Many a drop-down
Crossword Answer — December 20, 2025
NYT Crossword
Saturday, December 20, 2025
By Robert S. Gard
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Sampras rival during the 1990s — Answer: AGASSI
- 7. Get on board — Answer: EMBARK
- 13. Let off steam, perhaps — Answer: VENTED
- 14. Perry Como or Bing Crosby — Answer: CROONER
- 15. Frustrated and making poor decisions, informally — Answer: ONTILT
- 16. #1 on Wired magazine's list of the 10 most influential video games of the 2010s — Answer: FORTNITE
- 17. "Aren't we all hoity-toity?!" — Answer: WELLLADIDAH
- 19. Generate clippings, say — Answer: MOW
- 20. First name in hog riding — Answer: EVEL
- 21. Established fact — Answer: GIVEN
- 22. Let go of — Answer: FIRE
- 23. Body layer — Answer: DERMA
- 25. Events at which to release one's inner geek — Answer: NERDFESTS
- 27. Makers of frightening but (thankfully) rare marine attacks — Answer: ORCAS
- 29. Source of half the world's sugar during the late 1800s — Answer: BEETS
- 30. Higher power? — Answer: SOLAR
- 31. They're stoked — Answer: COALS
- 32. Word with blue or open — Answer: SKIES
- 33. Speak, as thou might — Answer: SAYST
- 34. Kind of beard that follows the jawline — Answer: CHINSTRAP
- 36. Dunderheaded — Answer: THICK
- 40. "You ___?" — Answer: RANG
- 41. Punted — Answer: POLED
- 43. Foe of the Iroquois during the Beaver Wars — Answer: ERIE
- 44. Org. that's gone to the dogs? — Answer: AKC
- 45. [womp, womp] — Answer: SADTROMBONE
- 47. Major magazine pieces — Answer: FEATURES
- 49. Delicatessen offering — Answer: REUBEN
- 50. Loser of the 2025 World Series — Answer: TORONTO
- 51. Where to follow local customs, it's said — Answer: INROME
- 52. Underhanded — Answer: SNEAKY
- 53. Beach shade — Answer: SUNTAN
Down
- 1. Sworn — Answer: AVOWED
- 2. City, lake or canton de Suisse — Answer: GENEVE
- 3. Tip on quite a few bucks? — Answer: ANTLER
- 4. Extremely rare, facetiously — Answer: STILLMOOING
- 5. Act bearishly — Answer: SELL
- 6. What might come with some baggage? — Answer: IDTAG
- 7. Dogsbody — Answer: ERRANDBOY
- 8. Io or luna — Answer: MOTH
- 9. When repeated, a small treat — Answer: BON
- 10. Shamans, typically — Answer: ANIMISTS
- 11. Claps back — Answer: RETORTS
- 12. Mardi Gras parading societies — Answer: KREWES
- 14. Tech job — Answer: CODER
- 16. Bills first introduced in 1861 — Answer: FIVES
- 18. Currency of Serbia — Answer: DINAR
- 22. Exercise almost to a point of pain — Answer: FEELTHEBURN
- 24. Van Gogh retreat in southern France — Answer: ARLES
- 26. Significant spread — Answer: FEAST
- 28. Post-show celebration — Answer: CASTPARTY
- 30. Some spa treatments — Answer: SKINCARE
- 31. Escapade — Answer: CAPER
- 32. Agree to, in a way — Answer: SHAKEON
- 33. Bath ___ — Answer: SALTS
- 34. Fashions — Answer: CRAFTS
- 35. Clown locale — Answer: RODEO
- 37. Futuristic sci-fi classic with tales set in 2021 and 2029 — Answer: IROBOT
- 38. Field of the annual César Awards — Answer: CINEMA
- 39. One of the Wayans brothers — Answer: KEENEN
- 42. Day at the movies — Answer: DORIS
- 45. Like some costs — Answer: SUNK
- 46. Many a drop-down — Answer: MENU
- 48. ___ T — Answer: TOA
The answer to “Many a drop-down” in the New York Times crossword is MENU — a 4-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on December 20, 2025, a Saturday puzzle, at 46-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Many a drop-down” answer
MENU (4 letters)
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Why the answer is MENU
MENU is the 4-letter solution that fits "Many a drop-down" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 20, 2025 (46-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Many a drop-down” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
December 20, 2025 (this puzzle) → MENU. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on December 20, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- [womp, womp] → SADTROMBONE
- Delicatessen offering → REUBEN
- Where to follow local customs, it's said → INROME
- Beach shade → SUNTAN
- Major magazine pieces → FEATURES
- Like some costs → SUNK
- Org. that's gone to the dogs? → AKC
- ___ T → TOA
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for December 20, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Saturday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Many a drop-down”?
The answer is MENU, a 4-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 20, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Many a drop-down”?
4 letters: MENU.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on December 20, 2025 (a Saturday puzzle), at 46-Down.
Can “Many a drop-down” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for December 20, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.