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Daily Themed Crossword December 26 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 67 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Themed Crossword December 26 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 67 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
___ bear (mother bear)MAMA4Across1 ___-fi ("Avatar" genre)SCI3Across5 Flutter, like a bird's wings (rhymes with "slap")FLAP4Across8 Singer ___ Clapton of "Layla"ERIC4Across12 Charged particleION3Across13 Volcanic flowLAVA4Across14 "Jack and Jill ___ up the hill ..."WENT4Across15 How-___ (instruction manuals)TOS3Across16 Leave off the listOMIT4Across17 "___ nearly time, get ready!"ITS3Across18 "The Parent ___" (Lindsay Lohan movie)TRAP4Across20 Hot chocolate drink with marshmallowsCOCOA5Across22 ___ capacity, property of water that makes it a good warmth storage mediumHEAT4Across25 ___ double (daredevil on a film set)STUNT5Across26 Dig into foodEAT3Across27 ___-tac-toeTIC3Across28 Frozen block of water with the unique property of being less dense than the water that was used to make itICE3Across31 Kilt-wearing boy, perhapsLAD3Across32 U.S. medical insurance group: Abbr.HMO3Across33 Color akin to aqua or cyanTEAL4Across34 Shelled slow mover in the gardenSNAIL5Across36 Missy Elliott's genreRAP3Across38 Boiling ___, the "hot spot" of liquid water where it starts vaporizing and escapes as steamPOINT5Across39 Formal wear often paired with trousersSHIRT5Across40 Hawaiian pizza meatHAM3Across42 Standout color of the sea that is caused by water selectively absorbing colors and scattering this cool shadeBLUE4Across43 System ___ Down (hard rock band): 2 wds.OFA3Across44 Faux coughAHEM4Across46 ___ up with (tolerates)PUTS4Across50 Not negative, for shortPOS3Across51 Title for a lady in SpainDONA4Across52 "All Star Mr & ___" (show hosted by Phillip Schofield)MRS3Across53 Mermaid's realmSEA3Across54 "Freaks" director Browning whose name is an anagram of "dot"TOD3Across55

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Kitten's cryMEW3Down1 "___ you ready for this?"ARE3Down2 Part of an hour, for shortMIN3Down3 Capillary ___, property of water whereby it can climb up thin tubes or plant stems all on its ownACTION6Down4 Relaxes in a chair, saySITS4Down5 Sound of a doveCOO3Down6 "She walked to school ___ of taking the bus"INSTEAD7Down7 What bugs and water striders do on water, due to the property of its high surface tensionFLOAT5Down8 Aladdin's treasureLAMP4Down9 Bird-related prefix (anagram of "via")AVI3Down10 ___ on the back (approval)PAT3Down11 Rat-a-___ (drum sound)TAT3Down19 Cheese-loving pestRAT3Down21 "___: Miami" (procedural TV show): Abbr.CSI3Down22 Medicines bought without a prescription: Abbr.OTC3Down23 Billiards stickCUE3Down24 Recover, medically speakingHEAL4Down25 Bangkok cuisineTHAI4Down28 "___ love with you" (romantic declaration): 2 wds.IMIN4Down29 Young stallionCOLT4Down30 Portable computersLAPTOPS7Down32 Gives it a shotTRIES5Down34 Musical giftEAR3Down35 Place for a pedicureSPA3Down36 Wanderer without a permanent addressNOMAD5Down37 Talk drunkenlySLUR4Down40 Humble homes sometimes made of grassHUTS4Down41 "Every problem ___ solution": 2 wds.HASA4Down42 Heart rate count: Abbr.BPM3Down43 Bad guy, to the heroFOE3Down45 All the rageHOT3Down47 Brian ___, singer of "By This River"ENO3Down48 Ticked offMAD3Down49

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Themed crossword published on Friday, December 26, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.