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Newsday Crossword Answers for Monday, December 8, 2025

Monday, December 8, 2025/78 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Monday, December 8, 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

  • 1Movement of a river
  • 5Rotisserie rod
  • 9Scarlett of Gone with the Wind
  • 14Leaf-gathering tool
  • 15Alan of M*A*S*H
  • 16Great danger
  • 17Farmland measure
  • 18Get a peek (at)
  • 19Gulf Coast Florida city
  • 20Water heater for pekoe
  • 22"No bid from me"
  • 23"That's correct"
  • 24Scored 100% on
  • 25Turned on, as an alarm
  • 28CD-__ (computer disc)
  • 30Quick swims
  • 33Commit a theft
  • 34Fortune-teller's __ cards
  • 36Tell a fib
  • 37Heavy metallic frying pan
  • 40British beer
  • 41"Me too!"
  • 42Below-ground tree parts
  • 43Reveal a secret
  • 45__ and don'ts
  • 46Fresh-mouthed
  • 47Football arbiters, for short
  • 49Assist
  • 50Very manly
  • 52Vessel to brew mocha
  • 58Sound of a sneeze
  • 59Very slightly
  • 60__ straits (difficult situation)
  • 61Turtle covering
  • 62A second helping
  • 63Fencer's sword
  • 64Groups of cattle
  • 65Jury member, in theory
  • 66Gas in bright signs

Down

  • 1Campus club, for short
  • 2Shoestring
  • 3Gumbo vegetable
  • 4Sunday through Saturday
  • 5Seasoned, as pretzels
  • 6Novels' story lines
  • 7Beloved celebrity
  • 8Help yourself to
  • 9Of vision
  • 10Made a stack
  • 11Texas animals with platelike coverings
  • 12Tears to pieces
  • 13"That's too bad"
  • 21It moves when you blink
  • 24Run __ (rage)
  • 25In any way
  • 26Person who digs up data
  • 27Small rug
  • 28__ and raves (makes a scene)
  • 29Approximately
  • 31Devoutness
  • 32Full collections
  • 33Natural bandage
  • 34Dog visiting Oz
  • 35Angry speech
  • 38Gets free (of)
  • 39__ Angeles, CA
  • 44Biblical "See this!"
  • 46Kitchen gadget for flour
  • 48Plays a trick on
  • 49In flames
  • 50Squish, as potatoes
  • 51Muscle soreness
  • 52Summer place for kids
  • 53Woodwind instrument
  • 54Where Adam lived
  • 55Plumbing tube
  • 56Black-and-white cookie
  • 57Adolescent

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 15 letters and is 37-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "ON THE STOVE".

All 78 answers

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  • 1AMovement of a riverFLOW
  • 5ARotisserie rodSPIT
  • 9AScarlett of Gone with the WindOHARA
  • 14ALeaf-gathering toolRAKE
  • 15AAlan of M*A*S*HALDA
  • 16AGreat dangerPERIL
  • 17AFarmland measureACRE
  • 18AGet a peek (at)LOOK
  • 19AGulf Coast Florida cityTAMPA
  • 20AWater heater for pekoeTEAKETTLE
  • 22A"No bid from me"IPASS
  • 23A"That's correct"YES
  • 24AScored 100% onACED
  • 25ATurned on, as an alarmARMED
  • 28ACD-__ (computer disc)ROM
  • 30AQuick swimsDIPS
  • 33ACommit a theftSTEAL
  • 34AFortune-teller's __ cardsTAROT
  • 36ATell a fibLIE
  • 37AHeavy metallic frying panCASTIRONSKILLET
  • 40ABritish beerALE
  • 41A"Me too!"DITTO
  • 42ABelow-ground tree partsROOTS
  • 43AReveal a secretBLAB
  • 45A__ and don'tsDOS
  • 46AFresh-mouthedSASSY
  • 47AFootball arbiters, for shortREFS
  • 49AAssistAID
  • 50AVery manlyMACHO
  • 52AVessel to brew mochaCOFFEEPOT
  • 58ASound of a sneezeACHOO
  • 59AVery slightlyABIT
  • 60A__ straits (difficult situation)DIRE
  • 61ATurtle coveringSHELL
  • 62AA second helpingMORE
  • 63AFencer's swordEPEE
  • 64AGroups of cattleHERDS
  • 65AJury member, in theoryPEER
  • 66AGas in bright signsNEON
  • 1DCampus club, for shortFRAT
  • 2DShoestringLACE
  • 3DGumbo vegetableOKRA
  • 4DSunday through SaturdayWEEK
  • 5DSeasoned, as pretzelsSALTED
  • 6DNovels' story linesPLOTS
  • 7DBeloved celebrityIDOL
  • 8DHelp yourself toTAKE
  • 9DOf visionOPTIC
  • 10DMade a stackHEAPED
  • 11DTexas animals with platelike coveringsARMADILLOS
  • 12DTears to piecesRIPS
  • 13D"That's too bad"ALAS
  • 21DIt moves when you blinkEYELID
  • 24DRun __ (rage)AMOK
  • 25DIn any wayATALL
  • 26DPerson who digs up dataRESEARCHER
  • 27DSmall rugMAT
  • 28D__ and raves (makes a scene)RANTS
  • 29DApproximatelyORSO
  • 31DDevoutnessPIETY
  • 32DFull collectionsSETS
  • 33DNatural bandageSCAB
  • 34DDog visiting OzTOTO
  • 35DAngry speechTIRADE
  • 38DGets free (of)RIDS
  • 39D__ Angeles, CALOS
  • 44DBiblical "See this!"BEHOLD
  • 46DKitchen gadget for flourSIFTER
  • 48DPlays a trick onFOOLS
  • 49DIn flamesAFIRE
  • 50DSquish, as potatoesMASH
  • 51DMuscle sorenessACHE
  • 52DSummer place for kidsCAMP
  • 53DWoodwind instrumentOBOE
  • 54DWhere Adam livedEDEN
  • 55DPlumbing tubePIPE
  • 56DBlack-and-white cookieOREO
  • 57DAdolescentTEEN

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