New York Times AnswersSunday, 21st December 2025 There are 72 across clues and 72 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Sunday, 21st December 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Some Arctic transportsSKIPLANESAAcross 10: S.E.C. football powerhouse, for shortBAMAAAcross 14: 1950s hangout with a jukeboxSODASHOPAAcross 20: Game piece made of four squaresTETROMINOAAcross 21: "The Kite Runner" protagonistAMIRAAcross 22: SkulksPROWLSAAcross 23: Joins graduallyEASESINTOAAcross 24: "Doggone it!"DARNAAcross 25: TreatmentREMEDYAAcross 26: Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plantANILAAcross 27: Wrangler alternativeLEEAAcross 28: Brightly colored Mediterranean flowersSUNROSESAAcross 30: Rap's Run-___DMCAAcross 31: Course catalog?MENUAAcross 32: When Aries transitions to TaurusAPRILAAcross 34: Sweetly, on scoresDOLCEAAcross 35: "I'll pass"NAHAAcross 36: Input of certain miningDATAAAcross 38: Montalbán who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"RICARDOAAcross 40: Timer settingOVENAAcross 42: Areas of influenceSPHERESAAcross 45: Mental health org.APAAAcross 46: Fraudulently make seem likePALMOFFASAAcross 48: Covers completelyCOATSAAcross 49: Wyoming peakTETONAAcross 51: Like a corporation with a new logo, perhapsREBRANDEDAAcross 54: Comment from someone caught in the rainIMSOAKEDAAcross 56: Yellow avenue in MonopolyVENTNORAAcross 58: A bit off, sayONSALEAAcross 59: Hyatt alternativeOMNIAAcross 60: Hard-boiled genreNOIRAAcross 62: TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for exampleFANSITEAAcross 64: Dark sideYINAAcross 65: Former big name in browsersNETSCAPEAAcross 67: U.F.O.-watching org.SETIAAcross 68: By way of, informallyTHRUAAcross 70: Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger)SABEAAcross 71: Sailor's patronSTELMOAAcross 72: Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddessRHIANNONAAcross 76: DaddyPOPAAcross 79: Eponymous British financier James ___BARCLAYAAcross 81: By saying this you mean wellBIENAAcross 82: Wrap sellerDELIAAcross 83: Adopted, as a petTOOKINAAcross 85: Wasn't folded in a suitcase, sayLAYFLATAAcross 87: Developed, as baby teethGREWINAAcross 89: Sci-fi miniaturizerSHRINKRAYAAcross 91: EmanationsAURASAAcross 93: Boldly faceBRAVEAAcross 94: Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g.CAESARAAcross 95: Guardians, on a scoreboardCLEAAcross 96: Bit of birdspeakCHITTERAAcross 98: Damp, mildewy qualityMUSTAAcross 99: They hold waterVESSELSAAcross 102: SilenceHUSHAAcross 103: Lying faceupSUPINEAAcross 104: ___ Park, Calif.MENLOAAcross 105: AirETHERAAcross 107: Disney subsidiaryESPNAAcross 111: A little help?ELFAAcross 112: Evaded, as a sensitive issueDANCEDAROUNDAAcross 114: Some pings, in briefIMSAAcross 115: "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry)THEEAAcross 116: Skips overELIDESAAcross 118: Few and far betweenRAREAAcross 119: Regulars at parks with ramps, informallySKATERATSAAcross 121: Reply after having one's memory joggedYESYESAAcross 122: Some time agoONCEAAcross 123: "What's done is done!"GETOVERITAAcross 124: Stick (to)ADHEREAAcross 125: Garden interloperWEEDAAcross 126: Church parts crossing navesTRANSEPTSDDown 1: Make furiousSTEAMDDown 2: "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___KEANEDDown 3: Tennis line judge's rulingITSINDDown 4: Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you"PRELUDETOAKISSDDown 5: West side of L.A.?LOSDDown 6: "Is there still time for me to join you?"AMILATEDDown 7: 51 to the hourNINEPASTDDown 8: Stage directionENTERDDown 9: Phillipa of BroadwaySOODDown 10: Grammy winner ErykahBADUDDown 11: ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poetAMANDADDown 12: CopyMIRRORDDown 13: Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshmentsARNOLDPALMERSDDown 14: Spending rompSPREEDDown 15: Output of certain miningORESDDown 16: Counterpart of a subDOMDDown 17: Fast start?ASH WEDNESDAYDDown 18: Father, familiarlyOLD MANDDown 19: Mentally overpower, with "out"PSYCHDDown 28: Like most moccasinsSLIP-ONDDown 29: Great Dane of cartoons, informallySCOOBDDown 33: More lividIRATERDDown 37: Keister, in LeicesterARSEDDown 39: 2015 chart-topping hit for the WeekndCANTFEELMYFACEDDown 40: Symbolic for its timeOFANERADDown 41: Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard designVANSDDown 42: DescendantSCIONDDown 43: Apple: Fr.POMMEDDown 44: Is withoutHASNTDDown 47: Rabid in appearanceFROTHINGDDown 50: Woman's nickname that sounds like two lettersEVIEDDown 51: Rice-A-___RONIDDown 52: "Borderlands" director ___ RothELIDDown 53: Hiding placeDENDDown 55: Gene pools?DNABANKSDDown 57: Org. with its own alphabetNATODDown 61: Abbr. not found on most smartphonesOPERDDown 63: "Aren't ___ lucky one?!"ITHEDDown 66: It has a lot of secretariesCABINETDDown 67: Shirt collar stiffenerSTAYDDown 69: Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle?UNDERTHETREEDDown 71: Knock ’em deadSLAYDDown 72: Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy"RITADDown 73: Just getting started withNEWATDDown 74: Green shadeOLIVEDDown 75: What Joe Montana was in the '80sNINERDDown 76: A TD scores six of thesePTSDDown 77: "Fancy, that!"OOHDDown 78: Prickly denizen of coral reefsPORCUPINE FISHDDown 78: Prickly denizen of coral reefsPORCUPINEFISHDDown 80: Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey TrialCLARENCE DARROWDDown 81: Most minimalBARESTDDown 84: Some Korean exportsKIASDDown 86: Calmed deceptivelyLULLEDDDown 88: Baseball slugger's statRBISDDown 90: Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones"RAVENDDown 92: BlueprintsSCHEMATADDown 97: Author Zora Neale ___HURSTONDDown 98: Noodled on, with "over"MULLEDDDown 100: Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"SLOANEDDown 101: InformantSOURCEDDown 103: "Ta-ta!"SEEYADDown 104: Tricky pool shotMASSEDDown 106: Someone enjoying a walk in the parkHIKERDDown 108: Mentally with itSHARPDDown 109: ___ fourPETITDDown 110: Fits one inside the otherNESTSDDown 112: Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___DEERDDown 113: EssentialNEEDDDown 117: It might be good for a changeDYEDDown 119: One who knows the drill?: Abbr.SGTDDown 120: Teslas, e.g., for shortEVS