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NYT Crossword — December 3, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 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

5Tied up, as hay

10Surrounded by

14Plant-based spread

16Largest company headquartered in Oregon

171967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across

20Words after "happily ever after"

22Lack of connectivity

23Long-haired bovine

24Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally

27College football rival of Michigan, for short

291978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across

34Lead-in to pop or lit

36Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category

37Midmonth time

38Linseed oil source

39Shampoo often in a green bottle

40Remain unresolved

41Cause for a miner celebration?

42Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles

43Hospital count

442008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across

47One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro

48Egyptian sun deity

49Solid-rock connector

52Forehead marker at the start of Lent

54Long-running procedural franchise

57Removes forcibly

591973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across

63Currency of Yemen

64Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain"

65Unimpressive rating

66TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg

67"Take this job and shove it!"

68Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke?

Down

41 clues

2Greeting among the lei community?

3Jeter in Cooperstown

5Like Picard vis-à-vis Kirk

6Drink that may come in a yard

7Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté"

8Kind of strategy

9Obama-era immigration program, informally

10Novelist Patchett

11Following bad advice

12Store with iconic blue totes

13Like certain thoughts and pockets

19Yours, in French

25"Slavonic Dances" composer

26Omsk's region

29Philly b-ball squad

30Superlatively contemptible

31Slithering swimmer

32Google app with the slogan "Search what you see"

33Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind"

34Online commentary site

35Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows"

38Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr.

39Aphrodite's second letter

43Golden-tan dog of multiple films

45Blue area on a Scottish map

46Think that it's appropriate

50Got out of a chair

51"Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas)

53Guarded area for many athletes

56Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia

58Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category

60Sneakily clever

61Letters of indebtedness

62Day before taking the SAT: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedDec 3, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorVictor Barocas

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 41 down

Longest entries

17A1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across15 ltrs 59A1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across15 ltrs 29A1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across12 ltrs 44A2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across12 ltrs 11DFollowing bad advice9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.