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NYT Crossword — December 30, 2025

Tuesday’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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5N

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59J

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60B

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61Y

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Across

37 clues

5Pointed end of a pen

8Parts not filled in

12Cookies with their name embossed on them

14Prefix with -metric

17Something to wave with pride?

19Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians

20"Absolument!"

21Fizzled out completely

23"Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish)

24In the style of

26Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast

27Play loudly, as from a speaker

29Break away (from)

33[That looks delicious …]

36Flashy cycling maneuvers

39What a new hire might learn, with "the"

40"That's not good!"

41"Sunday Night Football" producer

43Floating markers

45"That's not good!"

47Opera excerpt

49Casual turndown

50Psychic's alleged ability, for short

53They're pulled to garner media attention, informally

57Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g.

59Sudden shocks

60Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across!

62Upside-down frown

64Skip over, in speech

66Perfect score in Olympic diving

67Many bills in tip jars

Down

39 clues

1The eyes of an emoticon, typically

2Make a case (for)

3Opposite of credit

6Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street"

74 on a par 3, e.g.

8Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff

9Like good omens

10College instructor, for short

11"To thine own ___ be true"

13Sudden, powerful gust of wind

16Used a stool, say

18Athleisure brand originally from Italy

22Homes on branches

25___ Day (April observance)

27Climactic fight in a video game

30Fun word to shout into a canyon

31Fashion inits. in Manhattan

32Those, en español

33Puts on, as a jacket

35Apex predator of the ocean

37Marks, as a ballot square

39"The Thinker" sculptor

46___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean)

48Making a plate appearance

50Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him

51Fuzzy-feeling leather

52Extremes of the earth

53Nightwear, informally

54Oblong tomato type

55Lose traction

56"OK, go ahead"

58Casual collared shirt

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedDec 30, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorGeoffrey Schorkopf and Will Eisenberg

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

9DLike good omens10 ltrs 27DClimactic fight in a video game10 ltrs 17ASomething to wave with pride?9 ltrs 36AFlashy cycling maneuvers9 ltrs 41A"Sunday Night Football" producer9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.