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Newsday Crossword December 22 2025 Answers

Monday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Newsday Crossword December 22 2025 answers. The Monday puzzle has 78 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
An additional timeAGAIN5Across Luau necklaceLEI3Across Prefix meaning "large"MACRO5Across AttractivePRETTY6Across Get wedMARRY5Across Headphones cover themEARS4Across Practice boxingSPAR4Across Showroom model, for shortDEMO4Across Jockey's mountHORSE5Across Any fizzy soft drinkSODA4Across Tenant's paymentRENT4Across Miles __ hourPER3Across Fell underwaterSANK4Across Swiss peaksALPS4Across Poems of praiseODES4Across Bit of a jigsaw puzzlePIECE5Across Make simplerEASE4Across Pig's soundOINK4Across Spanish goodbyeADIOS5Across Flapjack chain, for shortIHOP4Across Handheld hot-air blowerHAIRDRYER9Across Large stringed instrumentCELLO5Across List of meal choicesMENU4Across The Mississippi or NileRIVER5Across Hint for a detectiveCLUE4Across Door to leave throughEXIT4Across Liquids for fryingOILS4Across Three Bears femaleMAMA4Across Mural or sculptureART3Across "__ there, done that"BEEN4Across White gemstonesOPALS5Across Elevator stopFLOOR5Across Stitches togetherSEWS4Across Long yellow-skinned fruitBANANA6Across Some car turnsLEFTS5Across Fish eggs in sushiROE3Across Needing a good scrubbingDIRTY5Across Container for frozen cubesICEBUCKET9Across An hour after midnight: Abbr.ONEAM5Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Visitor from outer spaceALIEN5Down Social __ (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)MEDIA5Down Employee benefits, for shortPERKS5Down Stood upAROSE5Down Getting very little rainARID4Down Cruise shipLINER5Down Wartime medal recipientHERO4Down Polo player's ridePONY4Down Don't includeOMIT4Down Warmth from a furnaceHEAT4Down Take a break from workREST4Down Channel for NBA and NFL gamesESPN4Down Connecticut universityYALE4Down Raise, as childrenREAR4Down Personal assistantAIDE4Down Basketball targetHOOP4Down Toothpaste tube topsCAPS4Down Small appliance to keep food coolMINIFRIDGE10Down Contest with cowboysRODEO5Down Hot chocolate drinkCOCOA5Down General's fighting forceARMY4Down Beef and porkMEATS5Down Prevent from happeningAVERT5Down Midterm or finalTEST4Down RegulationRULE4Down "Great minds think __"ALIKE5Down Movie ticket remnantSTUB4Down Champagne, for exampleWINE4Down Company officer, for shortEXEC4Down "Half" prefix for circleSEMI4Down Workplace supervisorBOSS4Down Male pigBOAR4Down Not as muchLESS4Down Short-distance commuter boatFERRY5Down Nightstand waker-upper deviceALARMCLOCK10Down Nothing, in SpanishNADA4Down Each, informallyAPOP4Down __ Star State (Texas)LONE4Down Large coffee dispensersURNS4Down

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Newsday crossword published on Monday, December 22, 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.