NYT Crossword Answers Today for December 16

NYT Crossword Answers Today for December 16

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT Crossword for Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025:

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ACROSS Clues with Answers for Today's Crossword

Library acquisition

  • The answer is BOOK

Insta and Snap

  • The answer is APPS

Start

  • The answer is BEGIN

Roughly equivalent (to)

  • The answer is AKIN

Homie

  • The answer is BRAH

Maine-to-Florida hwy.

  • The answer is USONE

What shares a key with "(" on a keyboard

  • The answer is NINE

Reason to buy a magazine, perhaps

  • The answer is COVERSTORY

Hockey feints

  • The answer is DEKES

Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybe

  • The answer is GEEKY

Prefix with cache or tag

  • The answer is GEO

Person in hot pants?

  • The answer is LIAR

Name on a prestigious award

  • The answer is NOBEL

It may be blond or pale

  • The answer is ALE

Disgusting

  • The answer is GROSS

C-suite types

  • The answer is EXECS

Last stop before security, often

  • The answer is BAGCHECK

Words of communal support

  • The answer is WECARE

Texter's "Then again …"

  • The answer is OTOH

Groundbreaking 1988 Japanese animated action film

  • The answer is AKIRA

Orchestra-tuning instrument

  • The answer is OBOE

Negligent

  • The answer is REMISS

Turnabout, they say

  • The answer is FAIRPLAY

Tiny amount

  • The answer is TRACE

Pay taxes via the internet

  • The answer is EFILE

Air traveler's info

  • The answer is ETA

Drinks served at fountains

  • The answer is SODAS

Govt. IDs

  • The answer is SSNS

Down Under land: Abbr.

  • The answer is AUS

Computer acronym since the 1960s

  • The answer is ASCII

Inventor Nikola

  • The answer is TESLA

The IBM Simon Personal Communicator is considered the world's first one

  • The answer is SMARTPHONE

Couple, in gossip

  • The answer is ITEM

"Aw, shucks!"

  • The answer is OHGEE

Decorative pitcher

  • The answer is EWER

Wacky

  • The answer is ZANY

Lords' lands

  • The answer is FIEFS

Tells (on)

  • The answer is RATS

After 1-Across, shelf accessories … or what can be placed "around" the halves of 18-, 36-, 45- and 62-Across to make new phrases?

  • The answer is ENDS

DOWN Clues with Answers for Today's Crossword

Genesis or Yes

  • The answer is BAND

Many a character in "The Grapes of Wrath"

  • The answer is OKIE

Barnyard sound

  • The answer is OINK

Prepare to be knighted

  • The answer is KNEEL

Epitome of simplicity

  • The answer is ABC

Genre for Genesis or Yes, informally

  • The answer is PROGROCK

Lead (the way)

  • The answer is PAVE

Glossy finishes

  • The answer is SHEENS

Active and enthusiastic sort

  • The answer is BUSYBEE

Approx.

  • The answer is EST

Easily found on the internet, say

  • The answer is GOOGLEABLE

Memo heading

  • The answer is INRE

Grammy-winning R&B artist whose stage name is said to have been inspired by "The Matrix"

  • The answer is NEYO

Golden Age studio known for many Astaire/Rogers films

  • The answer is RKO

You might heave a big one

  • The answer is SIGH

Places

  • The answer is AREAS

Mike in "Breaking Bad," for example

  • The answer is EXCOP

Cancel, as a space launch

  • The answer is ABORT

Procrastinator's mantra

  • The answer is LATER

What someone seeking validation might need

  • The answer is EGOMASSAGE

Shallow boat with a square stern

  • The answer is SKIFF

Neighbor of a Slovene

  • The answer is CROAT

"Take it easy!"

  • The answer is SEEYA

Brother to Groucho

  • The answer is CHICO

Mournful cries

  • The answer is WAILS

One in a box at the theater?

  • The answer is RAISINET

Tranquilizes

  • The answer is SEDATES

Penalty in Monopoly

  • The answer is RENT

Artist known for his "impossible staircases"

  • The answer is ESCHER

Symbol of divine authority in hieroglyphics

  • The answer is ASP

Grab control of

  • The answer is SEIZE

Words before a date

  • The answer is ASOF

Tentative greeting

  • The answer is UMHI

The Hawkeye State

  • The answer is IOWA

Show extreme fandom for, in slang

  • The answer is STAN

Give temporarily

  • The answer is LEND

Ryan and Adams of Hollywood

  • The answer is AMYS

Whistle blower or flag thrower

  • The answer is REF

Hosp. hot spots

  • The answer is ERS

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