Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, December 19, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, December 19, 2025 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "BLENDEDFAMILIES".
Total Clues
72
Longest
BLENDEDFAMILIES
Avg Length
5.3
Shortest
MGS
Featured Clue
"Results of some remarriages"
15 Letters
BLENDEDFAMILIES
ALLComplete Solution List
Rx dosages
3MGS
Climbed without ropes
10FREESOLOED
Golden ratio symbol
3PHI
Plane on a diamond
5FACET
Summer Olympics event
4EPEE
Gram alternative
3NAN
Fashion designer Schiaparelli
4ELSA
Yard sale?
3ALE
Extend
8LENGTHEN
Big Apple athlete
5KNICK
Go viral
5TREND
Awed reactions
4OOHS
Home
5DEPOT
Deduce
5INFER
Boomer playing in a band
8BASSDRUM
Suddenly kicks the bucket
9DROPSDEAD
Old money, for short?
3IRA
Slow ___ (response from the unamused)
4CLAP
Things that may be connected
4DOTS
Silver of the Silver Bulletin
4NATE
Mr. Right, e.g.
9IDEALMATE
Annual mystery award
5EDGAR
Certain put-back shot
5TIPIN
L.G.B.T.Q.+ rights activist Windsor
4EDIE
Had an outsize presence
11LOOMEDLARGE
Their talent may not be as important as their last names
10NEPOBABIES
They may recently have been in a jam
11STUBBEDTOES
___ Hadley, "Clever Girl" novelist
5TESSA
Trusted one, typically
5ELDER
One who enjoys the high C's?
9OPERAGOER
Fire in one's belly
8AMBITION
Results of some remarriages
15BLENDEDFAMILIES
Some arthritis
4GOUT
Afirmativa enfática
4SISI
"Opportunity," per Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3AGE
Introductory dissection subject
4WORM
Grande opening
3RIO
Prosecco relative
4ASTI
2023 musical with a Tony for Best Choreography
9ILLINOISE
Disparities studied by economists
8WAGEGAPS
Swim with the fishes
7SNORKEL
Diktat
4FIAT
High-fat diet, informally
4KETO
Jewish honorific
3REB
Wrinkle remover
4IRON
They work around the clock
5HANDS
Kind of school
3MED
Larry ___, longtime owner of the Cleveland Guardians
5DOLAN
Repeated role for Chris Hemsworth
4THOR
Fair ___ (concept in copyright law)
3USE
Pitch catcher?
3EAR
Wrap up by
5ENDAT
Easter basket treat
4PEEP
Hit below the belt, in a way
5KNEED
Word with dating or skating
5SPEED
When you're reading this
3NOW
It's a long story
4SAGA
Half time?
4TOCK
Pressure source
4PEER
Zesty flavor
4TANG
Expo take-home
7SWAGBAG
Windy City exchange, in brief
4MERC
Genre for Miles Davis or Dizzy Gillespie
3BOP
Like He and Xe
5INERT
D.I.Y. dessert item
5SMORE
Source of motivation, informally
5INSPO
Parts of submarines also known as fairwaters
4FINS
Piece in the game Battleship
3PEG
Fictional companion of Thing One and Thing Two
11CATINTHEHAT
Bad place to be while gambling
11INADEEPHOLE
Grp. with geologists and biologists
3EPA
Altar-ed statement?
3IDO