Newsday Crossword December 17, 2025 Answers
By Winston Emmons · Edited by Stan Newman
Every answer for the Newsday Crossword from December 17, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue for its answer and past appearances.
Across
Quick haircut4 Fit for a royal ruler5 Con game4 Reduced-price event4 Stood up5 Part of TLC4 Pop singer Tori4 Carryall bags5 Himalayas' continent4 Top-class student13 Gibbon or gorilla3 Eve's first home4 Tubular pasta5 Greet informally5 Salt Lake City collegian3 Rowboat implement3 Cunning action4 Mouths, informally7 Designation for a 20-Across13 Never ever7 Gain altitude4 Pregrown grass3 __ Faire (jousting venue)3 Flows slowly (through)5 Veal cuts5 Practice boxing4 Explosive initials3 What a 20-Across receives13 Actress __ Rae4 Glaringly vivid5 Clumsy person's comment4 Ocean's cousins4 Treat poorly5 Creative thought4 Ration (out)4 Newspaper's papers5 Finish a flight4Down
Passenger screening org.3 Lamb's father3 Valentine message8 Flat-topped hill4 Evaluated5 Wear away5 Was accepted5 "Hold on __" ("Be patient")4 For fear that4 Frighten5 Gambling establishment6 Singer star Grande6 More cruel6 Luau neckwear3 Drama with singers5 Nile snake3 Good buddies4 Choir music4 "Semper Fi" org.4 Prefix for scope4 Handbag designer Spade4 Clickable picture4 Solar system center3 "Of course"4 Tapped-out "code" codeveloper5 Low-cal fizzy beverage8 SportsCenter airer4 Superlative suffix3 Factional rift6 "Aha, understood"6 Watched Fido6 "Sold out" theater letters3 Lunar view stage5 "I don't know" gesture5 Coolheadedness5 South American range5 Open-handed hit4 Large brass instrument4 Irritate4 Farm enclosure3 Sorrowful3Frequently Asked Questions
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