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Newsday Crossword Answers for Friday, December 5, 2025

Friday, December 5, 2025/78 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Friday, December 5, 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

  • 1Compass reading
  • 4Finishing stroke
  • 8Wishful thinking
  • 14"Amazing!"
  • 15About 9% of the globe
  • 16"Darn it!"
  • 1765-Across component
  • 19MLB cap provider
  • 20Venue for vows
  • 21Pack away
  • 23Art student's subj.
  • 2465-Across component
  • 28Insect appendage
  • 31"Serves you right!"
  • 32Knee stabilizer, for short
  • 33Small handful
  • 35Mike Brady or Homer Simpson
  • 3965-Across component
  • 44Medicare prescription section
  • 45Leaves in the pantry
  • 46Mauna __
  • 47SoCal school
  • 50Mental asset
  • 5365-Across component
  • 57Sorority letter
  • 58Wine and dine
  • 59Limerick's poetic pattern
  • 63Mental asset
  • 65The appliance in question
  • 68Pucci of fashion
  • 69Scrapbooking binder
  • 70One of the first ISPs
  • 71Trust in
  • 72Orange edibles
  • 73Where swine dine

Down

  • 1Cushioned seating
  • 2Inner essence
  • 3Sharpen
  • 4Funding source
  • 5World Bank headquarters
  • 6Solder component
  • 7Costar of the first Star Trek
  • 8"Wait!"
  • 9Diamond scoreboard letters
  • 10Henry VIII's successor
  • 11Gladiator venue
  • 12French Revolution figure
  • 13Convey orally
  • 18Gown designer's stock
  • 22Lee of films
  • 25"I got this"
  • 26Spirits worshipped in Shinto
  • 27Black-clad teen subculture
  • 28Online driver safety course offerer
  • 29ESPNU media partner
  • 30Texter's "couldn't finish it all"
  • 34Piece of earthenware
  • 36Section with slicers
  • 37Very often
  • 38When an offensive begins
  • 40"You can't count us out yet"
  • 41Not incl.
  • 42Steps away
  • 43Extended account
  • 48Affixes with thread
  • 49Veggie in miso soup
  • 51Search-result subcategory
  • 52Tragic monarch
  • 53More prudent
  • 54Pour __ (fragrance category)
  • 55Net sales
  • 56Bewildered
  • 60Sampling skewing
  • 61Dark mark
  • 62Join forces (with)
  • 64Familia member
  • 66Much like
  • 67Aggregate

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 43 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 39-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "OFF-SEASON APPLIANCE".

All 78 answers

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  • 1ACompass readingSSW
  • 4AFinishing strokePUTT
  • 8AWishful thinkingDREAMS
  • 14A"Amazing!"OOH
  • 15AAbout 9% of the globeASIA
  • 16A"Darn it!"OHDRAT
  • 17A65-Across componentFUELTANK
  • 19AMLB cap providerNEWERA
  • 20AVenue for vowsALTAR
  • 21APack awayEAT
  • 23AArt student's subj.ANAT
  • 24A65-Across componentCOOKINGGRATE
  • 28AInsect appendageANTENNA
  • 31A"Serves you right!"GOOD
  • 32AKnee stabilizer, for shortACL
  • 33ASmall handfulIMP
  • 35AMike Brady or Homer SimpsonTVDAD
  • 39A65-Across componentRADIATIONSHIELD
  • 44AMedicare prescription sectionPARTD
  • 45ALeaves in the pantryTEA
  • 46AMauna __LOA
  • 47ASoCal schoolSDSU
  • 50AMental assetAGILITY
  • 53A65-Across componentWHEELEDFRAME
  • 57ASorority letterIOTA
  • 58AWine and dineWOO
  • 59ALimerick's poetic patternAABBA
  • 63AMental assetSMARTS
  • 65AThe appliance in questionGASGRILL
  • 68APucci of fashionEMILIO
  • 69AScrapbooking binderGLUE
  • 70AOne of the first ISPsAOL
  • 71ATrust inRELYON
  • 72AOrange ediblesYAMS
  • 73AWhere swine dineSTY
  • 1DCushioned seatingSOFA
  • 2DInner essenceSOUL
  • 3DSharpenWHET
  • 4DFunding sourcePATRON
  • 5DWorld Bank headquartersUSA
  • 6DSolder componentTIN
  • 7DCostar of the first Star TrekTAKEI
  • 8D"Wait!"DONTGO
  • 9DDiamond scoreboard lettersRHE
  • 10DHenry VIII's successorEDWARDVI
  • 11DGladiator venueARENA
  • 12DFrench Revolution figureMARAT
  • 13DConvey orallySTATE
  • 18DGown designer's stockLACE
  • 22DLee of filmsANG
  • 25D"I got this"ONIT
  • 26DSpirits worshipped in ShintoKAMI
  • 27DBlack-clad teen subcultureGOTH
  • 28DOnline driver safety course offererAARP
  • 29DESPNU media partnerNCAA
  • 30DTexter's "couldn't finish it all"TLDR
  • 34DPiece of earthenwarePOT
  • 36DSection with slicersDELI
  • 37DVery oftenALOT
  • 38DWhen an offensive beginsDDAY
  • 40D"You can't count us out yet"ITSEARLY
  • 41DNot incl.ADDL
  • 42DSteps awayNEAR
  • 43DExtended accountSAGA
  • 48DAffixes with threadSEWSON
  • 49DVeggie in miso soupUDO
  • 51DSearch-result subcategoryIMAGES
  • 52DTragic monarchLEAR
  • 53DMore prudentWISER
  • 54DPour __ (fragrance category)HOMME
  • 55DNet salesETAIL
  • 56DBewilderedFOGGY
  • 60DSampling skewingBIAS
  • 61DDark markBLOT
  • 62DJoin forces (with)ALLY
  • 64DFamilia memberTIO
  • 66DMuch likeALA
  • 67DAggregateSUM

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