NYT Crossword
Thursday, December 25, 2025
By Sam Ezersky
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NYT Crossword Clues
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Response to discovering the theme of a crossword — Answer: AHA
- 4. Dashing through the ___ ... — Answer: SNOW
- 8. Foam on a seashore — Answer: SURF
- 12. One who runs, informally — Answer: POL
- 13. Possible base for a Caesar salad — Answer: KALE
- 14. Of help — Answer: UTILE
- 16. Dawdle — Answer: LOLLYGAG
- 18. Some anxious behavior on one's feet — Answer: PACING
- 20. Stew (over) — Answer: OBSESS
- 21. In a ___ open sleigh ... — Answer: ONEHORSE
- 23. Where Bart Simpson directs his prank calls — Answer: MOES
- 24. Buffet stand vessel — Answer: URN
- 25. Rare day for an N.F.L. game: Abbr. — Answer: TUE
- 26. One way to take a bull — Answer: BYTHEHORNS
- 31. Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders — Answer: DIRK
- 32. Michael of "Barbie" — Answer: CERA
- 33. Hits from the side, informally — Answer: TBONES
- 35. First portrayer of Albus Dumbledore, the final live-action role in his long film career — Answer: RICHARDHARRIS
- 39. Stretch — Answer: PERIOD
- 40. Letter after three consecutive rhyming letters — Answer: IOTA
- 41. Right-eous path? — Answer: EAST
- 42. Footwear for a bride, perhaps — Answer: WHITEHEELS
- 48. JFK or EWR alternative — Answer: LGA
- 49. Cable lead-in to TV — Answer: TRU
- 50. Jump in skates — Answer: AXEL
- 51. What's seen "all the way" through this puzzle? — Answer: LAUGHING
- 54. Ryan with swimming gold medals in four straight Olympics — Answer: LOCHTE
- 56. "All that being said ..." — Answer: ANDYET
- 57. Ado — Answer: BROUHAHA
- 59. "Yes ___!" — Answer: SIREE
- 60. Something typed in this field: YYYY — Answer: YEAR
- 61. Fashion designer Lange — Answer: LIZ
- 62. Many a vacation package — Answer: TOUR
- 63. Transcript ruiners — Answer: EFFS
- 64. ___ pop (hybrid music genre) — Answer: EMO
Down
- 1. Chillness — Answer: APLOMB
- 2. "Oh me, oh my!" — Answer: HOOBOY
- 3. Ready to go — Answer: ALLSET
- 4. "___ the Limit" (posthumous hit for the Notorious B.I.G.) — Answer: SKYS
- 5. Horses studied by touts — Answer: NAGS
- 6. Portuguese greeting — Answer: OLA
- 7. O'er the fields ___ ... — Answer: WEGO
- 8. Eurasia or Oceania, in "1984" — Answer: SUPERSTATE
- 9. Like many Mormons — Answer: UTAHN
- 10. The "R" of P.R. — Answer: RICO
- 11. Vodka-and-pineapple juice cocktail popularized on "Sex and the City" — Answer: FLIRTINI
- 15. Sews up — Answer: ENSURES
- 17. Phil of the Grateful Dead — Answer: LESH
- 19. Uber-enthusiasts — Answer: GEEKS
- 22. Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?" — Answer: NUN
- 27. Zoom call issue — Answer: ECHO
- 28. "S.N.L." V.I.P. — Answer: HEADWRITER
- 29. Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22" — Answer: ORR
- 30. Sides of pie slices, essentially — Answer: RADII
- 31. Ballon ___ (soccer star's award) — Answer: DOR
- 34. Slangy "dude" — Answer: BRAH
- 35. White House family of the 1980s — Answer: REAGANS
- 36. Tax dodger's fear — Answer: IRSAUDIT
- 37. Loc. ___ (footnote abbr.) — Answer: CIT
- 38. Very in — Answer: HOT
- 39. Big name in windows and doors — Answer: PELLA
- 43. Raider in times past — Answer: HUN
- 44. A person — Answer: EACH
- 45. Go "Phew!," say — Answer: EXHALE
- 46. "He has my permission" — Answer: LETHIM
- 47. Total slimeball — Answer: SLEAZO
- 49. Intl. org. with 12 stars on its flag — Answer: THEEU
- 52. Halal cart offering — Answer: GYRO
- 53. Elided farewell — Answer: GBYE
- 54. Do pretty much nothing — Answer: LOAF
- 55. Between you and me — Answer: OURS
- 58. At whom you might yell "Are we watching the same game?!" — Answer: REF
The answer to “Michael of "Barbie"” in the New York Times crossword is CERA — a 4-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on December 25, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 32-Across. 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.
“Michael of "Barbie"” answer
CERA (4 letters)
Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is CERA.
Why the answer is CERA
CERA is the 4-letter solution that fits "Michael of "Barbie"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 25, 2025 (32-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Michael of "Barbie"” 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 25, 2025 (this puzzle) → CERA. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword on December 25, 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.
- Zoom call issue → ECHO
- "S.N.L." V.I.P. → HEADWRITER
- Pilot who shares a tent with Yossarian in "Catch-22" → ORR
- Sides of pie slices, essentially → RADII
- Old dagger carried by Scottish Highlanders → DIRK
- Hits from the side, informally → TBONES
- Ballon ___ (soccer star's award) → DOR
- Slangy "dude" → BRAH
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for December 25, 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 Thursday 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 “Michael of "Barbie"”?
The answer is CERA, a 4-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 25, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Michael of "Barbie"”?
4 letters: CERA.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on December 25, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 32-Across.
Can “Michael of "Barbie"” 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 25, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.