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Newsday Crossword Answers for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tuesday, December 16, 2025/78 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, December 16, 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

  • 1Touches on the shoulder
  • 5Sounds of regret
  • 10Traditional kilt wearer
  • 14Clear-sky color
  • 15Be patient for
  • 16Measly
  • 17Really ticked off
  • 18Filled with dryer fuzz
  • 19Back of an envelope
  • 20Sea bordering Saudi Arabia
  • 23Make a knot in
  • 24Calculate a sum
  • 25Annoy greatly
  • 27"Canine" trees
  • 32"__ Sir or Madam..."
  • 33Night before a holiday
  • 34Use as a bed
  • 36Justice Kagan
  • 39Gala party
  • 41First Soviet leader
  • 43Self-images
  • 44Courtroom event
  • 46Short skirts
  • 48Hill-building insect
  • 49Cpls. and sgts.
  • 51Part-spaniel mixed-breed canine
  • 53Most-spoken language in Africa
  • 56Baby goat
  • 57Defiant cry
  • 58No longer valid
  • 64Molecule portion
  • 66Cash, informally
  • 67Swirling current
  • 68Took a tumble
  • 69Biblical hymn
  • 70"__ of your business!"
  • 71Difficult journey
  • 72Taste or hearing
  • 73Walked heavily (on)

Down

  • 1Cookbook meas.
  • 2__ vera gel
  • 3Contented cat's sound
  • 4Playground plank
  • 5Liquid in dressing
  • 6"You're defeated!"
  • 7Group of outlaws
  • 8Ask to borrow cash
  • 9Arranged, as hair
  • 10Sunscreen letters
  • 11Difference between two societies
  • 12Walking __ (elated)
  • 13Laid-back person
  • 21Revered person
  • 22At no cost
  • 26"Tall" story
  • 27Skillful
  • 28Turn __ a new leaf
  • 29Have extensive debts
  • 30Consider to be
  • 31__ boom (jet sound)
  • 35Spanish boy
  • 37Taboo thing
  • 38Concerning, in memos
  • 40Per item
  • 42Sam for Samuel, for instance
  • 45"Tender" beef cut
  • 47Slide on an icy road
  • 50Losing streaks
  • 52Beginning
  • 53Elevator passageway
  • 54Reservoir contents
  • 55"You defeated me"
  • 59Money borrowed
  • 60"__ well that ends well"
  • 61Strong smell
  • 62SSN, to the IRS
  • 63Recolored
  • 65Jan. holiday honoree

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
  2. There are 39 across and 39 down.
  3. The longest answer has 11 letters and is 20-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "BLANK SPACES".

All 78 answers

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  • 1ATouches on the shoulderTAPS
  • 5ASounds of regretSIGHS
  • 10ATraditional kilt wearerSCOT
  • 14AClear-sky colorBLUE
  • 15ABe patient forAWAIT
  • 16AMeaslyPUNY
  • 17AReally ticked offSORE
  • 18AFilled with dryer fuzzLINTY
  • 19ABack of an envelopeFLAP
  • 20ASea bordering Saudi ArabiaPERSIANGULF
  • 23AMake a knot inTIE
  • 24ACalculate a sumADD
  • 25AAnnoy greatlyPERTURB
  • 27A"Canine" treesDOGWOODS
  • 32A"__ Sir or Madam..."DEAR
  • 33ANight before a holidayEVE
  • 34AUse as a bedLIEON
  • 36AJustice KaganELENA
  • 39AGala partyFETE
  • 41AFirst Soviet leaderLENIN
  • 43ASelf-imagesEGOS
  • 44ACourtroom eventTRIAL
  • 46AShort skirtsMINIS
  • 48AHill-building insectANT
  • 49ACpls. and sgts.NCOS
  • 51APart-spaniel mixed-breed canineCOCKAPOO
  • 53AMost-spoken language in AfricaSWAHILI
  • 56ABaby goatKID
  • 57ADefiant cryHAH
  • 58ANo longer validNULLANDVOID
  • 64AMolecule portionATOM
  • 66ACash, informallyMOOLA
  • 67ASwirling currentEDDY
  • 68ATook a tumbleFELL
  • 69ABiblical hymnPSALM
  • 70A"__ of your business!"NONE
  • 71ADifficult journeyTREK
  • 72ATaste or hearingSENSE
  • 73AWalked heavily (on)TROD
  • 1DCookbook meas.TBSP
  • 2D__ vera gelALOE
  • 3DContented cat's soundPURR
  • 4DPlayground plankSEESAW
  • 5DLiquid in dressingSALADOIL
  • 6D"You're defeated!"IWIN
  • 7DGroup of outlawsGANG
  • 8DAsk to borrow cashHITUP
  • 9DArranged, as hairSTYLED
  • 10DSunscreen lettersSPF
  • 11DDifference between two societiesCULTUREGAP
  • 12DWalking __ (elated)ONAIR
  • 13DLaid-back personTYPEB
  • 21DRevered personIDOL
  • 22DAt no costFREE
  • 26D"Tall" storyTALE
  • 27DSkillfulDEFT
  • 28DTurn __ a new leafOVER
  • 29DHave extensive debtsGETINAHOLE
  • 30DConsider to beDEEM
  • 31D__ boom (jet sound)SONIC
  • 35DSpanish boyNINO
  • 37DTaboo thingNONO
  • 38DConcerning, in memosASTO
  • 40DPer itemEACH
  • 42DSam for Samuel, for instanceNICKNAME
  • 45D"Tender" beef cutLOIN
  • 47DSlide on an icy roadSKID
  • 50DLosing streaksSLUMPS
  • 52DBeginningADVENT
  • 53DElevator passagewaySHAFT
  • 54DReservoir contentsWATER
  • 55D"You defeated me"ILOSE
  • 59DMoney borrowedLOAN
  • 60D"__ well that ends well"ALLS
  • 61DStrong smellODOR
  • 62DSSN, to the IRSIDNO
  • 63DRecoloredDYED
  • 65DJan. holiday honoreeMLK

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