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Newsday Crossword Answers for Thursday, December 11, 2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025/78 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Thursday, December 11, 2025, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Kangaroo pouch, e.g.
  • 4Smooths, as shelves
  • 9Intuitive feeling
  • 13Sci-fi sighting
  • 14Expect eagerly
  • 15L.A.'s area
  • 16Do wrong
  • 17Dickens title preteen
  • 19Sector
  • 21Madagascar primate
  • 22That: Sp.
  • 23Flagstaff flora
  • 26Escorts from the door
  • 28Competent at a job
  • 32Stood up
  • 33Suite things
  • 34Brand new socialite
  • 35"By what means?"
  • 36Got a load of
  • 39Sized up for stealing
  • 42Closest pal
  • 45Have what it takes
  • 47Area of expertise
  • 49Take the lid off
  • 50TNT part
  • 51No longer exist
  • 54Paint globule
  • 57Be prosperous
  • 61Bird on a Sydney 50-center
  • 62Amalgamation
  • 63Visibly floored
  • 64Big city for futebol
  • 65Cleanup candidate
  • 66Oral grinder
  • 67Farm pen

Down

  • 1Red Sea port
  • 2Hair Beyonce once had
  • 3Silo cousin
  • 4__ Paulo (big city for futebol)
  • 5Saddler's implement
  • 6Secure, as a board
  • 7Jump off a board
  • 8Derive (from)
  • 9Nuptial ritual
  • 10Least cordial
  • 11Choral contingent
  • 12Name on the Lion King soundtrack
  • 15Water near some windmills
  • 181904's __-Japanese War
  • 20Devours
  • 24Fidel colleague
  • 25Great deal
  • 27Outskirts of Liverpool
  • 28Big bundle of bucks
  • 29What might hold gold
  • 30Crumble slowly
  • 3167-Across dweller
  • 35Snicker sound
  • 36Desktop devices
  • 37Publicize
  • 38Bring together
  • 39Signal to speak
  • 40"The quickest way to Harlem"
  • 41Far from lenient
  • 42Wiener holder
  • 43Key near F1
  • 44Shot in the dark
  • 45Hot pods
  • 46Held in common
  • 47Take your pick and play
  • 48Inclined (to)
  • 52Cylindrical cheese
  • 53Scrapped, as a launch
  • 55Don't mention
  • 56Channel marker
  • 58__ Alamos, NM
  • 59Recruiter's concern
  • 60She/___ (pronoun pair)

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 43 down.
  3. The longest answer has 13 letters and is 28-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "PRETZEL, PLEASE".

All 78 answers

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  • 1AKangaroo pouch, e.g.SAC
  • 4ASmooths, as shelvesSANDS
  • 9AIntuitive feelingVIBE
  • 13ASci-fi sightingUFO
  • 14AExpect eagerlyAWAIT
  • 15AL.A.'s areaSOCAL
  • 16ADo wrongERR
  • 17ADickens title preteenOLIVERTWIST
  • 19ASectorZONE
  • 21AMadagascar primateLEMUR
  • 22AThat: Sp.ESO
  • 23AFlagstaff floraCACTI
  • 26AEscorts from the doorSEESIN
  • 28ACompetent at a jobWORTHONESSALT
  • 32AStood upARISEN
  • 33ASuite thingsROOMS
  • 34ABrand new socialiteDEB
  • 35A"By what means?"HOW
  • 36AGot a load ofSAW
  • 39ASized up for stealingCASED
  • 42AClosest palBESTIE
  • 45AHave what it takesCUTTHEMUSTARD
  • 47AArea of expertiseSPHERE
  • 49ATake the lid offUNCAP
  • 50ATNT partTRI
  • 51ANo longer existARENT
  • 54APaint globuleBLOB
  • 57ABe prosperousROLLINDOUGH
  • 61ABird on a Sydney 50-centerEMU
  • 62AAmalgamationUNION
  • 63AVisibly flooredAGAPE
  • 64ABig city for futebolRIO
  • 65ACleanup candidateMESS
  • 66AOral grinderMOLAR
  • 67AFarm penSTY
  • 1DRed Sea portSUEZ
  • 2DHair Beyonce once hadAFRO
  • 3DSilo cousinCORNCRIB
  • 4D__ Paulo (big city for futebol)SAO
  • 5DSaddler's implementAWL
  • 6DSecure, as a boardNAILIN
  • 7DJump off a boardDIVE
  • 8DDerive (from)STEM
  • 9DNuptial ritualVOW
  • 10DLeast cordialICIEST
  • 11DChoral contingentBASSI
  • 12DName on the Lion King soundtrackELTON
  • 15DWater near some windmillsSTREAM
  • 18D1904's __-Japanese WarRUSSO
  • 20DDevoursEATS
  • 24DFidel colleagueCHE
  • 25DGreat dealTON
  • 27DOutskirts of LiverpoolELS
  • 28DBig bundle of bucksWAD
  • 29DWhat might hold goldORE
  • 30DCrumble slowlyERODE
  • 31D67-Across dwellerSOW
  • 35DSnicker soundHEH
  • 36DDesktop devicesSTAPLERS
  • 37DPublicizeAIR
  • 38DBring togetherWED
  • 39DSignal to speakCUE
  • 40D"The quickest way to Harlem"ATRAIN
  • 41DFar from lenientSTERN
  • 42DWiener holderBUN
  • 43DKey near F1ESC
  • 44DShot in the darkSTAB
  • 45DHot podsCHILIS
  • 46DHeld in commonMUTUAL
  • 47DTake your pick and playSTRUM
  • 48DInclined (to)PRONE
  • 52DCylindrical cheeseEDAM
  • 53DScrapped, as a launchNOGO
  • 55DDon't mentionOMIT
  • 56DChannel markerBUOY
  • 58D__ Alamos, NMLOS
  • 59DRecruiter's concernGPA
  • 60DShe/___ (pronoun pair)HER

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