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New York Times Answers

Friday, 26th December 2025
There are 35 across clues and 35 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Friday, 26th December 2025. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Dawdler
AAcross 9: Cuts short
AAcross 15: Typical sight in a bank robbery cartoon
AAcross 16: KitschLOWART
AAcross 17: Doing some theater work
AAcross 18: Cracked wheat used in tabbouleh
AAcross 19: One whose beauty is on the inside
AAcross 20: Whole kit and caboodle
AAcross 22: ___-Latin (like some modern coinages)
AAcross 23: Plant that's toxic to cats
AAcross 24: Some babysitters
AAcross 25: A cold one is unexpected (and usually unappreciated)
AAcross 26: Since Jan. 1, on a pay stubYTD
AAcross 27: Tuesday, in FrenchMARDI
AAcross 28: Song commonly performed outdoors
AAcross 29: Food that can be prepared de canasta
AAcross 30: ___ Tuesday (end of the pre-Lenten season)
AAcross 31: One toeing the line?
AAcross 35: Individually
AAcross 36: Editorialize
AAcross 37: Overly self-assertive
AAcross 38: Like a good sponge cake
AAcross 39: Down Under bird that scientists are working to "de-extinct"
AAcross 42: Singular, with or without its first letter
AAcross 43: Origin story family in DC Comics
AAcross 44: Facility
AAcross 45: Certain care provider, for shortEMT
AAcross 46: Re-fresh?
AAcross 47: It might be marked with an X
AAcross 48: Linked (with)TIEDIN
AAcross 50: Drive
AAcross 52: Harden and become resistant to change
AAcross 53: Life partner, perhaps?
AAcross 54: Old coin with a picture of Generalissimo Franco
AAcross 55: Treated with respect
DDown 1: How a supervillain might brag
DDown 2: Flip
DDown 3: Waiting for support, maybeONHOLD
DDown 4: Like untended plots
DDown 5: Funeral ___
DDown 6: Broad band?
DDown 7: Royal Australian Air Force insignia
DDown 8: Competition that combines speed with balanceEGGANDSPOONRACE
DDown 9: Professor DumbledoreALBUS
DDown 10: Contest
DDown 11: Bevy : quail :: parliament : ___
DDown 12: The world's end, in Norse mythology
DDown 13: Mr. or Ms. Right
DDown 14: Baby sitter?
DDown 21: Half of a classic rum cocktail's nameMAI
DDown 24: Component of a nautilus shell
DDown 25: Eric who wrote and illustrated "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me"
DDown 27: Stick by a fireplace
DDown 28: Mantra
DDown 29: Nearby things
DDown 30: Like the pope's guards
DDown 31: Area on which to eat or play cards
DDown 32: "You can absolutely count on me"IPROMISE
DDown 33: Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g.
DDown 34: Great illustrations
DDown 38: Connected
DDown 39: Sister of MosesMIRIAM
DDown 40: Worth consideringOFNOTE
DDown 41: Made up
DDown 43: Nation dubbed the "cradle of mankind"
DDown 44: "Understood?"GOTME
DDown 46: Big break
DDown 47: Stack (up)
DDown 49: Casting need
DDown 51: Short diner order