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Newsday Crossword Answers for Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025/78 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, December 24, 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

  • 1Mountains of France
  • 5Cribs, cots, etc.
  • 9C sharp alas
  • 14Fancy party
  • 15Sandwich cookie
  • 16Boxing match site
  • 17Flightless Aussie birds
  • 18Regretted
  • 19Has to have
  • 20TWO OF THE OCTET
  • 23Scribble (down)
  • 24British reference set: Abbr.
  • 25Toon skunk Pepe
  • 28Wedding cake level
  • 30Hardly any
  • 33Professional joke teller
  • 34Crop on stalks
  • 35Bull in Spain
  • 36THREE OF THE OCTET
  • 39Long distance in astronomy: Abbr.
  • 40Winter resort footwear
  • 41Choose by ballot
  • 42NASA's six-person orbiter: Abbr.
  • 43Risk taking, for short
  • 44Snatch forcibly
  • 45Sheep's sound
  • 46Assist
  • 47TWO OF THE OCTET
  • 54Approximately
  • 56Close tightly
  • 57Begin again with
  • 58Linguini or Ziti
  • 59Mambo bandleader Puente
  • 60Rarely rained on
  • 61Pamphlet printing machine
  • 62All over again
  • 63Houseplant holders

Down

  • 1Ripened, as cheese
  • 2The Dalai __
  • 3In addition
  • 4Wide belt
  • 5Take out a loan
  • 6Spout lava
  • 7See 43-Down
  • 8Ginger ale, for instance
  • 9ONE OF THE OCTET
  • 10Turned loose
  • 11Impolite glance
  • 12In addition
  • 13Profs.' helpers
  • 21Spout, as lava
  • 22Without stopping
  • 25Pillages
  • 26TV trophies
  • 27Docking place
  • 28Discussion focus
  • 29Cornea neighbor
  • 30Supposedly sly animals
  • 31Standing tall
  • 32Refuses to
  • 33251, in Roman numerals
  • 34Pickle-to-be, informally
  • 35Flooring square
  • 37Congress' cable channel
  • 38Rigoletto composer
  • 43With 49- and 7-Down, what the octet are
  • 44"Weeping" tree
  • 45Boxing matches
  • 46Taper off
  • 47Medicinal amount
  • 48Mexican "are"
  • 49See 43-Down
  • 50Mouse catcher
  • 51Equator's latitude
  • 52Spruce up, as prose
  • 53Unspoken okays
  • 54Downloaded program
  • 55Chocolate shape

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
  2. There are 37 across and 41 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 36-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "AIRBORNE OCTET".

All 78 answers

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  • 1AMountains of FranceALPS
  • 5ACribs, cots, etc.BEDS
  • 9AC sharp alasDFLAT
  • 14AFancy partyGALA
  • 15ASandwich cookieOREO
  • 16ABoxing match siteARENA
  • 17AFlightless Aussie birdsEMUS
  • 18ARegrettedRUED
  • 19AHas to haveNEEDS
  • 20ATWO OF THE OCTETDASHERPRANCER
  • 23AScribble (down)JOT
  • 24ABritish reference set: Abbr.OED
  • 25AToon skunk PepeLEPEW
  • 28AWedding cake levelTIER
  • 30AHardly anyFEW
  • 33AProfessional joke tellerCOMIC
  • 34ACrop on stalksCORN
  • 35ABull in SpainTORO
  • 36ATHREE OF THE OCTETCOMETCUPIDVIXEN
  • 39ALong distance in astronomy: Abbr.LTYR
  • 40AWinter resort footwearSKIS
  • 41AChoose by ballotELECT
  • 42ANASA's six-person orbiter: Abbr.ISS
  • 43ARisk taking, for shortSPEC
  • 44ASnatch forciblyWREST
  • 45ASheep's soundBAA
  • 46AAssistAID
  • 47ATWO OF THE OCTETDONNERBLITZEN
  • 54AApproximatelyABOUT
  • 56AClose tightlySEAL
  • 57ABegin again withREDO
  • 58ALinguini or ZitiPASTA
  • 59AMambo bandleader PuenteTITO
  • 60ARarely rained onARID
  • 61APamphlet printing machinePRESS
  • 62AAll over againANEW
  • 63AHouseplant holdersPOTS
  • 1DRipened, as cheeseAGED
  • 2DThe Dalai __LAMA
  • 3DIn additionPLUS
  • 4DWide beltSASH
  • 5DTake out a loanBORROW
  • 6DSpout lavaERUPT
  • 7DSee 43-DownDEER
  • 8DGinger ale, for instanceSODA
  • 9DONE OF THE OCTETDANCER
  • 10DTurned looseFREED
  • 11DImpolite glanceLEER
  • 12DIn additionAND
  • 13DProfs.' helpersTAS
  • 21DSpout, as lavaEJECT
  • 22DWithout stoppingNOEND
  • 25DPillagesLOOTS
  • 26DTV trophiesEMMYS
  • 27DDocking placePIER
  • 28DDiscussion focusTOPIC
  • 29DCornea neighborIRIS
  • 30DSupposedly sly animalsFOXES
  • 31DStanding tallERECT
  • 32DRefuses toWONT
  • 33D251, in Roman numeralsCCLI
  • 34DPickle-to-be, informallyCUKE
  • 35DFlooring squareTILE
  • 37DCongress' cable channelCSPAN
  • 38DRigoletto composerVERDI
  • 43DWith 49- and 7-Down, what the octet areSANTAS
  • 44D"Weeping" treeWILLOW
  • 45DBoxing matchesBOUTS
  • 46DTaper offABATE
  • 47DMedicinal amountDOSE
  • 48DMexican "are"ESTA
  • 49DSee 43-DownREIN
  • 50DMouse catcherTRAP
  • 51DEquator's latitudeZERO
  • 52DSpruce up, as proseEDIT
  • 53DUnspoken okaysNODS
  • 54DDownloaded programAPP
  • 55DChocolate shapeBAR

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