Newsday Crossword Answers for Monday, December 15, 2025
Monday, December 15, 2025/78 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Monday, December 15, 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
- 1__ register (checkout counter machine)
- 5Performs a role
- 9Barber's sharpener
- 14Triple-decker cookie
- 15Metallic wrap for leftovers
- 16"Been __, done that"
- 17Isn't truthful
- 18Run away from danger
- 19Knot up again
- 20Pub target with a bull's-eye center
- 22Mistake
- 23Hospital "treat now" areas: Abbr.
- 24Yellow citrus fruits
- 25Said explicitly
- 29Dwarf planet beyond Neptune
- 31Marathon measures
- 32Lobster cousin
- 33Food for pigs
- 37Word-of-mouth
- 38Self-confident manner
- 39Voicemail signal
- 40Bit of heredity
- 41Clothes dryer fuzz
- 42Gives a darn
- 43Bank's large safe
- 45Dislike a lot
- 46Divides in two
- 49Vessel for frying
- 50Land by the ocean
- 51Artworks on museum walls
- 57Any '60s song
- 58Actor Baldwin
- 59Remove the peel from
- 60Eagle's claw
- 61Was dressed in
- 62Largest continent
- 63Current fashion
- 64Loch __ monster
- 65Parental "pops"
Down
- 1Cooler than cool
- 2Opera solo
- 3Fortune-teller
- 4Party giver
- 5Be able to pay for
- 6Coke and Pepsi
- 7Stadium seating level
- 8Kid's snow vehicle
- 9Avenue-crossing road, often
- 10Temperature-setting device
- 11Fashionable again
- 12Hunter constellation
- 13Social equals
- 21Hive builders
- 24il change, for short
- 25Urban air pollution
- 26Bicycle wheel
- 27Actor Alda
- 28Screen at a sports bar
- 29Make a hard copy of
- 30Have stamina
- 32Corkscrew's shape
- 34Handed-down tales
- 35Change for $5
- 36Annoying person
- 38Addition symbol
- 42Penny
- 44Show up for
- 45Tango and waltz
- 46Francis __ Key
- 47Of the Arctic or Antarctic
- 48Soup-serving utensil
- 49Ships' docks
- 51Lowly chess piece
- 52Natural sunburn soother
- 53Apple's tablet
- 54Rocket launching agency
- 55Graph paper pattern
- 56Huge bodies of water
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
- There are 39 across and 39 down.
- The longest answer has 10 letters and is 10-down.
- Today's puzzle is titled "ON THE WALL".
All 78 answers
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- 1A__ register (checkout counter machine)CASH
- 5APerforms a roleACTS
- 9ABarber's sharpenerSTROP
- 14ATriple-decker cookieOREO
- 15AMetallic wrap for leftoversFOIL
- 16A"Been __, done that"THERE
- 17AIsn't truthfulLIES
- 18ARun away from dangerFLEE
- 19AKnot up againRETIE
- 20APub target with a bull's-eye centerDARTBOARD
- 22AMistakeERROR
- 23AHospital "treat now" areas: Abbr.ERS
- 24AYellow citrus fruitsLEMONS
- 25ASaid explicitlySTATED
- 29ADwarf planet beyond NeptunePLUTO
- 31AMarathon measuresMILES
- 32ALobster cousinCRAB
- 33AFood for pigsSLOP
- 37AWord-of-mouthORAL
- 38ASelf-confident mannerPOISE
- 39AVoicemail signalTONE
- 40ABit of heredityGENE
- 41AClothes dryer fuzzLINT
- 42AGives a darnCARES
- 43ABank's large safeVAULT
- 45ADislike a lotDETEST
- 46ADivides in twoSPLITS
- 49AVessel for fryingPAN
- 50ALand by the oceanCOAST
- 51AArtworks on museum wallsPAINTINGS
- 57AAny '60s songOLDIE
- 58AActor BaldwinALEC
- 59ARemove the peel fromPARE
- 60AEagle's clawTALON
- 61AWas dressed inWORE
- 62ALargest continentASIA
- 63ACurrent fashionTREND
- 64ALoch __ monsterNESS
- 65AParental "pops"DADS
- 1DCooler than coolCOLD
- 2DOpera soloARIA
- 3DFortune-tellerSEER
- 4DParty giverHOST
- 5DBe able to pay forAFFORD
- 6DCoke and PepsiCOLAS
- 7DStadium seating levelTIER
- 8DKid's snow vehicleSLED
- 9DAvenue-crossing road, oftenSTREET
- 10DTemperature-setting deviceTHERMOSTAT
- 11DFashionable againRETRO
- 12DHunter constellationORION
- 13DSocial equalsPEERS
- 21DHive buildersBEES
- 24Dil change, for shortLUBE
- 25DUrban air pollutionSMOG
- 26DBicycle wheelTIRE
- 27DActor AldaALAN
- 28DScreen at a sports barTELEVISION
- 29DMake a hard copy ofPRINT
- 30DHave staminaLAST
- 32DCorkscrew's shapeCOIL
- 34DHanded-down talesLORE
- 35DChange for $5ONES
- 36DAnnoying personPEST
- 38DAddition symbolPLUS
- 42DPennyCENT
- 44DShow up forATTEND
- 45DTango and waltzDANCES
- 46DFrancis __ KeySCOTT
- 47DOf the Arctic or AntarcticPOLAR
- 48DSoup-serving utensilLADLE
- 49DShips' docksPIERS
- 51DLowly chess piecePAWN
- 52DNatural sunburn sootherALOE
- 53DApple's tabletIPAD
- 54DRocket launching agencyNASA
- 55DGraph paper patternGRID
- 56DHuge bodies of waterSEAS
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The Monday, December 15, 2025 grid has 78 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.
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