Newsday Crossword December 23 2025 Answers (12/23/25)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for December 23 2025 to help you finish it up!

Our Newsday Crossword December 23, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Newsday Crossword is a syndicated crossword that is published across different apps and websites each day. It is one of the “easier” crosswords to work on compared to some of the heavy-hitters like the NYT Crossword.

There is a new puzzle to work through each day of the week. This crossword is considered to be balanced between being fun and engaging with some challenge but entirely solvable without tearing one’s hair out!

Newsday Crossword December 23, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 12/23/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Biblical ark builder
5A Apex
9A Is the right size for
13A Ready, willing and __
14A Thick carpet
15A Pesto sauce herb
16A Expression of sympathy for a pet
18A Supermarket path
19A Full collection
20A Roof overhangs
21A Cruel person
22A Chess or checkers
23A Least possible
24A In one's house
27A Belittle
29A "Scat!"
30A Acted boldly
32A "That's too bad!"
36A Await approval
37A Brooks or Gibson of films
38A "Tall" story
39A Appear to be
40A Handed out cards
42A Stay out of sight
43A Unwraps
45A Dramas with sopranos
47A Church steeples
50A "Attendee" suffix for party
51A Tube-shaped pasta
52A Shoe bottoms
54A Corn on the __
57A No later than
58A Very large dog
60A Daybreaks
61A Change for a $20 bill
62A Ancient Peruvian
63A Walk through mud
64A PlayStation maker
65A Computer whiz
1D Short snoozes
2D Woodwind instrument
3D Tons (of)
4D She/__ (pronoun pair)
5D Feeling very regretful
6D Sour-cream dip flavoring
7D Lion's hair
8D "Scrambled" breakfast
9D Sunny forecast
10D Magazine edition
11D Leans a little
12D Frozen rain
15D __ in the woods (innocent ones)
17D Sports squad
22D Early-day greeting
23D Passing craze
24D Egyptian snakes
25D "My country, 'tis of __"
26D Sharpen, as a skill
27D Zones
28D Boxing round signal
31D Prayer conclusion
33D Animal's hideout
34D Alan of M*A*S*H
35D Gets a look at
40D __ Moines, IA
41D Overly unchallenging
44D Removes the rind from
46D Bothersome person
47D Potatoes, informally
48D Of punishment
49D Break __ (split)
50D Actress Close
52D Cpls.' superiors
53D Three-layer cookie
54D Christmas candy shape
55D Just a single time
56D Parakeet's nose
59D Use a shovel

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Christine Mielke

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