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Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, December 13, 2025

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Saturday, December 13, 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

  • 1Led to lineally
  • 6Insubstantial
  • 10Side of ribs
  • 14Tools for hand-made products
  • 15Eminently pickable
  • 16Eminently pickable
  • 17Capital within 500 mi. of 40% of all in the US
  • 19Inimitable
  • 20Performing in concert
  • 21Dadgum
  • 23Authoritative quote source
  • 24Staple of West African cuisine
  • 26Bugs Bunny wore its uniform in '43
  • 27Look-both-ways guy
  • 29Purity standard
  • 32Head of a table
  • 36Net speed
  • 38"I'm stumped!"
  • 40Tomfoolery
  • 41Effortful freighting
  • 42Close ones
  • 43Move low and slow
  • 45Hand salute
  • 47Small change
  • 48Sophia, shortly
  • 52Chilling thing
  • 55Look-both-ways traveler
  • 57Many minutos
  • 58"Let's get started!"
  • 60Inauspiciousness interjection
  • 61Misarticulate
  • 62Medieval marauders
  • 63Take for a ride
  • 64Bit of bioplastic
  • 65Caught up?

Down

  • 1Cabbage or clams
  • 2Part of the earliest pianos
  • 3Major functions
  • 4Making a point
  • 5Poor Richard's cure-all herb
  • 6Missourian in the Capitol's Statuary Hall
  • 7"Not a thread in all __ raiment": Poe
  • 8Where Taylor Swift kept "many indie bands"
  • 9Prime minister at Elizabeth II's coronation
  • 10Coastal ecosystem
  • 11Gamer's acquisition activity
  • 12Islander redhead in Canadian kid lit
  • 13Winnow (out)
  • 18Nine counties around Western estuaries
  • 22Incredulously
  • 25Fowl much-mistaken for ducks
  • 27Enthusiastically accepts
  • 28Viscosity std. setter
  • 30Swatch of suiting?
  • 31Midshipman opponent in the annual Crab Bowl
  • 32Dry-__ (tenderized, as T-bones)
  • 33Come into one's own
  • 34What the Emmys are named for
  • 35You be the judge
  • 37Windows 95 introduction
  • 39Vikes' strikes
  • 44Much-watched after-dark streaming
  • 46Head honchos?
  • 48Skunky essence
  • 49Concise comforter
  • 50Apocryphal
  • 51Feeling sore
  • 52Taj Mahal builder, e.g.
  • 53Book of Marvels of the World author (c. 1300)
  • 54Get going
  • 56Not much change
  • 59Pepsi's root beer

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 72 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 37 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 38-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".

All 72 answers

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  • 1ALed to lineallyBEGAT
  • 6AInsubstantialTHIN
  • 10ASide of ribsSLAW
  • 14ATools for hand-made productsABACI
  • 15AEminently pickableRIPE
  • 16AEminently pickableAONE
  • 17ACapital within 500 mi. of 40% of all in the USCOLUMBUSOH
  • 19AInimitableLONE
  • 20APerforming in concertONATEAM
  • 21ADadgumDRATTED
  • 23AAuthoritative quote sourceNYSE
  • 24AStaple of West African cuisineYAM
  • 26ABugs Bunny wore its uniform in '43USMC
  • 27ALook-both-ways guyJANUS
  • 29APurity standardKARAT
  • 32AHead of a tableARTHUR
  • 36ANet speedDATARATE
  • 38A"I'm stumped!"GIVEMETHEANSWER
  • 40ATomfooleryESCAPADE
  • 41AEffortful freightingSCHLEP
  • 42AClose onesDEARS
  • 43AMove low and slowSNAKE
  • 45AHand saluteMAAM
  • 47ASmall changeSUB
  • 48ASophia, shortlyFIFI
  • 52AChilling thingSPECTER
  • 55ALook-both-ways travelerRACECAR
  • 57AMany minutosHORA
  • 58A"Let's get started!"NOMORETALK
  • 60AInauspiciousness interjectionALAS
  • 61AMisarticulateSLUR
  • 62AMedieval maraudersNORSE
  • 63ATake for a rideHOSE
  • 64ABit of bioplasticALGA
  • 65ACaught up?TREED
  • 1DCabbage or clamsBACON
  • 2DPart of the earliest pianosEBONY
  • 3DMajor functionsGALAS
  • 4DMaking a pointACUTE
  • 5DPoor Richard's cure-all herbTIME
  • 6DMissourian in the Capitol's Statuary HallTRUMAN
  • 7D"Not a thread in all __ raiment": PoeHIS
  • 8DWhere Taylor Swift kept "many indie bands"IPOD
  • 9DPrime minister at Elizabeth II's coronationNEHRU
  • 10DCoastal ecosystemSALTMARSH
  • 11DGamer's acquisition activityLOOTCRAWL
  • 12DIslander redhead in Canadian kid litANNE
  • 13DWinnow (out)WEED
  • 18DNine counties around Western estuariesBAYAREA
  • 22DIncredulouslyASKANCE
  • 25DFowl much-mistaken for ducksMUDHENS
  • 27DEnthusiastically acceptsJUMPSAT
  • 28DViscosity std. setterSAE
  • 30DSwatch of suiting?ATEE
  • 31DMidshipman opponent in the annual Crab BowlTERP
  • 32DDry-__ (tenderized, as T-bones)AGED
  • 33DCome into one's ownRISE
  • 34DWhat the Emmys are named forTVCAMERAS
  • 35DYou be the judgeHEARACASE
  • 37DWindows 95 introductionTASKBAR
  • 39DVikes' strikesTDS
  • 44DMuch-watched after-dark streamingAURORA
  • 46DHead honchos?MENSA
  • 48DSkunky essenceFETOR
  • 49DConcise comforterICARE
  • 50DApocryphalFALSE
  • 51DFeeling soreIRKED
  • 52DTaj Mahal builder, e.g.SHAH
  • 53DBook of Marvels of the World author (c. 1300)POLO
  • 54DGet goingROLL
  • 56DNot much changeCENT
  • 59DPepsi's root beerMUG

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