NYT Crossword December 9, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Goes on to say 4 5A San Diego baseballer 5 10A Livens (up) 4 14A Termites, for an aardwolf 4 15A Cup-shaped flower 5 16A Give off 4 17A "Judging from the information available to me …" 15 20A Unadulterated 4 21A San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir. 3 22A Propellers of a shell 4 23A "These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …" 15 27A Gobbled up 3 28A Abu Dhabi's country, for short 3 29A Notable time period 3 30A Gossip, in slang 3 31A Accurse 6 33A 33-Down, across the Atlantic 3 34A "Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln) 4 35A Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle 9 38A Singer/actress Lady ___ 4 41A Historical 3 42A Got a good reaction, as a joke 6 46A Equal: Prefix 3 47A Swim-bike-run race, for short 3 48A Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day 3 49A Game with Skip and Reverse cards 3 50A "Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …" 15 54A "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim) 4 55A Pre-digital TV screen tech 3 56A Not close by 4 57A "Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …" 15 61A Survey 4 62A Temporary tattoo dye 5 63A "Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go" 4 64A Influence 4 65A Burros 5 66A Pair in a water polo pool 4

Down

1D Computing pioneer Lovelace 3 2D Argue 7 3D Neutralized, as an explosive situation 7 4D Launch 5 5D Org. in charge of school fund-raisers 3 6D One who might ask "Fair dinkum?" 6 7D Like some minor celebrities 5 8D Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager 8 9D Org. that oversees air quality initiatives 3 10D Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not" 5 11D Professor ___ (title for some retirees) 7 12D Light lager 7 13D The Cards, on scoreboards 3 18D Cover letter accompaniment 6 19D Mardi Gras city, informally 4 23D Poke 3 24D Music app named for a figure in Greek myth 7 25D Pigmented rings 7 26D Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+ 3 32D "By Jove, that's it!" 3 33D 33-Across, across the Atlantic 3 34D Web portal launched with Windows 95 3 36D Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix" 8 37D Sound of a sad trombone 6 38D Many an animated meme loop 3 39D To date 7 40D Silverback, for one 7 43D Built to last 7 44D Give for safekeeping 7 45D "How stupid of me!" 3 47D "Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary) 4 48D Bring into harmony 6 51D With a wink, say 5 52D Smooths (out) 5 53D On a regular basis 5 57D Special ___ 3 58D "J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album) 3 59D One of the four fundamental states of matter 3 60D Some Ph.D. students 3