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NYT Crossword — December 9, 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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Across

37 clues

1Goes on to say

5San Diego baseballer

14Termites, for an aardwolf

15Cup-shaped flower

17"Judging from the information available to me …"

20Unadulterated

21San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.

22Propellers of a shell

23"These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …"

28Abu Dhabi's country, for short

29Notable time period

30Gossip, in slang

3333-Down, across the Atlantic

34"Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln)

35Verdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle

38Singer/actress Lady ___

42Got a good reaction, as a joke

46Equal: Prefix

47Swim-bike-run race, for short

48Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day

49Game with Skip and Reverse cards

50"Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …"

54"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)

55Pre-digital TV screen tech

57"Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …"

62Temporary tattoo dye

63"Frozen" character who sings "Let It Go"

66Pair in a water polo pool

Down

39 clues

1Computing pioneer Lovelace

3Neutralized, as an explosive situation

5Org. in charge of school fund-raisers

6One who might ask "Fair dinkum?"

7Like some minor celebrities

8Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager

9Org. that oversees air quality initiatives

10Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not"

11Professor ___ (title for some retirees)

13The Cards, on scoreboards

18Cover letter accompaniment

19Mardi Gras city, informally

24Music app named for a figure in Greek myth

25Pigmented rings

26Part of L.G.B.T.Q.+

32"By Jove, that's it!"

3333-Across, across the Atlantic

34Web portal launched with Windows 95

36Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix"

37Sound of a sad trombone

38Many an animated meme loop

40Silverback, for one

43Built to last

44Give for safekeeping

45"How stupid of me!"

47"Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)

48Bring into harmony

51With a wink, say

52Smooths (out)

53On a regular basis

58"J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album)

59One of the four fundamental states of matter

60Some Ph.D. students

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedDec 9, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKate Hawkins

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17A"Judging from the information available to me …"15 ltrs 23A"These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions …"15 ltrs 50A"Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much …"15 ltrs 57A"Feel free to dismiss this idea — however …"15 ltrs 35AVerdant privacy features … or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.