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NYT Crossword — December 31, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 73 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

36 clues

1Big name in pickup trucks

4Criminal suspects, informally

9Giant container

14Love of Italy?

15Performer who's lost for words?

16Smaller than small

17Completely change course, in business jargon

19Gathering for this puzzle's attendees

22Stipulation for some keto dieters

24Ninja's quality

27Grant the power

28Paddle people

30Marketplace of ancient Greece

34Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy

35Gathering for this puzzle's attendees

40Falco of "The Sopranos"

41Article in hip-hop titles

42Make some changes

43Gathering for this puzzle's attendees

46Suffering from memory loss, in a way

49It's a big hit

53Name on luxury fashion apparel

54Marginalia, e.g.

56John of wrestling fame

57Bloom that's green

59Mess around a sty

60Lead, as a meeting

61With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees

62Grp. that carries badges

63See 61-Across

64"That makes sense now!"

66Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short

Down

37 clues

1Engine stat, in brief

2Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up”

3Engaged in some grooming

4Fairy tale character with a hard bed

6Wander aimlessly

7Needles, maybe

8Try to catch someone with guile

9Cry of loyalty in old France

11Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame

13Veil worn by Muslim women

15Colorful parrot

20Certain address, for short

21Lead-in to liberalism

22Ending for many a 20-Down

23How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering

25Site of a historic council

26Channel similar to QVC

31Lies down on the couch, say

32Nueve menos uno

33Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say

36One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship"

37Most August babies

38Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more"

44Mark, as an option on a questionnaire

45Apple device letters

46Not very much

47Prefix meaning "one-thousandth"

48Ideas that don't work out

50Supply with more weaponry

51Condo building's inventory

60Book reviewer, for short

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025

15×15

Grid size

73

Total entries

43/182

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedDec 31, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJeffrey Martinovic

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split36 across · 37 down

Longest entries

35AGathering for this puzzle's attendees13 ltrs 19AGathering for this puzzle's attendees11 ltrs 43AGathering for this puzzle's attendees9 ltrs 3DEngaged in some grooming9 ltrs 9DCry of loyalty in old France9 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 43 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.