Tuesday · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword December 16, 2025 Answers

Every clue and answer for the New York Times Mini Crossword on December 16, 2025. Tap any clue to see the other dates it has appeared.

Across

1Starring roleLEAD

5Actress DenningsKAT

12Church sectionAPSE

13Notable timeERA

15Cabbage varietyKOHLRABI

17Puppy’s cryYELP

18Jargon suffixESE

19Switch settingsONS

20“Encore!”AGAIN

21Bearded beastGNU

22Bikini halfBRA

23Puccini pieceOPERA

26Wrestling duoTAGTEAM

30-- Beach, Fla.VERO

32Houston baseballer, brieflySTRO

33NAACP, for oneACRONYM

35Ancient calculatorsABACI

36Oft-tattooed wordMOM

38“Nick of Time” singer BonnieRAITT

41Raggedy dollANN

42Industrious insectANT

46Hive dwellerHONEYBEE

48Gaming tyroNOOB

49French articleUNE

50Caesar’s “Behold!”ECCE

51Actor HackmanGENE

52Debussy’s “La --”MER

Down

1Superior, for oneLAKE

2Heroic verseEPOS

3Queens stadium nameASHE

4Tierra -- FuegoDEL

5Reeves of “The Matrix”KEANU

6Wall St. tradersARBS

8Protagonist in a Fitzgerald novelJAYGATSBY

10Sandwich shopDELI

11“NFL Live” channelESPN

16Barrett or JaffeRONA

20S.A. nationARG

21FiancéGROOMTOBE

22InletBAY

23EggsOVA

24Chest musclePEC

26Highland hatTAM

28Lob’s pathARC

29French pronounMOI

31English novelist BarbaraPYM

34“Kidding!”NOT

35Skin breakoutACNE

37-- circleINNER

38ChimedRANG

39Skin sootherALOE

40“The heat --!”ISON

41Top-notchAONE

42Lessons for kindergartnersABCS

43Violin partNECK

44Golf pegsTEES

46DroneHUM

← Back to today’s Mini