Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, December 5, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, December 5, 2025 features 68 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.6 letters. The longest answer is "DONTPOKETHEBEAR".
Total Clues
68
Longest
DONTPOKETHEBEAR
Avg Length
5.6
Shortest
TEN
Featured Clue
"Words of caution"
15 Letters
DONTPOKETHEBEAR
ALLComplete Solution List
One and the other
4BOTH
It's perfect
3TEN
Curtail
4STEM
Refuge
3ARK
Colombian city of 2+ million
4CALI
Council, in Russian
6SOVIET
Threshold
3EVE
Nebraska senator Fischer
3DEB
Relatives of banjoleles
4UKES
Dutch artist Jan van der ___
4MEER
Coastal waterway
3RIA
High time?
4NOON
Bundle
4PILE
What clones share
7GENESET
Subject of the Bouguereau painting "The Abduction of Psyche"
4EROS
Where much of "Brokeback Mountain" was filmed
7ALBERTA
Spot likely to smear
8ATTACKAD
They aren't party people
6LONERS
Up
5RISEN
Ties up
7ENLACES
Words of caution
15DONTPOKETHEBEAR
Stick in an orchestra
5BATON
Fun-size
4MINI
Sauce whose name derives from the Italian word for "crush"
5PESTO
Hotel listing
4RATE
Can't-miss purchases?
13SEASONTICKETS
Cut, as with a box cutter
4SLIT
Age at which you just learned something you should have realized before, facetiously
13TODAYYEARSOLD
Sea shanty singer
6SAILOR
Many a wearer of a long robe called a thawb
5SAUDI
1944 Pacific battle site
5LEYTE
Is this possible?
7CANITBE
Repeat
7ITERATE
Got misty
6TEARED
Ski town that shares its name with a tree
5ASPEN
Pines
5ACHES
Words of retaliation
8TAKETHAT
Image that's just over a foot, informally
8ANKLETAT
Big name in chip production
4LAYS
Home to Kotoka International Airport
5GHANA
Film with the tagline "Someone has taken their love for scary movies one step too far"
6SCREAM
"Might as well give it a shot ..."
15HEREGOESNOTHING
Word with fire or false
5ALARM
Something blocked by censors
5CURSE
Skin layer with hair follicles
5DERMA
It might be on a rack
3HAT
"Arrested Development," e.g.
6SITCOM
Show stoppers, sometimes
5RAINS
Items on many a back-to-school supply list
7ERASERS
Take a little off the top
4SKIM
Fancy
4LIKE
Shade of red
6CLARET
Tricks
5PLOYS
Kind of instinct
8MATERNAL
Dog treat
4BONE
Silent sort
4CLAM
Big name in fast food
7RAYKROC
Spicy
3HOT
Raced
4TORE
Argumentative
7HOSTILE
Minimal coverage provider?
5THONG
Thickening agent found in many vegan recipes
4AGAR
Mohamed ___, Egyptian soccer star
5SALAH
Unwitting mark
5PATSY
Hearty steakhouse serving
6RIBEYE
"Honor Thy Father" writer, 1971
6TALESE
Dot follower in academia
3EDU
Get to
6ATTEND