Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, December 2, 2025 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "TAKEPOTSHOTSAT".
Total Clues
78
Longest
TAKEPOTSHOTSAT
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
SOS
Featured Clue
"Criticize unfairly"
14 Letters
TAKEPOTSHOTSAT
ALLComplete Solution List
Pro ___ (fairly divided)
4RATA
The "O" of A.O.C.
6OCASIO
Ray of light
4BEAM
["Grrr!"]
5IMMAD
Please help
3SOS
Blast!
4HOOT
Wing it onstage
5ADLIB
Deep down
7ATHEART
Little devil
3IMP
We have the meats sloganeer
5ARBYS
Fizzy drink
4COLA
Go for ___
3OPT
Herbal remedy in a cleanse
8DETOXTEA
Oscar-winning "GoodFellas" actor
8JOEPESCI
Many a TikToker's music rendition
7LIPSYNC
A million years, so to speak
4AGES
British "facilities"
3LAV
Longtime home of Stephen Colbert
5CBSTV
Posts on a battleship, say
5MASTS
Like most audiobooks before the rise of streaming
4ONCD
Not nearly as cool
5LAMER
Comic Idle of Monty Python
4ERIC
Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name
3ONE
Family-friendly film fare
8PGMOVIES
Breakfast brand originally known as Froffles
4EGGO
Decadent dessert
6ECLAIR
Gas brand owned by BP
5AMOCO
"That being said ...," to a texter
4OTOH
"If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet
3TIS
Sport with striking and grappling, for short
3MMA
With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors ... or what you're doing in 4-, 9-, 15- and 38-Down?
7RAISING
1960s antiwar grp.
3SDS
Go on for-ev-er
4DRAG
Sweet person
4DOLL
Hospital staffer, for short
5ERDOC
Blue Moon, for one
3ALE
One of 14 in New York's Liberty Island
4ACRE
Criticize unfairly
14TAKEPOTSHOTSAT
Dessert item usually eaten moments after it's made
5SMORE
Weak, submissive person, in modern slang
4BETA
Carhop's article of footwear
5SKATE
Suffix with Manhattan or Brooklyn
3ITE
Carpe ___ (seize the day: Lat.)
4DIEM
Cozy corners
5NOOKS
"Superfruit" whose name has two diacritics
4ACAI
Nicki ___, "Starships" rapper
5MINAJ
Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch
4OSLO
The Hawks and the Pelicans, for two
8NBATEAMS
Brought up the rear?
8CAMELAST
Prefix that's bigger than kilo-
4MEGA
Many a Mideast native
4ARAB
Lay eyes on
4SPOT
Ring of light
4HALO
Top of the hour?
3XII
Oaf
4CLOD
Superiors to cpls.
4SGTS
Top-tier
5ELITE
Clearasil target
4ACNE
See 7-Down
7CAPITAL
Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir.
3SSE
Bible figures invoked by O. Henry
4MAGI
Love of Spanish?
4AMOR
Belief system for almost two billion people
5ISLAM
"Huh, better than I expected"
8NOTSOBAD
1970s sitcom title character who "can turn the world on with her smile"
4MARY
Electric guitarist's accessory
3AMP
Communication system for almost two billion people
5GMAIL
Bit in a friendship bracelet
4BEAD
Prefix with conscious
3ECO
Not drunk
5SOBER
Frequently
4ALOT
Dos cubed
4OCHO
What spicy food has
4BITE
Hairball hacker
3CAT
Subject of the Tenth Commandment
4ENVY
Grey Goose competitor
14BELVEDEREVODKA
Business that's owned and managed by its members
4COOP
Communication syst. in which the letter Z is drawn with one's index finger
3ASL