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ON THE WALL

Monday, December 15, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 78 clues
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Across

  1. __ register (checkout counter machine) 4 ℓ
  2. Barber's sharpener 5 ℓ
  3. Performs a role 4 ℓ
  4. Bank's large safe 5 ℓ
  5. Dislike a lot 6 ℓ
  6. Divides in two 6 ℓ
  7. Vessel for frying 3 ℓ
  8. Land by the ocean 5 ℓ
  9. Artworks on museum walls 9 ℓ
  10. Any '60s song 5 ℓ
  11. Actor Baldwin 4 ℓ
  12. Remove the peel from 4 ℓ
  13. Eagle's claw 5 ℓ
  14. Largest continent 4 ℓ
  15. Was dressed in 4 ℓ
  16. Current fashion 5 ℓ
  17. Loch __ monster 4 ℓ
  18. Parental "pops" 4 ℓ
  19. Triple-decker cookie 4 ℓ
  20. Metallic wrap for leftovers 4 ℓ
  21. "Been __, done that" 5 ℓ
  22. Isn't truthful 4 ℓ
  23. Run away from danger 4 ℓ
  24. Knot up again 5 ℓ
  25. Mistake 5 ℓ
  26. Pub target with a bull's-eye center 9 ℓ
  27. Hospital "treat now" areas: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  28. Yellow citrus fruits 6 ℓ
  29. Dwarf planet beyond Neptune 5 ℓ
  30. Said explicitly 6 ℓ
  31. Food for pigs 4 ℓ
  32. Lobster cousin 4 ℓ
  33. Marathon measures 5 ℓ
  34. Word-of-mouth 4 ℓ
  35. Voicemail signal 4 ℓ
  36. Self-confident manner 5 ℓ
  37. Gives a darn 5 ℓ
  38. Clothes dryer fuzz 4 ℓ
  39. Bit of heredity 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Cooler than cool 4 ℓ
  2. Social equals 5 ℓ
  3. Hunter constellation 5 ℓ
  4. Fashionable again 5 ℓ
  5. Temperature-setting device 10 ℓ
  6. Avenue-crossing road, often 6 ℓ
  7. Kid's snow vehicle 4 ℓ
  8. Stadium seating level 4 ℓ
  9. Coke and Pepsi 5 ℓ
  10. Be able to pay for 6 ℓ
  11. Party giver 4 ℓ
  12. Fortune-teller 4 ℓ
  13. Opera solo 4 ℓ
  14. Show up for 6 ℓ
  15. Tango and waltz 6 ℓ
  16. Francis __ Key 5 ℓ
  17. Of the Arctic or Antarctic 5 ℓ
  18. Soup-serving utensil 5 ℓ
  19. Ships' docks 5 ℓ
  20. Natural sunburn soother 4 ℓ
  21. Lowly chess piece 4 ℓ
  22. Apple's tablet 4 ℓ
  23. Rocket launching agency 4 ℓ
  24. Graph paper pattern 4 ℓ
  25. Huge bodies of water 4 ℓ
  26. Hive builders 4 ℓ
  27. il change, for short 4 ℓ
  28. Urban air pollution 4 ℓ
  29. Bicycle wheel 4 ℓ
  30. Actor Alda 4 ℓ
  31. Screen at a sports bar 10 ℓ
  32. Make a hard copy of 5 ℓ
  33. Have stamina 4 ℓ
  34. Change for $5 4 ℓ
  35. Annoying person 4 ℓ
  36. Handed-down tales 4 ℓ
  37. Corkscrew's shape 4 ℓ
  38. Addition symbol 4 ℓ
  39. Penny 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Monday, December 15, 2025 is titled “ON THE WALL” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 78 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 ON THE WALL Crossword December 15 2025 Answers