Newsday Crossword December 16, 2025 Answers

Across

Touches on the shoulder4 Sounds of regret5 Traditional kilt wearer4 Clear-sky color4 Be patient for5 Measly4 Really ticked off4 Filled with dryer fuzz5 Back of an envelope4 Sea bordering Saudi Arabia11 Make a knot in3 Calculate a sum3 Annoy greatly7 "Canine" trees8 "__ Sir or Madam..."4 Night before a holiday3 Use as a bed5 Justice Kagan5 Gala party4 First Soviet leader5 Self-images4 Courtroom event5 Short skirts5 Hill-building insect3 Cpls. and sgts.4 Part-spaniel mixed-breed canine8 Most-spoken language in Africa7 Baby goat3 Defiant cry3 No longer valid11 Molecule portion4 Cash, informally5 Swirling current4 Took a tumble4 Biblical hymn5 "__ of your business!"4 Difficult journey4 Taste or hearing5 Walked heavily (on)4

Down

Cookbook meas.4 __ vera gel4 Contented cat's sound4 Playground plank6 Liquid in dressing8 "You're defeated!"4 Group of outlaws4 Ask to borrow cash5 Arranged, as hair6 Sunscreen letters3 Difference between two societies10 Walking __ (elated)5 Laid-back person5 Revered person4 At no cost4 "Tall" story4 Skillful4 Turn __ a new leaf4 Have extensive debts10 Consider to be4 __ boom (jet sound)5 Spanish boy4 Taboo thing4 Concerning, in memos4 Per item4 Sam for Samuel, for instance8 "Tender" beef cut4 Slide on an icy road4 Losing streaks6 Beginning6 Elevator passageway5 Reservoir contents5 "You defeated me"5 Money borrowed4 "__ well that ends well"4 Strong smell4 SSN, to the IRS4 Recolored4 Jan. holiday honoree3