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Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, December 20, 2025

Saturday, December 20, 2025/70 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Saturday, December 20, 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

  • 1Unreal
  • 6Shawl, for instance
  • 10It's attractive
  • 14Most easily tied
  • 15One on a receiving line
  • 16Dallas Buyers Club Oscar actor
  • 17Pyramid schemes
  • 19Engaged
  • 20Knuckle-head activity
  • 21Apostolic Palace adjective
  • 23Free time
  • 25Isn't consistent
  • 26Give it up
  • 30Sound like a fan
  • 31Animale dello zodiaco
  • 32Gig for a guru
  • 35It surrounds Canada's southernmost land
  • 37Wranglers for a week
  • 39Status
  • 40Prototypical pasta processor
  • 42Capital of Algeria
  • 44Military Families Mo.
  • 45Bunk
  • 48Square, as for satisfaction
  • 50Rapdom's close relative
  • 51Cutting-edge powder source
  • 53"Give it up!"
  • 56Reason for boxing
  • 57Alarmists' antithesis
  • 60Tahiti et autres
  • 61Maintain
  • 62Partner in Niagara Falls hydroelectrification (1890s)
  • 63Erstwhile M&Ms
  • 64Nonmusical drums
  • 65Words for argument's sake

Down

  • 1Excluding
  • 2Not decided
  • 3Most favored
  • 4Spread out, in a way
  • 5Landfill lander
  • 6Your bag
  • 7__ meat
  • 8Expression of condescension
  • 9"A book which people __ and don't read" (Twain on "Classic")
  • 10Word from the Spanish for "little silver"
  • 11Frozen
  • 12What might make you smart
  • 13Fully, these days
  • 18With a steel grip, quite possibly
  • 22Debug?
  • 24Going-away party
  • 26Dropped
  • 27Full
  • 28"This is bliss!"
  • 29Brits who get gin on their birthday
  • 33Trail in good order
  • 34Turns quickly
  • 36"Disorderly" dessert served at a Harrow cricket match
  • 38Oral
  • 41Consequently
  • 43Luger, for instance
  • 46Subject of the literary analysis Angels and Wild Things
  • 47Breaks even
  • 48Pass word
  • 49Beethoven's Fifth soloist
  • 52No nickname for a scriptural slinger
  • 54Outside shot?
  • 55She's name-checked in Wonder's Ellington tribute
  • 58Suit tag trio
  • 59Apt rhyme for "Hey!"

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 70 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 35 down.
  3. The longest answer has 13 letters and is 26-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".

All 70 answers

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  • 1AUnrealBOGUS
  • 6AShawl, for instanceWRAP
  • 10AIt's attractivePSST
  • 14AMost easily tiedUPONE
  • 15AOne on a receiving lineHEIR
  • 16ADallas Buyers Club Oscar actorLETO
  • 17APyramid schemesTETRAHEDRA
  • 19AEngagedATIT
  • 20AKnuckle-head activityNOOGIE
  • 21AApostolic Palace adjectiveSISTINE
  • 23AFree timeLULLS
  • 25AIsn't consistentSWINGS
  • 26AGive it upSPILLTHEBEANS
  • 30ASound like a fanHUM
  • 31AAnimale dello zodiacoLEONE
  • 32AGig for a guruTUTOR
  • 35AIt surrounds Canada's southernmost landERIE
  • 37AWranglers for a weekDUDES
  • 39AStatusMODE
  • 40APrototypical pasta processorDENTE
  • 42ACapital of AlgeriaSOFTA
  • 44AMilitary Families Mo.NOV
  • 45ABunkHORSEFEATHERS
  • 48ASquare, as for satisfactionAVENGE
  • 50ARapdom's close relativeFATHA
  • 51ACutting-edge powder sourceDIAMOND
  • 53A"Give it up!"TELLME
  • 56AReason for boxingMOVE
  • 57AAlarmists' antithesisDAREDEVILS
  • 60ATahiti et autresILES
  • 61AMaintainAVER
  • 62APartner in Niagara Falls hydroelectrification (1890s)TESLA
  • 63AErstwhile M&MsTANS
  • 64ANonmusical drumsKEGS
  • 65AWords for argument's sakeESSAY
  • 1DExcludingBUT
  • 2DNot decidedOPEN
  • 3DMost favoredGOTO
  • 4DSpread out, in a wayUNROLL
  • 5DLandfill landerSEAGULL
  • 6DYour bagWHEELHOUSE
  • 7D__ meatRED
  • 8DExpression of condescensionAIRS
  • 9D"A book which people __ and don't read" (Twain on "Classic")PRAISE
  • 10DWord from the Spanish for "little silver"PLATINUM
  • 11DFrozenSETINSTONE
  • 12DWhat might make you smartSTING
  • 13DFully, these daysTOTES
  • 18DWith a steel grip, quite possiblyHILTED
  • 22DDebug?SWAT
  • 24DGoing-away partySENDOFF
  • 26DDroppedSHED
  • 27DFullPURE
  • 28D"This is bliss!"IMINHEAVEN
  • 29DBrits who get gin on their birthdayBEEFEATERS
  • 33DTrail in good orderODOR
  • 34DTurns quicklyREVS
  • 36D"Disorderly" dessert served at a Harrow cricket matchETONMESS
  • 38DOralSTATED
  • 41DConsequentlyERGO
  • 43DLuger, for instanceATHLETE
  • 46DSubject of the literary analysis Angels and Wild ThingsSENDAK
  • 47DBreaks evenHALVES
  • 48DPass wordADMIT
  • 49DBeethoven's Fifth soloistVIOLA
  • 52DNo nickname for a scriptural slingerDAVE
  • 54DOutside shot?MISS
  • 55DShe's name-checked in Wonder's Ellington tributeELLA
  • 58DSuit tag trioREG
  • 59DApt rhyme for "Hey!"SAY

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The Saturday, December 20, 2025 grid has 70 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.

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