Newsday Crossword Answers for Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Wednesday, December 17, 2025/78 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, December 17, 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
- 1Quick haircut
- 5Fit for a royal ruler
- 10Con game
- 14Reduced-price event
- 15Stood up
- 16Part of TLC
- 17Pop singer Tori
- 18Carryall bags
- 19Himalayas' continent
- 20Top-class student
- 23Gibbon or gorilla
- 25Eve's first home
- 26Tubular pasta
- 27Greet informally
- 29Salt Lake City collegian
- 31Rowboat implement
- 32Cunning action
- 33Mouths, informally
- 37Designation for a 20-Across
- 41Never ever
- 42Gain altitude
- 44Pregrown grass
- 47__ Faire (jousting venue)
- 48Flows slowly (through)
- 49Veal cuts
- 51Practice boxing
- 54Explosive initials
- 55What a 20-Across receives
- 59Actress __ Rae
- 60Glaringly vivid
- 61Clumsy person's comment
- 64Ocean's cousins
- 65Treat poorly
- 66Creative thought
- 67Ration (out)
- 68Newspaper's papers
- 69Finish a flight
Down
- 1Passenger screening org.
- 2Lamb's father
- 3Valentine message
- 4Flat-topped hill
- 5Evaluated
- 6Wear away
- 7Was accepted
- 8"Hold on __" ("Be patient")
- 9For fear that
- 10Frighten
- 11Gambling establishment
- 12Singer star Grande
- 13More cruel
- 21Luau neckwear
- 22Drama with singers
- 23Nile snake
- 24Good buddies
- 28Choir music
- 29"Semper Fi" org.
- 30Prefix for scope
- 33Handbag designer Spade
- 34Clickable picture
- 35Solar system center
- 36"Of course"
- 38Tapped-out "code" codeveloper
- 39Low-cal fizzy beverage
- 40SportsCenter airer
- 43Superlative suffix
- 44Factional rift
- 45"Aha, understood"
- 46Watched Fido
- 48"Sold out" theater letters
- 50Lunar view stage
- 51"I don't know" gesture
- 52Coolheadedness
- 53South American range
- 56Open-handed hit
- 57Large brass instrument
- 58Irritate
- 62Farm enclosure
- 63Sorrowful
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
- There are 37 across and 41 down.
- The longest answer has 13 letters and is 20-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "TOP-CLASS".
All 78 answers
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- 1AQuick haircutTRIM
- 5AFit for a royal rulerREGAL
- 10ACon gameSCAM
- 14AReduced-price eventSALE
- 15AStood upAROSE
- 16APart of TLCCARE
- 17APop singer ToriAMOS
- 18ACarryall bagsTOTES
- 19AHimalayas' continentASIA
- 20ATop-class studentVALEDICTORIAN
- 23AGibbon or gorillaAPE
- 25AEve's first homeEDEN
- 26ATubular pastaPENNE
- 27AGreet informallySAYHI
- 29ASalt Lake City collegianUTE
- 31ARowboat implementOAR
- 32ACunning actionPLOY
- 33AMouths, informallyKISSERS
- 37ADesignation for a 20-AcrossSUMMACUMLAUDE
- 41ANever everNOTONCE
- 42AGain altitudeRISE
- 44APregrown grassSOD
- 47A__ Faire (jousting venue)REN
- 48AFlows slowly (through)SEEPS
- 49AVeal cutsCHOPS
- 51APractice boxingSPAR
- 54AExplosive initialsTNT
- 55AWhat a 20-Across receivesHIGHESTHONORS
- 59AActress __ RaeISSA
- 60AGlaringly vividLURID
- 61AClumsy person's commentOOPS
- 64AOcean's cousinsSEAS
- 65ATreat poorlyABUSE
- 66ACreative thoughtIDEA
- 67ARation (out)METE
- 68ANewspaper's papersPAGES
- 69AFinish a flightLAND
- 1DPassenger screening org.TSA
- 2DLamb's fatherRAM
- 3DValentine messageILOVEYOU
- 4DFlat-topped hillMESA
- 5DEvaluatedRATED
- 6DWear awayERODE
- 7DWas acceptedGOTIN
- 8D"Hold on __" ("Be patient")ASEC
- 9DFor fear thatLEST
- 10DFrightenSCARE
- 11DGambling establishmentCASINO
- 12DSinger star GrandeARIANA
- 13DMore cruelMEANER
- 21DLuau neckwearLEI
- 22DDrama with singersOPERA
- 23DNile snakeASP
- 24DGood buddiesPALS
- 28DChoir musicHYMN
- 29D"Semper Fi" org.USMC
- 30DPrefix for scopeTELE
- 33DHandbag designer SpadeKATE
- 34DClickable pictureICON
- 35DSolar system centerSUN
- 36D"Of course"SURE
- 38DTapped-out "code" codeveloperMORSE
- 39DLow-cal fizzy beverageDIETSODA
- 40DSportsCenter airerESPN
- 43DSuperlative suffixEST
- 44DFactional riftSCHISM
- 45D"Aha, understood"OHISEE
- 46DWatched FidoDOGSAT
- 48D"Sold out" theater lettersSRO
- 50DLunar view stagePHASE
- 51D"I don't know" gestureSHRUG
- 52DCoolheadednessPOISE
- 53DSouth American rangeANDES
- 56DOpen-handed hitSLAP
- 57DLarge brass instrumentTUBA
- 58DIrritateROIL
- 62DFarm enclosurePEN
- 63DSorrowfulSAD
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The Wednesday, December 17, 2025 grid has 78 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword?
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