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Newsday Crossword Answers for Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Wednesday, December 31, 2025/78 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, December 31, 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

  • 1Organ for breathing
  • 5Baseball hat
  • 8Angry speech
  • 14No longer new
  • 15__ de Janeiro
  • 16Smoothed out
  • 17Sections of books
  • 19Built a home in a tree
  • 20Informal assent
  • 21Optimistic
  • 23Free of clutter
  • 24__ to the core (evil)
  • 26Carton-sealing roll
  • 28Zodiac feline
  • 29Elaborate weaving of fabric
  • 34Colonial news announcers
  • 37Partner in battle
  • 38Dove's sound
  • 39Red-__ (frankfurters)
  • 40National bird
  • 42Ship off
  • 43Letters on Forever stamps
  • 44Extremely scarce
  • 45Window covers
  • 47Imperative
  • 50Notable period
  • 51Magnum ___ (masterpiece)
  • 52In possession of
  • 55Smile widely
  • 58Jimmy Carter successor
  • 60Is able to
  • 62Monet or Manet
  • 64North coast South American
  • 66Soccer superstar Messi
  • 67Large coffeepot
  • 68Region
  • 69Reduce in rank
  • 70Devoured
  • 71"Hey, over here!"

Down

  • 1Peanuts girl
  • 2Theater attendant
  • 3Popular pizza style
  • 4National economic stat: Abbr.
  • 5Fancy pancake
  • 6Online lodging site
  • 7Sit for a portrait
  • 8Octet of an octopus
  • 9Suffix for subject
  • 10Took a break
  • 11Prefix for freeze
  • 12Heroic act
  • 13Small whirlpool
  • 18One-on-one teacher
  • 22Coral island
  • 25Golf pegs
  • 27Take care of a bill
  • 30Tantrum thrower
  • 31Winter Olympics skaters
  • 32__ of the above
  • 33Mount Olympus residents
  • 34Close pal
  • 35Rights activist Parks
  • 36Hard-shelled marine reptile
  • 41Got out of bed
  • 42Dress of India
  • 44Sharp door knock
  • 46Temporary tattoo dye
  • 48Black-and-white game tile
  • 49Frozen ___ (dairy dessert)
  • 53Hockey great Gretzky
  • 54Oxygen and nitrogen
  • 55Treadless, as tires
  • 56Southernmost Great Lake
  • 57Molecule part
  • 59Spanish water
  • 61Free of clutter
  • 63Film crew's workplace
  • 65Brief snooze

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 10 letters and is 3-down.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "FRONT MEN".

All 78 answers

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  • 1AOrgan for breathingLUNG
  • 5ABaseball hatCAP
  • 8AAngry speechTIRADE
  • 14ANo longer newUSED
  • 15A__ de JaneiroRIO
  • 16ASmoothed outEVENED
  • 17ASections of booksCHAPTERS
  • 19ABuilt a home in a treeNESTED
  • 20AInformal assentYEP
  • 21AOptimisticUPBEAT
  • 23AFree of clutterTIDY
  • 24A__ to the core (evil)ROTTEN
  • 26ACarton-sealing rollTAPE
  • 28AZodiac felineLEO
  • 29AElaborate weaving of fabricBROCADING
  • 34AColonial news announcersCRIERS
  • 37APartner in battleALLY
  • 38ADove's soundCOO
  • 39ARed-__ (frankfurters)HOTS
  • 40ANational birdEAGLE
  • 42AShip offSEND
  • 43ALetters on Forever stampsUSA
  • 44AExtremely scarceRARE
  • 45AWindow coversSHADES
  • 47AImperativeMANDATORY
  • 50ANotable periodERA
  • 51AMagnum ___ (masterpiece)OPUS
  • 52AIn possession ofOWNING
  • 55ASmile widelyBEAM
  • 58AJimmy Carter successorREAGAN
  • 60AIs able toCAN
  • 62AMonet or ManetARTIST
  • 64ANorth coast South AmericanGUYANESE
  • 66ASoccer superstar MessiLIONEL
  • 67ALarge coffeepotURN
  • 68ARegionAREA
  • 69AReduce in rankDEMOTE
  • 70ADevouredATE
  • 71A"Hey, over here!"PSST
  • 1DPeanuts girlLUCY
  • 2DTheater attendantUSHER
  • 3DPopular pizza styleNEAPOLITAN
  • 4DNational economic stat: Abbr.GDP
  • 5DFancy pancakeCREPE
  • 6DOnline lodging siteAIRBNB
  • 7DSit for a portraitPOSE
  • 8DOctet of an octopusTENTACLES
  • 9DSuffix for subjectIVE
  • 10DTook a breakRESTED
  • 11DPrefix for freezeANTI
  • 12DHeroic actDEED
  • 13DSmall whirlpoolEDDY
  • 18DOne-on-one teacherTUTOR
  • 22DCoral islandATOLL
  • 25DGolf pegsTEES
  • 27DTake care of a billPAY
  • 30DTantrum throwerRAGER
  • 31DWinter Olympics skatersICEDANCERS
  • 32D__ of the aboveNONE
  • 33DMount Olympus residentsGODS
  • 34DClose palCHUM
  • 35DRights activist ParksROSA
  • 36DHard-shelled marine reptileSEATURTLE
  • 41DGot out of bedAROSE
  • 42DDress of IndiaSARI
  • 44DSharp door knockRAP
  • 46DTemporary tattoo dyeHENNA
  • 48DBlack-and-white game tileDOMINO
  • 49DFrozen ___ (dairy dessert)YOGURT
  • 53DHockey great GretzkyWAYNE
  • 54DOxygen and nitrogenGASES
  • 55DTreadless, as tiresBALD
  • 56DSouthernmost Great LakeERIE
  • 57DMolecule partATOM
  • 59DSpanish waterAGUA
  • 61DFree of clutterNEAT
  • 63DFilm crew's workplaceSET
  • 65DBrief snoozeNAP

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