Assuming you mean the most recent December 21, this is the Sunday, December 21, 2025 NYT Crossword. The clue-and-answer list below is from the secondary archive WordDB; the date matters because December 21 falls on a different puzzle each year.
December 21, 2025 NYT crossword answers
These verified entries are shown in clue-number order, with the clue wording and entry spelling reported by WordDB.
Across
- 1-Across: “Some Arctic transports” — SKIPLANES
- 10-Across: “S.E.C. football powerhouse, for short” — BAMA
- 20-Across: “Game piece made of four squares” — TETROMINO
- 72-Across: “Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess” — RHIANNON
Down
- 69-Down: “Where to find six ‘presents’ in this puzzle?” — UNDERTHETREE
- 78-Down: “Prickly denizen of coral reefs” — PORCUPINEFISH
- 80-Down: “Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial” — CLARENCEDARROW
WordDB’s dated archive lists 72 Across and 72 Down entries for the puzzle. See its full clue-and-answer list for the remaining entries.
About the holiday clue
The archive gives UNDERTHETREE as the answer to 69-Down, “Where to find six ‘presents’ in this puzzle?” That clue points to a holiday conceit, but the available listing does not establish a fuller theme explanation.
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Play the original puzzle at the NYT
To find the puzzle in the official archive, open the NYT Crossword Archive, choose Daily or Mini, select December 2025, and select the puzzle. The NYT Help Center says the archive goes back over ten years; Games and All Access subscribers have access, while other users have limited access. Its instructions also describe downloading archived puzzles in the app.
The NYT describes the objective as filling white squares with letters to form crossing words or phrases by solving Across and Down clues. Its help information says Check or Reveal can provide help on a square, an answer, or the full puzzle.
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