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TUESDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 16, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Lima's country PERU 4 5A Sunscreen bottle letters SPF 3 8A Pablo Picasso's work ART 3 11A Like the numbers 2, 4, and 6 EVEN 4 12A Not up to ___ (inadequate) PAR 3 13A Peek-a-___ (game played with a baby) BOO 3 14A Vehicle that's often hired at the airport TAXI 4 15A "Pick a card, ___ card" (magician's words) ANY 3 16A "Can I ___ you?" (information desk offer) HELP 4 17A Tic ___ (mint candy) TAC 3 19A Chicago ___, NBA team home to Michael Jordan, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit BULLS 5 20A "With friends like ___, who needs enemies?" THESE 5 22A Month number eight, for short AUG 3 23A Bits of chia or hemp SEEDS 5 24A ___ F.C, Premier League soccer team home to Thierry Henry, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit ARSENAL 7 28A Buddy PAL 3 29A "West" follower to mean a furniture giant ELM 3 30A Apply, as a tool USE 3 31A ___ Cardinals, NFL team home to Larry Fitzgerald, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit ARIZONA 7 34A Sight, smell, or touch, e.g. SENSE 5 36A Football stat, for short INT 3 37A Cook a turkey in the oven, say ROAST 5 38A Kansas ___ Chiefs, NFL team home to Len Dawson, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit CITY 4 40A "___ & Oh's" (Elle King hit) EXS 3 41A Like one's clothing after getting drenched WET 3 42A December 25th, informally XMAS 4 45A Actress ___ Thompson who played Professor Sybill Trelawney EMMA 4 49A Run-___ (chance encounters) INS 3 50A Former telecom giant: Abbr. GTE 3 51A Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb LEAD 4 52A Old-fashioned "no" (anagram of 15a) NAY 3 53A Fulfilled, as expectations MET 3 54A ___ de Armas, "No Time to Die" actress ANA 3
Down
1D Teacher's ___ (favorite) PET 3 2D Actress ___ Longoria from "Desperate Housewives" EVA 3 3D T-___ ("Jurassic Park" dino, for short) REX 3 4D Manchester ___ F.C., Premier League soccer team home to Wayne Rooney, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit UNITED 6 5D Astronaut's domain SPACE 5 6D Peter ___ (boy from Neverland) PAN 3 7D Cook in hot oil, say FRY 3 8D Cain's biblical brother ABEL 4 9D Cinnamon ___ (swirly pastry) ROLL 4 10D Spinning toys TOPS 4 16D Godzilla-sized, say HUGE 4 18D Pack animal ASS 3 19D Field trip transport choice BUS 3 20D Crybaby's drop TEAR 4 21D Prefix with "pad" or "copter" HELI 4 22D Limb that lifts ARM 3 23D Place to de-stress SPA 3 24D Montgomery's state, for short ALA 3 25D Convent sisters NUNS 4 26D Manager's aide, for short ASST 4 27D Levi's competitor LEE 3 29D Otoscope-wielding doctor: Abbr. ENT 3 32D Unwanted skin eruption, informally ZIT 3 33D Shiny black gemstone that often has parallel bands ONYX 4 34D Boston Red ___, MLB team home to Ted Williams, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit SOX 3 35D Artist's canvas holder EASEL 5 37D "Start over" button RESET 5 38D John ___ (WWE wrestler) CENA 4 39D "___ Bitsy Spider" (kindergarten song) ITSY 4 41D W, in sports statistics WIN 3 43D "Saltburn" studio: Abbr. MGM 3 44D Gobbled some turkey, say ATE 3 46D "___ culpa" ("My bad!") MEA 3 47D "Bambi" villain MAN 3 48D ___ Lovelace (English mathematician) ADA 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 125 letters
1P
2E
3R
4U
5S
6P
7F
8A
9R
10T
11E
V
E
N
12P
A
R
13B
O
O
14T
A
X
I
15A
N
Y
16H
E
L
P
17T
18A
C
19B
U
L
L
S
20T
21H
E
S
E
22A
U
G
23S
E
E
D
S
24A
R
S
E
25N
26A
27L
28P
A
L
29E
L
M
30U
S
E
31A
R
I
32Z
33O
N
A
34S
35E
N
S
E
36I
N
T
37R
O
A
S
T
38C
39I
T
Y
40E
X
S
41W
E
T
42X
43M
44A
S
45E
46M
47M
48A
49I
N
S
50G
T
E
51L
E
A
D
52N
A
Y
53M
E
T
54A
N
A

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 16, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 16, 2025 puzzle

The December 16, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 33 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Tuesday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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