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Newsday Crossword Answers for Thursday, December 4, 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025/76 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Thursday, December 4, 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

  • 1Browser bookmarks
  • 5First called
  • 8New England haddock
  • 13Doctor's order
  • 15Street often near Maple
  • 16Genetic copy
  • 17Decision for a dilemma
  • 20Come before
  • 21Protective trinket
  • 22Exclamacion de entusiasmo
  • 23Set foot (on)
  • 24Filet option
  • 29Hand tools
  • 33Head off
  • 34Spoken spur
  • 35Summit
  • 36Little bit
  • 37Handle the food
  • 39Indonesian isle
  • 40Barnyard sound
  • 41Slip in a pot
  • 42Made public
  • 43Being broadcast
  • 45Scofflaw's arrears
  • 48Ye __ Shoppe
  • 50Major ATM maker
  • 51Word on the Canadian province list
  • 54"No lunch for me!"
  • 59101 or 233, in math
  • 61__ breakfast (grits, often)
  • 62Nearby star
  • 63It's west of Montgomery
  • 64It means "across"
  • 65Half of some couples
  • 66Number on a ticket

Down

  • 1Edibles oversight org.
  • 2With 8-Down, water source
  • 3Bus alternative
  • 4Well-protected
  • 5What "it" is
  • 6Cosmo rival
  • 7FD staffer
  • 8Hapless person
  • 9See 2-Down
  • 10Stir up
  • 11Way back when
  • 12Repellent acronym
  • 14Lay low
  • 18Peace and quiet
  • 19Lifework
  • 23Loyal
  • 24Cuban music
  • 25French spa
  • 26Coup __
  • 27Exasperated feeling
  • 28Be bratty
  • 30Big name in screen games
  • 31Made on a loom
  • 32Card symbol
  • 37Spanish city
  • 38Superb
  • 39Peter Pan rival
  • 42Sellers of spots
  • 44Decide by ballot
  • 46Iron blocks
  • 47Rapper/actor
  • 49Legal claims
  • 51Monthly S&L document
  • 52Blacken lightly
  • 53Oceanic predator
  • 54Composer Stravinsky
  • 55Olympian aggressor
  • 56A blank you might draw in a game
  • 57Madame Bovary
  • 58Well-organized
  • 60"School of thought" suffix

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 41 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 17-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "CREAM OF THE CROP".

All 76 answers

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  • 1ABrowser bookmarksURLS
  • 5AFirst calledNEE
  • 8ANew England haddockSCROD
  • 13ADoctor's orderSAYAH
  • 15AStreet often near MapleELM
  • 16AGenetic copyCLONE
  • 17ADecision for a dilemmaDIFFICULTCHOICE
  • 20ACome beforeANTEDATE
  • 21AProtective trinketAMULET
  • 22AExclamacion de entusiasmoOLE
  • 23ASet foot (on)TROD
  • 24AFilet optionMEDIUMRARE
  • 29AHand toolsSAWS
  • 33AHead offAVERT
  • 34ASpoken spurCUE
  • 35ASummitTOP
  • 36ALittle bitMITE
  • 37AHandle the foodCATER
  • 39AIndonesian isleJAVA
  • 40ABarnyard soundBAA
  • 41ASlip in a potIOU
  • 42AMade publicAIRED
  • 43ABeing broadcastONTV
  • 45AScofflaw's arrearsUNPAIDFINE
  • 48AYe __ ShoppeOLDE
  • 50AMajor ATM makerNCR
  • 51AWord on the Canadian province listSCOTIA
  • 54A"No lunch for me!"IVEEATEN
  • 59A101 or 233, in mathTHREEDIGITPRIME
  • 61A__ breakfast (grits, often)MACON
  • 62ANearby starSOL
  • 63AIt's west of MontgomerySELMA
  • 64AIt means "across"TRANS
  • 65AHalf of some couplesMRS
  • 66ANumber on a ticketSEAT
  • 1DEdibles oversight org.USDA
  • 2DWith 8-Down, water sourceRAIN
  • 3DBus alternativeLYFT
  • 4DWell-protectedSAFE
  • 5DWhat "it" isNEUTER
  • 6DCosmo rivalELLE
  • 7DFD stafferEMT
  • 8DHapless personSCHMO
  • 9DSee 2-DownCLOUDS
  • 10DStir upROIL
  • 11DWay back whenONCE
  • 12DRepellent acronymDEET
  • 14DLay lowHIDOUT
  • 18DPeace and quietCALM
  • 19DLifeworkCAREER
  • 23DLoyalTRUE
  • 24DCuban musicMAMBO
  • 25DFrench spaEVIAN
  • 26DCoup __DETAT
  • 27DExasperated feelingIRE
  • 28DBe brattyACTUP
  • 30DBig name in screen gamesATARI
  • 31DMade on a loomWOVEN
  • 32DCard symbolSPADE
  • 37DSpanish cityCIUDAD
  • 38DSuperbAONE
  • 39DPeter Pan rivalJIF
  • 42DSellers of spotsADREPS
  • 44DDecide by ballotVOTEON
  • 46DIron blocksANVILS
  • 47DRapper/actorICET
  • 49DLegal claimsLIENS
  • 51DMonthly S&L documentSTMT
  • 52DBlacken lightlyCHAR
  • 53DOceanic predatorORCA
  • 54DComposer StravinskyIGOR
  • 55DOlympian aggressorARES
  • 56DA blank you might draw in a gameTILE
  • 57DMadame BovaryEMMA
  • 58DWell-organizedNEAT
  • 60D"School of thought" suffixISM

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