Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise? Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?” from the New York Times crossword of December 17, 2025? It has 15 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 17, 2025

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

Hint 3 Another clue

More clues from the New York Times (December 17, 2025)

Across

1. Lock combinations?
6. ___ League
10. Single instruction
14. Enemy W.W. II vessel
15. Turner of old movies
16. Powerful impulse
17. Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?
19. Elmer's nemesis
20. Meeting, casually
21. A smartphone has lots of these
22. Centerpiece of "The Hobbit"
23. Community property pronoun
25. Like barked orders
26. Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?
34. Genre for GloRilla
35. Official mandate
36. Fellow fighter
37. Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana"
39. Mardi Gras day, in brief
40. Works on a muffler, say
41. Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop
42. See 50-Down
44. To and ___
45. Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?
48. Poindexter
49. TV freebie of a sort
50. Easter Island's country
52. Dark-skinned fruit
55. Pieces of advice
59. Primordial substance
60. Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across
62. Takes a tour of
63. Compassionate
64. Terra ___
65. Does the math, in a way
66. Pot grower?
67. H, on the N.Y.S.E.

Down

1. Tarot suit associated with the element of water
2. Yamaha product
3. What makes a stud become studious?
4. Fully get
5. Hog's home
6. "That's a real shame"
7. Steakhouse order
8. Marchers in sidewalk cracks
9. Howl at the moon
10. Chevy S.U.V.
11. Authentic
12. Ones from platypuses have leathery shells
13. Fly by night ... or by day
18. Compact holder
22. Neighbor of Ont.
24. Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps
25. Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor
26. Food you might eat wearing a bib
27. Overplay for the audience
28. Was the bigger person, say
29. Follow, as advice
30. Have faith in
31. Canines, e.g.
32. Mega-
33. Big name in chicken or boxing
38. 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma"
40. "Get Smart" bad guys
42. Suffix with beat or neat
43. Throw off
46. Stick in the ground?
47. Just about anything on a string
50. With 42-Across, the Mafia
51. Cultivated, in a way
52. Start a turn in Twister
53. Time to do without
54. Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers")
56. Minuscule amount
57. Short stroke
58. Batting avg., e.g.
60. Rocksteady relative
61. "___ bin ein Berliner"

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Questions

What is the answer to “Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?”?

SPOUTINTHEOCEAN, 15 letters.

When was “Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of December 17, 2025.

How many letters does the answer have?

15 letters, starting with S.