Newsday Crossword

WEATHER OR NOT: Not, just for today

Sunday, December 14, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 144 clues
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Across

  1. Give feedback 5 ℓ
  2. Certain Scot 4 ℓ
  3. Have down pat 4 ℓ
  4. Contacting privately online 5 ℓ
  5. Color yet again 5 ℓ
  6. Spanish queen 5 ℓ
  7. Immunology fluids 4 ℓ
  8. Wine's aroma 4 ℓ
  9. Unflappable 15 ℓ
  10. Radiating joy 5 ℓ
  11. Brake parts 5 ℓ
  12. College GameDay channel 4 ℓ
  13. Keep __ on (watch closely) 4 ℓ
  14. Russian pancakes 6 ℓ
  15. Take a look at 3 ℓ
  16. Mtn. stat 4 ℓ
  17. Corp. VIP 3 ℓ
  18. Pride booster 7 ℓ
  19. In aggressive pursuit 13 ℓ
  20. "Hasta __!" 5 ℓ
  21. Boathouse implement 3 ℓ
  22. Federal audit agcy. 3 ℓ
  23. "The Highwayman" poet 5 ℓ
  24. Grab another's glory 16 ℓ
  25. Numbered hwys. 4 ℓ
  26. French article 3 ℓ
  27. Retired jet, for short 3 ℓ
  28. Throw into disorder 7 ℓ
  29. Board game hourglass 8 ℓ
  30. Mideast money 4 ℓ
  31. Planetary depiction 5 ℓ
  32. Febrero preceder 5 ℓ
  33. Formal goodbye 15 ℓ
  34. Bear in the sky 4 ℓ
  35. Neck-up med. specialty 4 ℓ
  36. Engraved pin 5 ℓ
  37. "Do __?" (timid person's question) 5 ℓ
  38. Inactive 4 ℓ
  39. Ring match 4 ℓ
  40. Country residence 5 ℓ
  41. Online commerce 5 ℓ
  42. Cowpoke competition 5 ℓ
  43. Joke around 4 ℓ
  44. Equal to a task 4 ℓ
  45. Signed, as contracts 5 ℓ
  46. Doubtful future 15 ℓ
  47. TV studio sign 5 ℓ
  48. Australia's island state 8 ℓ
  49. Explorer Hernando de __ 4 ℓ
  50. Firepit remnants 5 ℓ
  51. "May __ excused?" 3 ℓ
  52. School of thought 3 ℓ
  53. Chivalrous 7 ℓ
  54. Cheerful nature 16 ℓ
  55. Mushroom part 4 ℓ
  56. Was annoying to 5 ℓ
  57. Disadvantaged 5 ℓ
  58. YMCA or CARE 3 ℓ
  59. Latin caviar 3 ℓ
  60. Fortune teller's tidbit 7 ℓ
  61. Prenuptial party 13 ℓ
  62. Second-quality: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  63. Minor mistake 4 ℓ
  64. Italian cuisine suffix 3 ℓ
  65. Watering hole 6 ℓ

Down

  1. Hilarious person 4 ℓ
  2. Young woman 4 ℓ
  3. Where el sol rises 4 ℓ
  4. Foot feature 4 ℓ
  5. Hotel patrons 6 ℓ
  6. Kg. and lbs. 3 ℓ
  7. Activist Yoko 3 ℓ
  8. Orange blossom oil 6 ℓ
  9. Persevered with 6 ℓ
  10. Innovative, in Munich 3 ℓ
  11. Novelist Ferber 4 ℓ
  12. Thin batteries 4 ℓ
  13. Lawbreaker 8 ℓ
  14. Hard drive measure 9 ℓ
  15. Eighth-century starter 4 ℓ
  16. The blahs 7 ℓ
  17. Texter's "I think..." 3 ℓ
  18. They help and hinder Odysseus 4 ℓ
  19. Most plentiful 7 ℓ
  20. Coke alternatives 3 ℓ
  21. Sense of humor, for instance 5 ℓ
  22. Low-budget prefix 5 ℓ
  23. In the red 5 ℓ
  24. Taiwanese PC brand 4 ℓ
  25. Rare blood type 4 ℓ
  26. Despise 5 ℓ
  27. Brag about a victory 5 ℓ
  28. Petrol measure 5 ℓ
  29. With much land 5 ℓ
  30. Deep sleep 5 ℓ
  31. Sandy shade 5 ℓ
  32. Secret supply 5 ℓ
  33. Unpaid worker 9 ℓ
  34. Catch, as a radio show 8 ℓ
  35. Table d'__ 4 ℓ
  36. Pitch __-hitter 3 ℓ
  37. Charged particles 4 ℓ
  38. Strong cleaners 4 ℓ
  39. Name that means "star" 7 ℓ
  40. Rent from a renter 6 ℓ
  41. Lengthy scolding 6 ℓ
  42. Be a pilot 6 ℓ
  43. Shakespearean monarch 4 ℓ
  44. Warm greeting 3 ℓ
  45. Potpie morsel 3 ℓ
  46. Lake beside Buffalo 4 ℓ
  47. Honeyed liquor 4 ℓ
  48. Gratified 4 ℓ
  49. Strauss of jeans 4 ℓ
  50. Cone-shaped candy 4 ℓ
  51. Palette choices 4 ℓ
  52. String after F 4 ℓ
  53. Fill with cargo 4 ℓ
  54. DMV datum 3 ℓ
  55. Caribou cousin 3 ℓ
  56. Prevail 3 ℓ
  57. Hoops group 3 ℓ
  58. Meditative Hindu 4 ℓ
  59. Review poorly 3 ℓ
  60. Simpsons neighbor 3 ℓ
  61. Gush forth 4 ℓ
  62. Airplane __ (cellphone setting) 4 ℓ
  63. Yearn (for) 4 ℓ
  64. Nervous feeling 5 ℓ
  65. Ballet slipper fabric 5 ℓ
  66. In __ (not yet born) 5 ℓ
  67. Approaches 5 ℓ
  68. Baseball diamond 7 ℓ
  69. Australian airport code 3 ℓ
  70. Hauled away 5 ℓ
  71. All possible 5 ℓ
  72. River close to Paris 5 ℓ
  73. Midwest hub 5 ℓ
  74. Readily apparent 5 ℓ
  75. "Not to mention..." 4 ℓ
  76. French Almighty 4 ℓ
  77. How seafood is shipped 5 ℓ
  78. Avoidance 6 ℓ
  79. Commend 6 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, December 14, 2025 is titled “WEATHER OR NOT: Not, just for today” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 144 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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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.

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