FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 35 ACROSS · 33 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword December 12 2025 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the December 12, 2025 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
1A
Number that follows nine
TEN
3
4A
Double-helix genetic material: Abbr.
DNA
3
7A
Put money on a race, say
BET
3
10A
"Mi ___" (Spanish for "my love")
AMOR
4
12A
Alley-___ (NBA play)
OOP
3
13A
King Kong, for one
APE
3
14A
Ballerina's costume
TUTU
4
15A
"Through thick and ___" (under all circumstances)
THIN
4
16A
"Shop ___ You Drop," popular game show
TIL
3
17A
___-cone (cold treat)
SNO
3
19A
Lay eyes on
SEE
3
21A
Word that means to "make a difference" ... or when used with "white," pale tissue of the brain and spinal cord
MATTER
6
24A
___ de toilette (lightly scented perfume)
EAU
3
25A
Before now
AGO
3
26A
Dial-up internet alternative: Abbr.
DSL
3
28A
Chest bones
RIBS
4
32A
"Summertime Sadness" singer ___ Del Rey
LANA
4
34A
Opposite of "in" ... or a word with "white" to mean a dangerous weather condition when snow severely affects visibility
OUT
3
36A
"Dedicated to the ___ Love": 2 wds.
ONEI
4
37A
___ room (fun and activities room, informally)
REC
3
38A
Offer a price, at an auction
BID
3
40A
"The Situation Room" channel: Abbr.
CNN
3
41A
Event hosts: Abbr.
MCS
3
44A
Opposite of "dark" ... or a word with "white" to mean a form of electromagnetic radiation that looks colorless but contains all colors
LIGHT
5
46A
Remarkable achievement (rhymes with "seat")
FEAT
4
47A
Trio after "K"
LMN
3
48A
Largest association of doctors in the US: Abbr.
AMA
3
50A
Lil Wayne's genre
RAP
3
52A
Smallest unit of life ... or when used with "white," disease-fighting component of blood, also called a leukocyte
CELL
4
56A
Word before "profile" or "blow"
LOW
3
57A
X-___ large (tee size, perhaps)
TRA
3
58A
Vowels between "a" and "u"
EIO
3
59A
Hamlet, to Gertrude
SON
3
60A
"Wee" backward
EEW
3
61A
Kay Kendall starrer "___ Girls"
LES
3
1D
Tit for ___
TAT
3
2D
Australian bird that's the world's second-largest after the ostrich
EMU
3
3D
"___ so fast, mister!" ("Slow down!")
NOT
3
4D
Play-___ (children's clay toy)
DOH
3
5D
Unpleasant sound ... or a word with "white" to mean a low, humming sound that results from many combined frequencies
NOISE
5
6D
Sleep ___ (disorder that makes it hard to breathe)
APNEA
5
7D
Nocturnal mammal that hangs around in a cave
BAT
3
8D
Prefix with "center" or "dermal"
EPI
3
9D
Graham Bell's patent, for short
TEL
3
11D
Sign of oxidation ... or a word with "white" to mean a fungal plant disease with white spores
RUST
4
15D
Upper body part often depicted in sculptures
TORSO
5
18D
Father of Todd and Rod Flanders on "The Simpsons"
NED
3
20D
Currency in France
EURO
4
21D
Negative prefix with "nourished" or "nutrition"
MAL
3
22D
Gelatin in a petri dish (anagram of "raga")
AGAR
4
23D
"Don't take that ___ with me!" ("Don't speak to me like that!")
TONE
4
27D
___ dub (heartbeat sounds)
LUB
3
29D
Waistline unit
INCH
4
30D
Like one's knee when proposing
BENT
4
31D
Sloth or gluttony, for one
SIN
3
33D
Top spot
ACME
4
35D
Cash register
TILL
4
39D
___ sum (Chinese dish)
DIM
3
42D
A la ___ (menu option)
CARTE
5
43D
Unwavering, unblinking look
STARE
5
45D
Health supplement chain: Abbr.
GNC
3
46D
Young deer
FAWN
4
48D
Pacino and Gore, for two
ALS
3
49D
Utterance from an uddered one
MOO
3
51D
Pet's furry foot
PAW
3
53D
Viper roll fish
EEL
3
54D
"___ to Me" (Tim Roth TV series)
LIE
3
55D
___ Alamitos, California
LOS
3
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 12, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the December 12, 2025 puzzle
The December 12, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 35 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.
There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the December 12 2025 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.