The crossword puzzle for December 15, 2025 contains challenges for Spanish language lovers. Vertical word number 22 must respond to the definition of “Prevents breathing”, while question 6 is solved with the missing word in “Les Luthiers, masters of musical parody”. Each title has been carefully selected to test players’ memory and verbal acuity, with literary, cultural and everyday references.
Horizontal
1. Happiness or luck
Bliss
6. Luthier, master of musical parody
THEM
9. Get into conflict
BATTLE
10. Gourmet meat or liver spread
PATE
11. Throat cleaning sound
HM
12. “En la de la furia”, hit by Soda Stereo
CITY
14. He doesn’t rent it, it belongs to him
OWNED
16. French accent pancakes
CREPE
17. Roast over the flame
FRY
19. Mother Earth, in myths
GEA
20. Snow swirls
TORVA
22. Make furrows in the ground
ARE
24. Related to the cat
CAT
28. Current moment
NOW
30. Flowers with defense
ROSES
31. Mattress topper
slatted frame
33. Bad… and scary
MEAN
34. Sea between Greece and Türkiye
AEGEAN
35. Connections are formed for the same purpose
ALIARA
37. Holy Portuguese
SAO
38. Thin rope or cool person
PIOLA
Vertical
1. Flavors that linger on the palate
LEAVES
2. Broken but without damage
INJURED
3. Room with tombs and niches
CEMETERY
4. Abbreviated hectare
HA
5. Geometric arch
BOW
6. Tilt, rotate
LADEE
7. Section of a route
STAGE
8. Base point of an organization
HEADQUARTERS
9. Cartoon Pig
PEPA
10. Where souls line up
PURGATORY
13. Heart failure
IC
15. Former name of Tokyo
EDO
18. Web domain for organizations
ORG
21. Technology that stops goals…or confirms them
VAR
22. Prevents breathing
He drinks
23. Eternal Lover of Verona
ROMEO
25. Frequently and without surprise
USUAL
26. Nigerian money
NAIRA
27. Horse with long ears
DONKEY
28. Experts in their field
ACES
29. Initials for Einstein
AE
32. Street verses with a beat
RAP
36. 51 for Caligula
LI
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