Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, December 25, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, December 25, 2025 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "RICHARDHARRIS".
Total Clues
72
Longest
RICHARDHARRIS
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
LIZ
Featured Clue
"First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career"
13 Letters
RICHARDHARRIS
ALLComplete Solution List
Of help
5UTILE
Michael of "Barbie"
4CERA
Many a vacation package
4TOUR
Ado
8BROUHAHA
The "R" of P.R.
4RICO
Fashion designer Lange
3LIZ
Dawdle
8LOLLYGAG
Portuguese greeting
3OLA
JFK or EWR alternative
3LGA
Yes __!
5SIREE
Sews up
7ENSURES
Ready to go
6ALLSET
"All that being said ..."
6ANDYET
Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight Olympics
6LOCHTE
Foam on a seashore
4SURF
Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters
4IOTA
<i>What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle?</i>
8LAUGHING
Response to discovering the theme of a crossword
3AHA
One way to take a bull
10BYTHEHORNS
Footwear for a bride, perhaps
10WHITEHEELS
Possible base for a Caesar salad
4KALE
Some anxious behavior on one's feet
6PACING
<i>Dashing through the ___ ...</i>
4SNOW
<i>In a ___ open sleigh ...</i>
8ONEHORSE
First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career
13RICHARDHARRIS
One who runs, informally
3POL
Phil of the Grateful Dead
4LESH
Cable lead-in to TV
3TRU
Where Bart Simpson directs his prank calls
4MOES
Right-eous path?
4EAST
Like many Mormons
5UTAHN
"___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.)
4SKYS
___ pop (hybrid music genre)
3EMO
Transcript ruiners
4EFFS
<i>O'er the fields ___ ...</i>
4WEGO
Stew over
6OBSESS
Chillness
6APLOMB
Stretch
6PERIOD
Horses studied by touts
4NAGS
Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984"
10SUPERSTATE
Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City"
8FLIRTINI
Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders
4DIRK
Something typed in this field: YYYY
4YEAR
Uber-enthusiasts
5GEEKS
Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr.
3TUE
Hits from the side, informally
6TBONES
Jump in skates
4AXEL
Oh me, oh my
6HOOBOY
Buffet stand vessel
3URN
Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?"
3NUN
Big name in windows and doors
5PELLA
Very in
3HOT
A person
4EACH
Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.)
3CIT
Halal cart offering
4GYRO
Between you and me
4OURS
"S.N.L." V.I.P.
10HEADWRITER
Zoom call issue
4ECHO
Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22"
3ORR
Ballon ___ (soccer star's award)
3DOR
White House family of the 1980s
7REAGANS
Do pretty much nothing
4LOAF
Tax dodger's fear
8IRSAUDIT
Total slimeball
6SLEAZO
Elided farewell
4GBYE
Sides of pie slices, essentially
5RADII
"He has my permission"
6LETHIM
Go "Phew!," say
6EXHALE
Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flag
5THEEU
At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!"
3REF
Raider in times past
3HUN
Slangy "dude"
4BRAH