NYT Crossword December 8, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Sir's counterpart 5 6A Folded Mexican snack 4 10A Young chap 3 13A "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley 5 14A Sean of "The Lord of the Rings" 5 16A Chicken ___ king 3 17A Wyoming skiing mecca 11 19A Female pig 3 20A Gold, in Spanish 3 21A Dessert with icing 4 22A Motor City hoopster 6 24A Run out of clothes? 6 26A Like an envelope that's ready to be sent 6 28A ___ Major (constellation) 4 30A "Enola Holmes" actress ___ Bobby Brown 6 32A Bicycle shorts material 5 35A Computer image 4 37A ID checkers at an airport 3 39A Gallery-filled Big Apple neighborhood 4 40A Finger or toe … or, when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down 5 41A "Get outta here!" 4 42A Artificial colorant 3 43A Half of a train track 4 44A "That's boring!" 5 45A Starting point 6 48A Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis) 4 50A Hardest to find 6 52A "Let me clarify ..." 6 56A Gesture suggesting "I see what you did there" 6 58A Top poker cards 4 60A Monarch at Versailles 3 61A Golfer's target ... or prize 3 62A End successfully 11 65A Comedian Wong 3 66A Medieval stringed instruments 5 67A "___, meenie, miney, mo" 5 68A Crunchy sandwich, for short 3 69A Camp shelter 4 70A Religious ceremonies 5

Down

1D Magic charms 5 2D Not together 5 3D Interior design 5 4D Genesis boat 3 5D The eyes may have it 7 6D Scuba gear 4 7D Remnants of a volcanic spew 5 8D Corp. exec overseeing engineers, say 3 9D Stuff on an artist's palette 8 10D Eleventh-hour 9 11D Potatoes, in Indian cooking 4 12D From ___ to dusk 4 15D Actor Sam of "Jurassic Park" 5 18D Acorn droppers 4 23D Salt, in Paris 3 25D Money across the Atlantic 4 27D Messages on which you might be cc'd 6 29D Iraqis and Iranians 6 31D Biblical brother of Jacob 4 32D Psychedelic tab 3 33D Toy on a string that's not a kite 4 34D Center of a stone fruit 9 36D Film special effects, for short 3 38D After-hours source of $$$ 3 40D Lost moisture 8 41D Nonspecific amount 4 44D Pet that stores food in cheek pouches 7 46D Author Fleming 3 47D What empty stomachs do 5 49D In ___ of 4 51D No longer available 5 53D "There ___ enough hours in the day" 5 54D "That's the truth!" 5 55D Mosaic pieces 5 56D Covering over a wound 4 57D Pause in the action 4 59D "It's gonna ___ you!" 4 63D Hwy. 3 64D Early Chinese dynasty 3