Newsday Crossword December 24, 2025 Answers

Across

Mountains of France4 Cribs, cots, etc.4 C sharp alas5 Fancy party4 Sandwich cookie4 Boxing match site5 Flightless Aussie birds4 Regretted4 Has to have5 TWO OF THE OCTET13 Scribble (down)3 British reference set: Abbr.3 Toon skunk Pepe5 Wedding cake level4 Hardly any3 Professional joke teller5 Crop on stalks4 Bull in Spain4 THREE OF THE OCTET15 Long distance in astronomy: Abbr.4 Winter resort footwear4 Choose by ballot5 NASA's six-person orbiter: Abbr.3 Risk taking, for short4 Snatch forcibly5 Sheep's sound3 Assist3 TWO OF THE OCTET13 Approximately5 Close tightly4 Begin again with4 Linguini or Ziti5 Mambo bandleader Puente4 Rarely rained on4 Pamphlet printing machine5 All over again4 Houseplant holders4

Down

Ripened, as cheese4 The Dalai __4 In addition4 Wide belt4 Take out a loan6 Spout lava5 See 43-Down4 Ginger ale, for instance4 ONE OF THE OCTET6 Turned loose5 Impolite glance4 In addition3 Profs.' helpers3 Spout, as lava5 Without stopping5 Pillages5 TV trophies5 Docking place4 Discussion focus5 Cornea neighbor4 Supposedly sly animals5 Standing tall5 Refuses to4 251, in Roman numerals4 Pickle-to-be, informally4 Flooring square4 Congress' cable channel5 Rigoletto composer5 With 49- and 7-Down, what the octet are6 "Weeping" tree6 Boxing matches5 Taper off5 Medicinal amount4 Mexican "are"4 See 43-Down4 Mouse catcher4 Equator's latitude4 Spruce up, as prose4 Unspoken okays4 Downloaded program3 Chocolate shape3