Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, December 31, 2025 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "CELLRECEPTION".
Total Clues
72
Longest
CELLRECEPTION
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
TIP
Featured Clue
"<i>Gathering for this puzzle's attendees</i>"
13 Letters
CELLRECEPTION
ALLComplete Solution List
Hint
3TIP
Make some changes
4EDIT
That makes sense now
4ISEE
Lead, as a meeting
5CHAIR
Falco of "The Sopranos"
4EDIE
Marketplace of ancient Greece
5AGORA
Enthusiastic
4AVID
Wander aimlessly
4ROVE
Map out
4PLAN
__-crazy
3AMI
John of wrestling fame
4CENA
Arab leaders
5EMIRS
Big name in pickup trucks
3RAM
<i>See 61-Across</i>
5PARTY
Performer who's lost for words?
4MIME
Try to catch someone with guile
8SETATRAP
Suffering from memory loss, in a way
7AMNESIC
Article in hip-hop titles
3THA
Ninja's quality
7STEALTH
Giant container
3VAT
Love of Italy?
5AMORE
Stipulation for some keto dieters
7NOCARBS
Grant the power
6ENABLE
<i>Gathering for this puzzle's attendees</i>
9BOXSOCIAL
Grp. that carries badges
3FBI
<i>Gathering for this puzzle's attendees</i>
13CELLRECEPTION
Criminal suspects, informally
5PERPS
Paddle people
6ROWERS
Things people prefer to type on in secrecy, for short
4ATMS
Completely change course, in business jargon
5PIVOT
Marginalia, e.g.
5NOTES
Mess around a sty
3MUD
Knights of ___, dark order in the third "Star Wars" trilogy
3REN
Colorful parrot
5MACAW
Engine stat, in brief
3RPM
Smaller than small
4MINI
Engaged in some grooming
9MANSCAPED
<i>With 63-Across, gathering for this puzzle's attendees</i>
5BLOCK
Bloom that's green
5ALGAE
Cry of loyalty in old France
9VIVELEROI
Sports star who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
3ALI
Certain address, for short
3URL
Veil worn by Muslim women
5NIQAB
Hanker for
3YEN
Fairy tale character with a hard bed
8PAPABEAR
Williams in the Baseball Hall of Fame
3TED
It's a big hit
7HOMERUN
Name on luxury fashion apparel
4DIOR
Needles, maybe
5PRODS
Squeak (out)
3EKE
Most August babies
4LEOS
Hardly!
4NARY
Nueve menos uno
4OCHO
Small talk
8IDLECHAT
Straw, e.g.
4TUBE
Not very much
4ADAB
Prefix meaning "one thousandth"
5MILLI
How drinks may be stored at a summer gathering
5ONICE
Mark, as an option on a questionnaire
3XIN
Book reviewer, for short
3CPA
Began to withdraw mail from a mailbox, say
9REACHEDIN
Condo building's inventory
5UNITS
Supply with more weaponry
5REARM
Ideas that don't work out
5NOGOS
Word fittingly evoked by the phrase "Together everyone achieves more"
4TEAM
Ending for many a 20-Down
3NET
Lies down on the couch, say
9GETSCOMFY
Lead-in to liberalism
3NEO
Site of a historic council
5TRENT
Apple device letters
3IOS
One-named performer known as "Mr. Showmanship"
8LIBERACE
Channel similar to QVC
3HSN