NYT Crossword hints and answer for December 3, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorVictor Barocas
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Young fellows (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLADS→
5A
Tied up, as hay (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBALED→
10A
Surrounded by (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAMID→
14A
Plant-based spread (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOLEO→
15A
Echo speaker (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALEXA→
16A
Largest company headquartered in Oregon (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENIKE→
17A
1967 hit by the Who, per 68-Across (15)
Starts with F, ends with EFORMILESICANSEE→
20A
Words after "happily ever after" (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTHEEND→
21A
Bit of ink (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTAT→
22A
Lack of connectivity (3)
Starts with G, ends with PGAP→
23A
Long-haired bovine (3)
Starts with Y, ends with KYAK→
24A
Anabolic steroids, e.g., informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEDS→
27A
College football rival of Michigan, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with UOSU→
29A
1978 song by Gloria Gaynor, per 68-Across (12)
Starts with S, ends with LSURVIVEIWILL→
34A
Lead-in to pop or lit (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRIT→
36A
Award with a "Best New American Theater Work" category (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBIE→
37A
Midmonth time (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDES→
38A
Linseed oil source (4)
Starts with F, ends with XFLAX→
39A
Shampoo often in a green bottle (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPRELL→
40A
Remain unresolved (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPEND→
41A
Cause for a miner celebration? (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELODE→
42A
Animal in more than 70 Bugs Bunny titles (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHARE→
43A
Hospital count (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBEDS→
44A
2008 hit by Katy Perry, per 68-Across (12)
Starts with A, ends with DAGIRLIKISSED→
47A
One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOSO→
48A
Egyptian sun deity (4)
Starts with A, ends with NATEN→
49A
Solid-rock connector (3)
Starts with A, ends with AASA→
52A
Forehead marker at the start of Lent (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
54A
Long-running procedural franchise (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
57A
Removes forcibly (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEJECTS→
59A
1973 Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton, per 68-Across (15)
Starts with T, ends with TTHESHERIFFISHOT→
63A
Currency of Yemen (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRIAL→
64A
Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain" (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMAORI→
65A
Unimpressive rating (4)
Starts with P, ends with RPOOR→
66A
TV's Griffith, Kaufman or Samberg (4)
Starts with A, ends with YANDY→
67A
"Take this job and shove it!" (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIQUIT→
68A
Wise counselor of sci-fi who might not be great at karaoke? (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYODA→
Down
1D
Elevated (5)
Starts with L, ends with YLOFTY→
2D
Greeting among the lei community? (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALOHA→
3D
Jeter in Cooperstown (5)
Starts with D, ends with KDEREK→
4D
Not too many (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOME→
5D
Like Picard vis-à-vis Kirk (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBALDER→
6D
Drink that may come in a yard (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
7D
Jean-Paul Sartre's "___ Chemins de la Liberté" (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLES→
8D
Kind of strategy (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEXIT→
9D
Obama-era immigration program, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADACA→
10D
Novelist Patchett (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
11D
Following bad advice (9)
Starts with M, ends with DMISGUIDED→
12D
Store with iconic blue totes (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
13D
Like certain thoughts and pockets (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDEEP→
18D
Advice (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINPUT→
19D
Yours, in French (4)
Starts with A, ends with IATOI→
25D
"Slavonic Dances" composer (6)
Starts with D, ends with KDVORAK→
26D
Omsk's region (7)
Starts with S, ends with ASIBERIA→
29D
Philly b-ball squad (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSIXERS→
30D
Superlatively contemptible (6)
Starts with V, ends with TVILEST→
31D
Slithering swimmer (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
32D
Google app with the slogan "Search what you see" (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLENS→
33D
Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind" (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
34D
Online commentary site (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBLOG→
35D
Band that helped popularize "pay-what-you-want" pricing with their album "In Rainbows" (9)
Starts with R, ends with DRADIOHEAD→
38D
Home to the Tamiami Trail: Abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with AFLA→
39D
Aphrodite's second letter (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPHI→
43D
Golden-tan dog of multiple films (5)
Starts with B, ends with IBENJI→
45D
Blue area on a Scottish map (4)
Starts with L, ends with HLOCH→
46D
Think that it's appropriate (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSEEFIT→
49D
Cold call? (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
50D
Got out of a chair (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSTOOD→
51D
"Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas) (5)
Starts with A, ends with AASTRA→
52D
Razor brand (4)
Starts with A, ends with AATRA→
53D
Guarded area for many athletes (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSHIN→
55D
18-wheeler (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
56D
Modern country that includes most of ancient Mesopotamia (4)
Starts with I, ends with QIRAQ→
58D
Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category (4)
Starts with E, ends with YESPY→
60D
Sneakily clever (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
61D
Letters of indebtedness (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
62D
Day before taking the SAT: Abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with IFRI→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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NYT Crossword tips for tomorrow
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for December 3, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Victor Barocas and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Young fellows (LADS); Tied up, as hay (BALED); Surrounded by (AMID).
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