NYT Down Today December 06, 2025: Complete Vertical Clues Walkthrough
Quick Summary: Today's NYT Crossword has 37 Down clues. We have all the vertical answers plus helpful hints to make solving easier!
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About Today's Down Clues
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date | December 06, 2025 |
| Day of Week | Saturday |
| Total Down Clues | 37 clues |
| Direction | Vertical (Top to Bottom) |
| Difficulty | Easy |
All Down Clues - Complete List
Here are all 37 Down clues for today's puzzle. These go vertically from top to bottom.
| Number | Clue |
|---|---|
| 1 Down | 1. Closing statement? |
| 2 Down | 2. "Count me in!" |
| 3 Down | 3. Lead-in to some juicy gossip |
| 4 Down | 4. ___ rating (chess stat) |
| 5 Down | 5. Big Apple cathedral |
| 6 Down | 6. Fur trade exports |
| 7 Down | 7. Frozen treat |
| 8 Down | 8. Singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" |
| 9 Down | 9. Tennis duo? |
| 10 Down | 10. It might go for a buck |
| 11 Down | 11. American battle tank named for a general |
| 12 Down | 12. First name in Norse exploration |
| 13 Down | 13. No trouble |
| 14 Down | 14. Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven |
| 15 Down | 20. Former French president ___ Coty |
| 16 Down | 23. See 17-Across |
| 17 Down | 25. Bread spread |
| 18 Down | 26. Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart |
| 19 Down | 28. Sacred Polynesian plants |
| 20 Down | 29. Yoga pants and such |
| 21 Down | 30. Endangered African grazer |
| 22 Down | 31. Very fast, in a way |
| 23 Down | 33. Ratty is one in "The Wind in the Willows" |
| 24 Down | 36. Title film character with a "lucky fin" |
| 25 Down | 37. Longtime Nestlé product |
| 26 Down | 39. Pop |
| 27 Down | 40. Spot to dock |
| 28 Down | 42. "Wait a sec" |
| 29 Down | 43. Pursuits |
| 30 Down | 45. Classic arcade game with a pyramid |
| 31 Down | 46. Shark bait |
| 32 Down | 47. "Negative" |
| 33 Down | 48. Who's asked the musical question "Do you want to build a snowman?" |
| 34 Down | 50. Longtime catalog purveyor |
| 35 Down | 53. Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr. |
| 36 Down | 54. Wide mouth |
| 37 Down | 55. Email abbr. |
Detailed Hints and Answers for All Down Clues
Need help? Here are comprehensive hints and answers for each Down clue. Also check these helpful guides:
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Complete Down Solutions:
1 Down: "1. Closing statement?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'P'
- Word pattern: T________P
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 1
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
THATSAWRAP
2 Down: "2. "Count me in!""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: I________E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 2
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IAMSOTHERE
3 Down: "3. Lead-in to some juicy gossip"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: R________T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 3
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RUMORHASIT
4 Down: "4. ___ rating (chess stat)"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'O'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 4
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ELO
5 Down: "5. Big Apple cathedral"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: S____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 5
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
STPATS
6 Down: "6. Fur trade exports"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'P' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: P___S
- Similar words: bombard, hide
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
- This is Down clue number 6
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
PELTS
7 Down: "7. Frozen treat"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: I__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 7
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ICEE
8 Down: "8. Singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'X'
- Word pattern: C_______X
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 8
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CHARLIXCX
9 Down: "9. Tennis duo?"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'S'
- Similar words: nut, en
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: half the width of an em
- This is Down clue number 9
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ENS
10 Down: "10. It might go for a buck"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'E'
- Similar words: Energy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 10
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DOE
11 Down: "11. American battle tank named for a general"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: A____S
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 11
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ABRAMS
12 Down: "12. First name in Norse exploration"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'L' and ends with 'F'
- Word pattern: L__F
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 12
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
LEIF
13 Down: "13. No trouble"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: E__E
- Similar words: alleviate, repose
- Opposite of: difficulty
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- This is Down clue number 13
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
EASE
14 Down: "14. Dish commonly made in a Dutch oven"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'W'
- Word pattern: S__W
- Similar words: fret, brood
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: agitation resulting from active worry
- This is Down clue number 14
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
STEW
15 Down: "20. Former French president ___ Coty"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'R' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: R__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 15
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
RENE
16 Down: "23. See 17-Across"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: B__T
- Similar words: rap, bang
- Opposite of: unbelt
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 16
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BELT
17 Down: "25. Bread spread"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: O__O
- Similar words: margarine, margarin
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 17
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
OLEO
18 Down: "26. Its first and second editions were published more than 60 yrs. apart"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'O' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: O.E.D.
