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Daily Themed Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the Daily Themed Crossword for December 16 2025. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Lima's country41 AcrossReveal answer → Sunscreen bottle letters35 AcrossReveal answer → Pablo Picasso's work38 AcrossReveal answer → Like the numbers 2, 4, and 6411 AcrossReveal answer → Not up to ___ (inadequate)312 AcrossReveal answer → Peek-a-___ (game played with a baby)313 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle that's often hired at the airport414 AcrossReveal answer → "Pick a card, ___ card" (magician's words)315 AcrossReveal answer → "Can I ___ you?" (information desk offer)416 AcrossReveal answer → Tic ___ (mint candy)317 AcrossReveal answer → Chicago ___, NBA team home to Michael Jordan, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit519 AcrossReveal answer → "With friends like ___, who needs enemies?"520 AcrossReveal answer → Month number eight, for short322 AcrossReveal answer → Bits of chia or hemp523 AcrossReveal answer → ___ F.C, Premier League soccer team home to Thierry Henry, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit724 AcrossReveal answer → Buddy328 AcrossReveal answer → "West" follower to mean a furniture giant329 AcrossReveal answer → Apply, as a tool330 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Cardinals, NFL team home to Larry Fitzgerald, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit731 AcrossReveal answer → Sight, smell, or touch, e.g.534 AcrossReveal answer → Football stat, for short336 AcrossReveal answer → Cook a turkey in the oven, say537 AcrossReveal answer → Kansas ___ Chiefs, NFL team home to Len Dawson, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit438 AcrossReveal answer → "___ & Oh's" (Elle King hit)340 AcrossReveal answer → Like one's clothing after getting drenched341 AcrossReveal answer → December 25th, informally442 AcrossReveal answer → Actress ___ Thompson who played Professor Sybill Trelawney445 AcrossReveal answer → Run-___ (chance encounters)349 AcrossReveal answer → Former telecom giant: Abbr.350 AcrossReveal answer → Heavy metal whose symbol is Pb451 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned "no" (anagram of 15a)352 AcrossReveal answer → Fulfilled, as expectations353 AcrossReveal answer → ___ de Armas, "No Time to Die" actress354 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Teacher's ___ (favorite)31 DownReveal answer → Actress ___ Longoria from "Desperate Housewives"32 DownReveal answer → T-___ ("Jurassic Park" dino, for short)33 DownReveal answer → Manchester ___ F.C., Premier League soccer team home to Wayne Rooney, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit64 DownReveal answer → Astronaut's domain55 DownReveal answer → Peter ___ (boy from Neverland)36 DownReveal answer → Cook in hot oil, say37 DownReveal answer → Cain's biblical brother48 DownReveal answer → Cinnamon ___ (swirly pastry)49 DownReveal answer → Spinning toys410 DownReveal answer → Godzilla-sized, say416 DownReveal answer → Pack animal318 DownReveal answer → Field trip transport choice319 DownReveal answer → Crybaby's drop420 DownReveal answer → Prefix with "pad" or "copter"421 DownReveal answer → Limb that lifts322 DownReveal answer → Place to de-stress323 DownReveal answer → Montgomery's state, for short324 DownReveal answer → Convent sisters425 DownReveal answer → Manager's aide, for short426 DownReveal answer → Levi's competitor327 DownReveal answer → Otoscope-wielding doctor: Abbr.329 DownReveal answer → Unwanted skin eruption, informally332 DownReveal answer → Shiny black gemstone that often has parallel bands433 DownReveal answer → Boston Red ___, MLB team home to Ted Williams, whose red and white uniforms are as merry as Santa's suit334 DownReveal answer → Artist's canvas holder535 DownReveal answer → "Start over" button537 DownReveal answer → John ___ (WWE wrestler)438 DownReveal answer → "___ Bitsy Spider" (kindergarten song)439 DownReveal answer → W, in sports statistics341 DownReveal answer → "Saltburn" studio: Abbr.343 DownReveal answer → Gobbled some turkey, say344 DownReveal answer → "___ culpa" ("My bad!")346 DownReveal answer → "Bambi" villain347 DownReveal answer → ___ Lovelace (English mathematician)348 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Daily Themed crossword published on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.