 19A Bit of letter-shaped hardware 5 20A Attended 5 21A New York university based in Manhattan 4 22A A "bear of very little brain" 4 23A Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison? 11 25A John James Audubon? 9 27A Victorian-era prescription for melancholy 6 28A They'll make it up to you 5 30A Stumble or lurch 4 31A Pittsburgh-to-Buffalo dir. 3 32A Dictionary tag: Abbr. 3 34A Summer camper's conveyance 5 36A Emmy-winning actor Ray 6 38A Samuel Morse? 8 43A Sir Edmund Hillary? 12 46A Lake that's home to the world's largest freshwater island 5 47A Bit of cacao 3 49A Come out on top 7 50A Suffix with hypn- 4 51A Trees commonly confused with birches 6 54A Deposit that might gather interest? 3 55A Cheeky 5 59A Sir Isaac Newton? 14 62A Cattle calls 4 63A "Harper Valley ___" (1968 hit) 3 64A TV tavern visited by Mayor Quimby 4 65A Shoe covering 6 67A It's often rapped but never spoken 5 68A Like beds on lazy Saturdays 6 70A Cuts (back) 5 71A Outfit that may have a hood 6 73A Kofi ___, former secretary general of the United Nations 5 74A Like the Red Sea after a visit from Moses 6 76A Rain on your wedding day, perhaps 4 77A … 3 79A Oui : non :: ja : ___ 4 80A Gregor Mendel? 14 83A Hint 5 85A Gives a thumbs up 3 86A Basic tenet of improv 6 87A Sister to Lex Luthor 4 88A With love, musically 7 91A A urinal, according to Duchamp 3 92A Remedies 5 93A Henry Ford? 12 98A Orville and Wilbur Wright? 8 100A Give a darn, again? 6 101A Food and water, e.g. 5 103A College located in Cedar Rapids 3 104A "That sounds awful!" 3 105A Noble title 4 108A Bit of letter-shaped hardware 5 110A Unexpected endings 6 115A Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung? 9 118A Galileo Galilei? 11 120A Genesis 4 121A Roof overhang 4 122A Weirdly spooky 5 123A Church staple 5 124A "Vous ___ ici" (French map phrase) 4 125A Part of a wooden bench 4 126A "In other words," in other words 5 127A Trips around the sun 5

Down

1D Solos at a party, say 4 2D The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" 4 3D Future birthplace of Captain Kirk 4 4D Pest whose name is a homophone for what you might do when you see it 4 5D Gone to great lengths 7 6D ___ Jima 3 7D One of the Fab Four 4 8D Jelly you wouldn't pair with peanut butter 5 9D Arabic greeting and farewell 6 10D Canned fuel used in making fondue 6 11D Broadcast to squad cars, in brief 3 12D Slim margin of victory 4 13D One chain x one furlong 4 14D Amelia ___, maid of children's literature 7 15D Its showers bring flowers: Abbr. 3 16D Grant a mortgage, say 6 17D Where one's trip begins 6 18D "Golly, that's cool!" 6 24D Rock climber's handhold 4 26D Russian crepes 6 29D Starter, perhaps 4 33D Is felt strongly 8 35D Firmly establishes 7 37D Crazy Horse and fellow tribespeople 7 38D Bite down hard 5 39D Musical tool popularized by T-Pain 9 40D Personification of England, Scotland and Wales 9 41D Sets of points, in math 4 42D "Jeepers creepers!" 5 44D Pied-à-___ 5 45D Michigan, in Chicago: Abbr. 3 48D Word after you or wanna 3 51D "And giving ___, up the chimney he rose" 4 52D Nullify 6 53D ___-cat 7 56D Like many Russian housing blocks 9 57D Made more enticing 9 58D French fashion inits. 3 60D Oldest independent state in the Arab world 4 61D Alter, as a T-shirt for a Phish concert, say 6 66D Idealist 8 67D Actress Rowlands 4 69D She-shed's counterpart 7 70D Like some nails found in a drugstore 7 72D Geek (out) 4 73D Drone or queen 3 75D Want from 5 76D Catherine of "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind" 5 78D Uncouth 5 81D Farm-share program, for short 3 82D Hint 4 84D Self-proclaimed "Rap God" 6 85D ___ chart 3 89D Like many couples at theaters 7 90D McFlurry flavor 4 92D Something for canines to sink their canines into 7 93D Toil 6 94D Wish one could take back 6 95D Arrival announcement 6 96D ___ Lannister, "Game of Thrones" queen 6 97D Like professional publications 6 99D Indian flatbread 4 102D Trap 5 106D Not just theoretical 4 107D It runs hot 4 109D Drab color for una casa 4 111D Concerning 4 112D Sonic the Hedgehog company 4 113D Feodor I, for one 4 114D Taxpayer IDs 4 116D Morning times, in brief 3 117D Encountered 3 119D Kind of nurse or suit 3