Get ready to challenge your mind! The USA Today Crossword for December 1, 2025, tests your vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge each day. Stuck on a clue? No worries—find today’s crossword hints and answers below to keep your puzzle streak alive!

Whether you’re new or a seasoned solver, these helpful tips make working through the grid a breeze.

Across

1A Lake on the California-Nevada border – TAHOE

6A Howling animal – WOLF

10A Sombrero or beret – HAT

13A Covering many subjects – BROAD

14A ___ 51 – AREA

15A Animal rights org. – PETA

16A New ___ (capital of India) – DELHI

17A PRNDL selection – DRIVE

18A Performs in a play – ACTS

19A Open-air shopping spot – MALL

22A Where cranberries grow – BOG

24A Billion-year period – EON

25A On edge – ANXIOUS

26A Online brokerage firm – ETRADE

28A Pesky pest – ANT

31A Extra NHL periods – OTS

32A Catchall abbreviation – ETC

33A Garlicky condiments – AIOLIS

35A “I’m done going out of my way to please everyone!” – NOMOREMRNICEGUY

41A Traditional Mesoamerican masa dish – TAMALE

42A Hourly salary – WAGE

43A National Sourdough Bread Day mo. – APR

46A Use swear words – CURSE

47A Pain in the neck – NUISANCE

49A Movie cliche – TROPE

51A “I ___ to differ” – BEG

52A Use a diner booth – SIT

53A Collective effort to advance workers’ rights – LABORUNION

58A Matures, like wine – AGES

59A Fan site’s subject – IDOL

60A Not a single person – NONE

63A “Works for me” – AGREE

64A Laze around – RELAX

65A Capital of Delaware – DOVER

66A Vietnamese holiday celebrating the arrival of spring – TET

67A Creatively inclined – ARTSY

68A Drives a getaway car, say – FLEES

Down

1D Not yet scheduled (Abbr.) – TBD

2D You ___ here (map words) – ARE

3D Laser-generated image – HOLOG

4D Hanauma Bay island – OAHU

5D Prepped for publication – EDITED

6D Radio Flyer vehicle – WAGON

7D Nabisco cookie – OREO

8D Shakespearean king – LEAR

9D Stardew Valley setting – FARM

10D “Not a chance!” – HAH

11D Verify – ATTEST

12D Has a nibble of – TRIES

15D Peel, like a mango – PARE

20D Female deer or rabbit – DOE

21D Top story – LEDE

22D “Where have you ___?” – BEEN

23D Palindromic name – OTTO

27D Oodles – TON

28D “___ Just Want To Have Fun” – GIRLS

29D Zilch – NIL

30D “Single Lady” comedian Wong – ALI

33D Online Q&A sessions – AMAS

34D Makes a quilt – SEWS

36D Formula One participant – RACER

37D Bird that lays bluish-green eggs – ROBIN

38D Appliance that might have a pilot light – OVEN

39D Wrinkly citrus fruit – RIND

40D Forcefully throw – YANK

43D “It’s about time!” – ATLAST

44D European capital known as the “City of a Hundred Spires” – PRAGUE

45D What Bob is often a nickname for – ROBERT

47D Clothing line? – NECK

48D Itinerary – ROUTE

50D Prepare for a selfie – POSE

51D Word before “laugh” or “dance” – BREAK

54D Name that’s an anagram of “Liam” – MILA

55D Unpleasant smell – STENCH

56D Battery unit – AMPHR

57D Rookie gamer – NOOB

61D Badminton divider – NET

62D Busy hospital areas (Abbr.) – ERS

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