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 18
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
OED
19 Down: "28. Sacred Polynesian plants"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'T' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: T___S
- Similar words: taro plant, taro root
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- This is Down clue number 19
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
TAROS
20 Down: "29. Yoga pants and such"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'A' and ends with 'R'
- Word pattern: A________R
- Similar words: sportswear, athletic wear
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: attire worn for sport or for casual wear
- This is Down clue number 20
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ACTIVEWEAR
21 Down: "30. Endangered African grazer"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: W________O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 21
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
WHITERHINO
22 Down: "31. Very fast, in a way"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 10 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'C'
- Word pattern: S________C
- Similar words: ultrasonic
- Opposite of: sonic
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 22
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
SUPERSONIC
23 Down: "33. Ratty is one in "The Wind in the Willows""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 9 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'W' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: W_______E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 23
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
WATERVOLE
24 Down: "36. Title film character with a "lucky fin""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'O'
- Word pattern: N__O
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 24
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NEMO
25 Down: "37. Longtime Nestlé product"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Q' and ends with 'K'
- Word pattern: Q__K
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 25
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
QUIK
26 Down: "39. Pop"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'D' and ends with 'D'
- Similar words: pop, pa
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 26
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
DAD
27 Down: "40. Spot to dock"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Q' and ends with 'Y'
- Word pattern: Q__Y
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
- This is Down clue number 27
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
QUAY
28 Down: "42. "Wait a sec""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: N____T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 28
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NOTYET
29 Down: "43. Pursuits"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 6 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Q' and ends with 'S'
- Word pattern: Q____S
- Similar words: pursuit, bay
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
- This is Down clue number 29
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
QUESTS
30 Down: "45. Classic arcade game with a pyramid"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 5 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'Q' and ends with 'T'
- Word pattern: Q___T
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 30
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
QBERT
31 Down: "46. Shark bait"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'C' and ends with 'M'
- Word pattern: C__M
- Similar words: chum salmon, buddy
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 31
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
CHUM
32 Down: "47. "Negative""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'N' and ends with 'E'
- Word pattern: N__E
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 32
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
NOPE
33 Down: "48. Who's asked the musical question "Do you want to build a snowman?""
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'E' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: E__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 33
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
ELSA
34 Down: "50. Longtime catalog purveyor"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 4 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'I' and ends with 'A'
- Word pattern: I__A
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 34
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
IKEA
35 Down: "53. Washington and Adams in Chicago: Abbr."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'S' and ends with 'S'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 35
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
STS
36 Down: "54. Wide mouth"
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'M' and ends with 'W'
- Similar words: gob, hole
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- Definition: informal terms for the mouth
- This is Down clue number 36
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
MAW
37 Down: "55. Email abbr."
Helpful hints for this Down clue:
- This word has 3 letters going top to bottom
- It starts with 'B' and ends with 'C'
- This is an abbreviation or acronym
- This is Down clue number 37
Answer: Click to reveal the Down answer
BCC
Expert Strategies for Solving Down Clues
Master the vertical clues with these professional tips:
Why Start with Down Clues?
- Down clues often reveal key letters for intersecting words
- Vertical patterns can unlock difficult sections
- Many prefixes and suffixes run vertically
- Down answers often help solve Across clues
Down Clue Patterns to Recognize
- Fill-in-the-blank clues: These are usually the easiest Down entries
- Prefixes and suffixes: Common word parts often run vertically
- Abbreviations: Look for clues with "Abbr." or shortened forms
- Plural indicators: Words ending in 'S' are common in Down
- Pop culture references: Names and titles often appear vertically
Time-Saving Down Techniques
| Technique | How It Helps |
|---|---|
| Scan all Down first | Get a mental map of the vertical flow |
| Fill short Down words | 3-4 letter words are often prefixes or connectors |
| Use crossing letters | Across letters help confirm Down answers |
| Look for themes | Related Down answers often share a theme |
Frequently Asked Questions About Down Clues
What are Down clues in crossword puzzles?
Down clues are the vertical entries in a crossword puzzle that read from top to bottom. They're numbered and correspond to specific columns in the grid.
Should I solve Down or Across clues first?
Many solvers alternate between Down and Across clues to build momentum. Down clues can help unlock difficult sections by providing key intersecting letters. The best approach is to solve the clues you find easiest first, regardless of direction.
How many Down clues are in today's puzzle?
Today's NYT crossword has 37 Down clues.
Are Down clues easier than Across clues?
Neither direction is inherently easier. The difficulty depends on the specific clues and your knowledge. However, Down clues often contain helpful prefixes, suffixes, and word parts that can be easier to guess.
How do Down clues interact with Across clues?
Down and Across clues intersect at various points in the grid. Solving one can provide letters that help solve the other, making the puzzle easier as you progress.
