Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, December 20, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, December 20, 2025 features 64 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.9 letters. The longest answer is "WELLLADIDAH".
Total Clues
64
Longest
WELLLADIDAH
Avg Length
5.9
Shortest
MOW
Featured Clue
""Aren't we all hoity-toity?!""
11 Letters
WELLLADIDAH
ALLComplete Solution List
They're stoked
5COALS
Established fact
5GIVEN
Body layer
5DERMA
Speak, as thou might
5SAYST
Punted
5POLED
Io or luna
4MOTH
Sworn
6AVOWED
___ you!
4RANG
Underhanded
6SNEAKY
Generate clippings, say
3MOW
"Aren't we all hoity-toity?!"
11WELLLADIDAH
First name in hog riding
4EVEL
Events at which to release one's inner geek
9NERDFESTS
Let off steam, perhaps
6VENTED
#1 on Wired magazine's list of the 10 most influential video games of the 2010s
8FORTNITE
Kind of beard that follows the jawline
9CHINSTRAP
Let go of
4FIRE
Sampras rival during the 1990s
6AGASSI
Get on board
6EMBARK
Major magazine pieces
8FEATURES
Word with blue or open
5SKIES
Org. that's gone to the dogs?
3AKC
Makers of frightening but (thankfully) rare marine attacks
5ORCAS
[womp, womp]
11SADTROMBONE
Perry Como or Bing Crosby
7CROONER
Higher power?
5SOLAR
Act bearishly
4SELL
Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars
4ERIE
Source of half the world's sugar during the late 1800s
5BEETS
When repeated, a small treat
3BON
Frustrated and making poor decisions, informally
6ONTILT
Delicatessen offering
6REUBEN
Shamans, typically
8ANIMISTS
What might come with some baggage?
5IDTAG
Extremely rare, facetiously
11STILLMOOING
Dogsbody
9ERRANDBOY
Dunderheaded
5THICK
City, lake or canton de Suisse
6GENEVE
Tip on quite a few bucks?
6ANTLER
Significant spread
5FEAST
Currency of Serbia
5DINAR
Where to follow local customs, it's said
6INROME
Loser of the 2025 World Series
7TORONTO
Mardi Gras parading societies
6KREWES
Van Gogh retreat in southern France
5ARLES
Claps back
7RETORTS
Exercise almost to a point of pain
11FEELTHEBURN
Tech job
5CODER
Beach shade
6SUNTAN
Bills first introduced in 1861
5FIVES
Agree to, in a way
7SHAKEON
T?
3TOA
Bath ___
5SALTS
Day at the movies
5DORIS
Fashions
6CRAFTS
Escapade
5CAPER
One of the Wayans brothers
6KEENEN
Like some costs
4SUNK
Clown locale
5RODEO
Post-show celebration
9CASTPARTY
Futuristic sci-fi classic with tales set in 2021 and 2029
6IROBOT
Some spa treatments
8SKINCARE
Many a drop-down
4MENU
Field of the annual César Awards
6CINEMA