NY Times Crossword

December 7, 2025

Kate Jensen (1-9 [adapted]) 

 

Each clue below is a well-known phrase acting as a punny description of one or a pair of pioneers in various fields of human endeavor.  For example, CABLE GUY could be a clue for Samuel Morse - inventor of the electric telegraph. 

 

1. BIRDBRAIN

2. MOUNTAIN GOAT

3. MOTION DETECTOR

4. POWER COUPLE

5. SEEDY CHARACTER

6. DRIVING FORCE

7. AIRHEADS

8. STAR WITNESS

9. DREAM TEAM

10. RING LEADER 

 

Answers:

 

1. John James Audubon

2. Sir Edmund Hillary

3. Sir Isaac Newton

4. Nicola Tesla and Thomas Edison

5. Gregor Mendel

6. Henry Ford

7. Orville and Wilbur Wright

8. Galileo Galilei 

9. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung 

10. P.T. Barnum