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New York Times, Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Author:
Geoffrey Schorkopf and Will Eisenberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Fizzled out completely
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
212/10/202412/30/20252
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11.611136.431%
Geoffrey Schorkopf
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11.661134.024%
Will Eisenberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Z} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Schorkopf. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Eisenberg. Grid flow: 33.1 Tuesday freshness: 81%
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C
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A
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D
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N
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K
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J
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B
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© 2025, The New York Times12/30/25 ( No. 27,811 )
Across
1
Scoundrels : CADS
5
Pointed end of a pen : NIB
8
Parts not filled in : GAPS
12
Cookies with their name embossed on them : OREOS
14
Prefix with -metric : ISO
15
Attracts : LURES
17
Something to wave with pride? : LGBTQFLAG
19
Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians : ISOLA
20
"Absolument!" : OUIOUI
21
Fizzled out completely : WENTPFFT
23
"Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish) : NET
24
In the style of : ALA
26
Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast : YETI
27
Play loudly, as from a speaker : BLARE
29
Break away (from) : SECEDE
33
[That looks delicious ...] : DROOL
36
Flashy cycling maneuvers : BMXTRICKS
38
Shared by us : OURS
39
What a new hire might learn, with "the" : ROPES
40
"That's not good!" : OHNO
41
"Sunday Night Football" producer : NBCSPORTS
43
Floating markers : BUOYS
44
Wet floor? : SEABED
45
"That's not good!" : YIKES
47
Opera excerpt : ARIA
49
Casual turndown : NAH
50
Psychic's alleged ability, for short : ESP
53
They're pulled to garner media attention, informally : PRSTUNTS
57
Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g. : RAPDUO
59
Sudden shocks : JOLTS
60
Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across! : BUYAVOWEL
62
Upside-down frown : SMILE
63
Exist : ARE
64
Skip over, in speech : ELIDE
65
Mimicked : APED
66
Perfect score in Olympic diving : TEN
67
Many bills in tip jars : ONES
Down
1
The eyes of an emoticon, typically : COLON
2
Make a case (for) : ARGUE
3
Opposite of credit : DEBIT
4
"And ___ bed" : SOTO
5
Nothing : NIL
6
Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street" : ISAW
7
4 on a par 3, e.g. : BOGEY
8
Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff : GLITTER
9
Like good omens : AUSPICIOUS
10
College instructor, for short : PROF
11
"To thine own ___ be true" : SELF
13
Sudden, powerful gust of wind : SQUALL
16
Used a stool, say : SAT
18
Athleisure brand originally from Italy : FILA
22
Homes on branches : NESTS
25
___ Day (April observance) : ARBOR
27
Climactic fight in a video game : BOSSBATTLE
28
0% filled : EMPTY
30
Fun word to shout into a canyon : ECHO
31
Fashion inits. in Manhattan : DKNY
32
Those, en español : ESOS
33
Puts on, as a jacket : DONS
34
Yokel : RUBE
35
Apex predator of the ocean : ORCA
37
Marks, as a ballot square : XESIN
39
"The Thinker" sculptor : RODIN
42
Pored over : PERUSED
43
Not act up : BEHAVE
46
___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean) : KARA
48
Making a plate appearance : ATBAT
50
Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him : EDWIN
51
Fuzzy-feeling leather : SUEDE
52
Extremes of the earth : POLES
53
Nightwear, informally : PJS
54
Oblong tomato type : ROMA
55
Lose traction : SLIP
56
"OK, go ahead" : SURE
58
Casual collared shirt : POLO
61
Desire : YEN

Answer summary:
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