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SWEET DREAMS

Friday, December 12, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 77 clues
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Across

  1. From dawn to dusk 6 ℓ
  2. J. Edgar, for instance 6 ℓ
  3. Patient's prep place 5 ℓ
  4. Economic stat 5 ℓ
  5. Gender abbr. 3 ℓ
  6. Cell's predecessor 3 ℓ
  7. NCIS shower 3 ℓ
  8. Where RRs meet 3 ℓ
  9. Part 3 of advice 13 ℓ
  10. Light as a feather 4 ℓ
  11. Poetic "previously" 5 ℓ
  12. What we share 4 ℓ
  13. Playful smooch 4 ℓ
  14. Wimpy Kid diarist 4 ℓ
  15. Ninny 5 ℓ
  16. Hook helper 4 ℓ
  17. End of advice 5 ℓ
  18. Tech sch. 4 ℓ
  19. Car assembler in Kentucky 6 ℓ
  20. Narrow crescent shape 6 ℓ
  21. Source of the advice 13 ℓ
  22. Hot starter 4 ℓ
  23. "__ by land, two..." 5 ℓ
  24. Annie and Nettie alternative 4 ℓ
  25. Flight paths 4 ℓ
  26. Wealth-building advice, part 1 5 ℓ
  27. Former Vatican cash 4 ℓ
  28. Jrs.' hurdles 5 ℓ
  29. Quilt contents 5 ℓ
  30. Soybean starter 7 ℓ
  31. Valvoline rival 3 ℓ
  32. Former fast flier 3 ℓ
  33. Part 2 of advice 9 ℓ
  34. Nimble and peppy 4 ℓ
  35. Lighten up on 4 ℓ
  36. Pour out fully 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Most unfavorably 7 ℓ
  2. Innate essences 7 ℓ
  3. Breath Savers competitor 7 ℓ
  4. Swiss cereal 6 ℓ
  5. Vb. form 3 ℓ
  6. Opera descriptor 5 ℓ
  7. Ever-shifting 5 ℓ
  8. Greek New Age pianist 5 ℓ
  9. Consumed, old-style 5 ℓ
  10. Palme __ (Cannes prize) 3 ℓ
  11. Apollo, as a musician 6 ℓ
  12. Mortgage rate maximum 7 ℓ
  13. EMTs' masks and gloves 3 ℓ
  14. Expert ending 3 ℓ
  15. Twosomes 5 ℓ
  16. Far from fine 5 ℓ
  17. Odyssey magician 5 ℓ
  18. Edit out audibly 5 ℓ
  19. Where GE trades 4 ℓ
  20. Fine-tune 4 ℓ
  21. Meditation master 4 ℓ
  22. Core muscle group 3 ℓ
  23. USMC NCO 3 ℓ
  24. Founding Father, familiarly 3 ℓ
  25. Sassy 4 ℓ
  26. Draws upon 4 ℓ
  27. Lunar region 3 ℓ
  28. Oral OMG 3 ℓ
  29. Fabric feature 3 ℓ
  30. Card reader of a sort 3 ℓ
  31. Unruly hair 3 ℓ
  32. 30-Down input 3 ℓ
  33. Shortest month 3 ℓ
  34. Poetic dusk 3 ℓ
  35. Rocky Mtn. state 3 ℓ
  36. Bus. card abbr. 3 ℓ
  37. Ties down 7 ℓ
  38. End a session 7 ℓ
  39. Deep regret 7 ℓ
  40. Top-shelf 7 ℓ
  41. Letters on some lotions 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, December 12, 2025 is titled “SWEET DREAMS” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 77 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.

The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.

Newsday SWEET DREAMS Crossword December 12 2025 Answers