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Tuesday, 9th December 2025

There are 37 across clues and 40 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Tuesday, 9th December 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Goes on to say
AAcross 5:	San Diego baseballer
AAcross 10:	Livens (up)
AAcross 14:	Termites, for an aardwolf
AAcross 15:	Cup-shaped flower
AAcross 16:	Give off
AAcross 17:	"Judging from the information available to me …"	ASFARASICANTELL
AAcross 20:	Unadulterated
AAcross 21:	San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.
AAcross 22:	Propellers of a shell
AAcross 23:	"These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …"	JUSTSPITBALLING
AAcross 27:	Gobbled up
AAcross 28:	Abu Dhabi's country, for short	UAE
AAcross 29:	Notable time period
AAcross 30:	Gossip, in slang
AAcross 31:	Accurse
AAcross 33:	33-Down, across the Atlantic
AAcross 34:	"Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln)
AAcross 35:	Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle
AAcross 38:	Singer/actress Lady ___
AAcross 41:	Historical
AAcross 42:	Got a good reaction, as a joke
AAcross 46:	Equal: Prefix
AAcross 47:	Swim-bike-run race, for short	TRI
AAcross 48:	Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day
AAcross 49:	Game with Skip and Reverse cards	UNO
AAcross 50:	"Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …"	FORWHATITSWORTH
AAcross 54:	"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)
AAcross 55:	Pre-digital TV screen tech
AAcross 56:	Not close by
AAcross 57:	"Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …"	ONLYATHOUGHTBUT
AAcross 61:	Survey
AAcross 62:	Temporary tattoo dye
AAcross 63:	"Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go"	ELSA
AAcross 64:	Influence
AAcross 65:	Burros
AAcross 66:	Pair in a water polo pool
DDown 1:	Computing pioneer Lovelace
DDown 2:	Argue
DDown 3:	Neutralized, as an explosive situation
DDown 4:	Launch
DDown 5:	Org. in charge of school fund-raisers	PTA
DDown 6:	One who might ask "Fair dinkum?"
DDown 7:	Like some minor celebrities	DLIST
DDown 8:	Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager
DDown 9:	Org. that oversees air quality initiatives
DDown 9:	Org. that oversees air quality initiatives
DDown 10:	Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not"
DDown 11:	Professor ___ (title for some retirees)
DDown 12:	Light lager
DDown 13:	The Cards, on scoreboards	STL
DDown 18:	Cover letter accompaniment
DDown 19:	Mardi Gras city, informally	NOLA
DDown 23:	Poke
DDown 24:	Music app named for a figure in Greek myth
DDown 25:	Pigmented rings
DDown 26:	Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+
DDown 32:	"By Jove, that's it!"
DDown 33:	33-Across, across the Atlantic
DDown 34:	Web portal launched with Windows 95	MSN
DDown 36:	Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix"
DDown 37:	Sound of a sad trombone	WAHWAH
DDown 38:	Many an animated meme loop
DDown 39:	To date	ASOFNOW
DDown 40:	Silverback, for one
DDown 43:	Built to last
DDown 44:	Give for safekeeping
DDown 45:	"How stupid of me!"
DDown 47:	"Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)
DDown 48:	Bring into harmony
DDown 51:	With a wink, say
DDown 52:	Smooths (out)
DDown 53:	On a regular basis
DDown 57:	Special ___
DDown 58:	"J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album)	THA
DDown 59:	One of the four fundamental states of matter
DDown 60:	Some Ph.D. students

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