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Newsday Crossword December 16 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 78 clues from the Newsday 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
Short skirts5 AcrossReveal answer → Most-spoken language in Africa7 AcrossReveal answer → Part-spaniel mixed-breed canine8 AcrossReveal answer → Cpls. and sgts.4 AcrossReveal answer → Hill-building insect3 AcrossReveal answer → Courtroom event5 AcrossReveal answer → Self-images4 AcrossReveal answer → First Soviet leader5 AcrossReveal answer → Gala party4 AcrossReveal answer → Molecule portion4 AcrossReveal answer → Walked heavily (on)4 AcrossReveal answer → Taste or hearing5 AcrossReveal answer → Difficult journey4 AcrossReveal answer → "__ of your business!"4 AcrossReveal answer → Biblical hymn5 AcrossReveal answer → Took a tumble4 AcrossReveal answer → Swirling current4 AcrossReveal answer → Cash, informally5 AcrossReveal answer → Justice Kagan5 AcrossReveal answer → No longer valid11 AcrossReveal answer → Defiant cry3 AcrossReveal answer → Baby goat3 AcrossReveal answer → Really ticked off4 AcrossReveal answer → Measly4 AcrossReveal answer → Be patient for5 AcrossReveal answer → Clear-sky color4 AcrossReveal answer → Traditional kilt wearer4 AcrossReveal answer → Filled with dryer fuzz5 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds of regret5 AcrossReveal answer → "Canine" trees8 AcrossReveal answer → Use as a bed5 AcrossReveal answer → Night before a holiday3 AcrossReveal answer → "__ Sir or Madam..."4 AcrossReveal answer → Touches on the shoulder4 AcrossReveal answer → Annoy greatly7 AcrossReveal answer → Calculate a sum3 AcrossReveal answer → Make a knot in3 AcrossReveal answer → Sea bordering Saudi Arabia11 AcrossReveal answer → Back of an envelope4 AcrossReveal answer →

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Reservoir contents5 DownReveal answer → Elevator passageway5 DownReveal answer → Beginning6 DownReveal answer → Losing streaks6 DownReveal answer → Slide on an icy road4 DownReveal answer → "You defeated me"5 DownReveal answer → "Tender" beef cut4 DownReveal answer → Sam for Samuel, for instance8 DownReveal answer → Per item4 DownReveal answer → Concerning, in memos4 DownReveal answer → Taboo thing4 DownReveal answer → Jan. holiday honoree3 DownReveal answer → Recolored4 DownReveal answer → SSN, to the IRS4 DownReveal answer → Strong smell4 DownReveal answer → "__ well that ends well"4 DownReveal answer → Money borrowed4 DownReveal answer → Arranged, as hair6 DownReveal answer → Laid-back person5 DownReveal answer → Walking __ (elated)5 DownReveal answer → Difference between two societies10 DownReveal answer → Sunscreen letters3 DownReveal answer → Ask to borrow cash5 DownReveal answer → Group of outlaws4 DownReveal answer → "You're defeated!"4 DownReveal answer → Liquid in dressing8 DownReveal answer → Playground plank6 DownReveal answer → Contented cat's sound4 DownReveal answer → __ vera gel4 DownReveal answer → Cookbook meas.4 DownReveal answer → Spanish boy4 DownReveal answer → __ boom (jet sound)5 DownReveal answer → Consider to be4 DownReveal answer → Have extensive debts10 DownReveal answer → Turn __ a new leaf4 DownReveal answer → Skillful4 DownReveal answer → "Tall" story4 DownReveal answer → At no cost4 DownReveal answer → Revered person4 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday 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.