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NYT Crossword — December 11, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues
1Against
5Greek goddess swallowed by her father and rescued by her future husband
9Suisse peak
13Spoils
14Work of Bellini or Bizet
16Stead
17SEAL … SWAT … B …
19Some ways off
20Plane divider
21English town known for its salt
23Sustainable start?
24Contraction that's a homophone of 20-Across
26Author Zora ___ Hurston
28Utopia … 10 … ideal …
34Warms up for a race, say
35Columbus's smallest ship
36"No harm, no foul"
37Bus. page news
38Landing area in a long jump
40Sign for cheap admission
41Word with heavy or scrap
43Slip (out), in a way
44Cry over spilt milk?
45Puff … Komodo … Smaug …
48Take inspiration from
49Quote from Homer
50Cable staple since 1972
51A replay might be seen in this
55Echo starter
59Prepares to throw
61Fish … scuba … Army …
63Reunion group
64Subject of an Oscars announcement
65What a dog might do to its owner
66Lottery-style gambling game
67Dreamcast developer
68Puts two and two together, say

Down

39 clues
1Alan of PBS's "Scientific American Frontiers"
2Wrapper at a Japanese restaurant
3Steps up to, as the line
4Right-leaning type
5Super-trendy
6Electrified Olympic weapon
7Collect, as rewards
8Huggers
9In the style of
10Something learned the hard way, often
11Organization promoting international goodwill
12Coin with 12 stars on it
15Acting collectively
18Un-solid-ify
22Be worthy of
25Sol's sister
27Toward the back of the boat
28Big wheels in the Vatican?
29Ray Charles's first #1 R&B single (1954)
30Hand sanitizer eliminates the need to do this
31Quit
32Art class staple
33Abrupt endings, of a sort
342022 book paying tribute to a 1960s rock legend
38Narrow openings
39Big Apple debut in 2010
42This clue's number, for the youngest U.S. president
44"Lux-ur-ious!"
46Nick of "Cape Fear"
47Pan in the butt?
50Cybersecurity concern
52Electrical units
53Maze runners, sometimes
54Universal donor's type, informally
56Children's author Blyton
57Popular stick-figure webcomic
58Quizzes
60___-cone
62New Zealand parrot whose name sounds like a Korean automaker

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Stats & info

Thursday, Dec 11, 2025
15×15
Grid size
76
Total entries
38/187
Black / letter cells
4.9
Avg entry length
14 ltrs
Longest entry
Tricky
Thursday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedDec 11, 2025
DayThursday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorKevin Curry
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 39 down
Longest entries
28AUtopia … 10 … ideal …14 ltrs45APuff … Komodo … Smaug …14 ltrs17ASEAL … SWAT … B …10 ltrs61AFish … scuba … Army …10 ltrs10DSomething learned the hard way, often10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.