The Crossword Answers NYT - December 16, 2025

across

• Library acquisition Crossword Clue

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  BOOK

• Insta and Snap Crossword Clue

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  APPS

• Start Crossword Clue

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  BEGIN

• Roughly equivalent (to) Crossword Clue

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  AKIN

• Homie Crossword Clue

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  BRAH

• Maine-to-Florida hwy Crossword Clue

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  USONE

• What shares a key with "(" on a keyboard Crossword Clue

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  NINE

• Reason to buy a magazine, perhaps Crossword Clue

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  COVERSTORY

• Hockey feints Crossword Clue

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  DEKES

• Like someone who knows everything about a niche subject, maybe Crossword Clue

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  GEEKY

• Prefix with cache or tag Crossword Clue

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  GEO

• Person in hot pants? Crossword Clue

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  LIAR

• Name on a prestigious award Crossword Clue

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  NOBEL

• It may be blond or pale Crossword Clue

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  ALE

• Disgusting Crossword Clue

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  GROSS

• C-suite types Crossword Clue

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  EXECS

• Last stop before security, often Crossword Clue

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  BAGCHECK

• Words of communal support Crossword Clue

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  WECARE

• Texter's "Then again …" Crossword Clue

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  OTOH

• Groundbreaking 1988 Japanese animated action film Crossword Clue

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  AKIRA

• Orchestra-tuning instrument Crossword Clue

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  OBOE

• Negligent Crossword Clue

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  REMISS

• Turnabout, they say Crossword Clue

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  FAIRPLAY

• Tiny amount Crossword Clue

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  TRACE

• Pay taxes via the internet Crossword Clue

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  EFILE

• Air traveler's info Crossword Clue

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  ETA

• Drinks served at fountains Crossword Clue

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  SODAS

• Govt. IDs Crossword Clue

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  SSNS

• Down Under land: Abbr Crossword Clue

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  AUS

• Computer acronym since the 1960s Crossword Clue

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  ASCII

• Inventor Nikola Crossword Clue

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  TESLA

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

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  SMARTPHONE

• Couple, in gossip Crossword Clue

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  ITEM

• "Aw, shucks!" Crossword Clue

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  OHGEE

• Decorative pitcher Crossword Clue

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  EWER

• Wacky Crossword Clue

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  ZANY

• Lords' lands Crossword Clue

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  FIEFS

• Tells (on) Crossword Clue

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  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? Crossword Clue

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  ENDS