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Newsday Crossword December 18 2025 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the Newsday Crossword for December 18 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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Optimistic outlook4 AcrossReveal answer → Indulgent outing5 AcrossReveal answer → Grants entry to6 AcrossReveal answer → Small denomination4 AcrossReveal answer → Sphere prefix4 AcrossReveal answer → Little Women girl3 AcrossReveal answer → Grand Slam topper15 AcrossReveal answer → Positional prose piece5 AcrossReveal answer → Earn as a return4 AcrossReveal answer → Editorial mark4 AcrossReveal answer → Must-haves5 AcrossReveal answer → Minor matter?4 AcrossReveal answer → Barrel-__ maple syrup4 AcrossReveal answer → Be finished by5 AcrossReveal answer → Countershaded clothes4 AcrossReveal answer → Push forward4 AcrossReveal answer → Printer purchaser's reference15 AcrossReveal answer → Dark ale5 AcrossReveal answer → Eggnog spice4 AcrossReveal answer → Central part4 AcrossReveal answer → Bedspread alternative5 AcrossReveal answer → Persian Gulf ruler4 AcrossReveal answer → Madrid's first month5 AcrossReveal answer → Henry Ford contemporary4 AcrossReveal answer → The __ (Arch city nickname)3 AcrossReveal answer → Eerie glow4 AcrossReveal answer → Western wolf4 AcrossReveal answer → Edge of evening4 AcrossReveal answer → Adopted name5 AcrossReveal answer → Ritually designate6 AcrossReveal answer → Wipe out5 AcrossReveal answer → Absorbent fabric5 AcrossReveal answer → Blast-off calendar notations15 AcrossReveal answer → Primary couleur4 AcrossReveal answer → Dog show judging criterion4 AcrossReveal answer →

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Large scale throw-out5 DownReveal answer → Athletic team5 DownReveal answer → Oregon college city6 DownReveal answer → Realty parcel3 DownReveal answer → Withdraw formally6 DownReveal answer → Star in Orion5 DownReveal answer → Chart toppers8 DownReveal answer → Vote (for)3 DownReveal answer → Ad __ committee3 DownReveal answer → Place for a peck5 DownReveal answer → At the top of4 DownReveal answer → All, at first4 DownReveal answer → Web crafts seller4 DownReveal answer → Vietnam neighbor4 DownReveal answer → Toddler talk4 DownReveal answer → Midmonth day4 DownReveal answer → British museum benefactor4 DownReveal answer → Lasting mark4 DownReveal answer → Defeat soundly5 DownReveal answer → "American" territory5 DownReveal answer → Literary count, familiarly4 DownReveal answer → Reduce, __, recycle5 DownReveal answer → Slurpee cousins5 DownReveal answer → Land south of Sicily5 DownReveal answer → Set sail6 DownReveal answer → Late night TV host Meyers4 DownReveal answer → Senseless5 DownReveal answer → Crop up5 DownReveal answer → Misappropriated6 DownReveal answer → Lawn improvement process8 DownReveal answer → Half a lithography pair4 DownReveal answer → Roman moon goddess4 DownReveal answer → Port of Yemen4 DownReveal answer → Italian auto, briefly4 DownReveal answer → Big bumbler3 DownReveal answer → Decorative vessel3 DownReveal answer → Rightful3 DownReveal answer → Comply with4 DownReveal answer → Societal standard4 DownReveal answer → Cul-__5 DownReveal answer → Works for walls3 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Thursday, December 18, 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.