Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, December 9, 2025 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "FORWHATITSWORTH".
Total Clues
76
Longest
FORWHATITSWORTH
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
ATE
Featured Clue
""Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much ...""
15 Letters
FORWHATITSWORTH
ALLComplete Solution List
Singer/actress Lady ___
4GAGA
Goes on to say
4ADDS
Gobbled up
3ATE
Swim-bike-run race, for short
3TRI
San Diego baseballer
5PADRE
Give off
4EMIT
Unadulterated
4PURE
Not close by
4AFAR
Temporary tattoo dye
5HENNA
Influence
4SWAY
Computing pioneer Lovelace
3ADA
Cup-shaped flower
5TULIP
Abu Dhabi's country, for short
3UAE
Burros
5ASSES
Livens (up)
4PEPS
Game with Skip and Reverse cards
3UNO
Notable time period
3ERA
Equal: Prefix
3ISO
Survey
4POLL
Frozen character who sings "Let It Go"
4ELSA
"Here's my two cents, which might not amount to much ..."
15FORWHATITSWORTH
Pre-digital TV screen tech
3CRT
Got a good reaction, as a joke
6LANDED
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a ___" (old maxim)
4FIRE
"Judging from the information available to me ..."
15ASFARASICANTELL
Historical
3OLD
San Francisco-to-Santa Cruz dir.
3SSE
Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day
3AAH
Verdant privacy features ... or a punny description of the four longest answers in this puzzle
9HEDGEROWS
Accurse
6BEDAMN
"These are merely my spur-of-the-moment suggestions ..."
15JUSTSPITBALLING
"Feel free to dismiss this idea — however ..."
15ONLYATHOUGHTBUT
"Oh, ___!" (hit Broadway farce about Mrs. Lincoln)
4MARY
Neutralized, as an explosive situation
7DEFUSED
One who might ask "Fair dinkum?"
6AUSSIE
Termites, for an aardwolf
4DIET
Propellers of a shell
4OARS
Argue
7DISPUTE
Gossip, in slang
3TEA
The Cards, on scoreboards
3STL
Org. in charge of school fund-raisers
3PTA
Light lager
7PILSNER
Launch
5START
Pair in a water polo pool
4NETS
Professor ___ (title for some retirees)
7EMERITA
Like some minor celebrities
5DLIST
Asahi Super Dry or Kirin Lager
8RICEBEER
33-Down, across the Atlantic
3ZEE
Bit in a round of "He loves me, he loves me not"
5PETAL
Org. that oversees air quality initiatives
3EPA
On a regular basis
5OFTEN
Silverback, for one
7GORILLA
Pigmented rings
7AREOLAS
Mardi Gras city, informally
4NOLA
How stupid of me!
3DOH
Poke
3JAB
Built to last
7DURABLE
Bring into harmony
6ATTUNE
Give for safekeeping
7ENTRUST
Part of L.G.B.T.Q.
3GAY
Web portal launched with Windows 95
3MSN
Music app named for a figure in Greek myth
7PANDORA
33-Across, across the Atlantic
3ZED
To date
7ASOFNOW
Cover letter accompaniment
6RESUME
Sound of a sad trombone
6WAHWAH
Many an animated meme loop
3GIF
Malfunctions in the Matrix, in "The Matrix"
8GLITCHES
"Edie & ___: A Very Long Engagement" (2009 documentary)
4THEA
"By Jove, that's it!"
3AHA
With a wink, say
5WRYLY
Smooths (out)
5IRONS
Special!
3OPS
Some Ph.D. students
3TAS
One of the four fundamental states of matter
3GAS
"J to ___ L-O! The Remixes" (2002 Jennifer Lopez album)
3THA