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TOP-CLASS

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Constructed by Winston Emmons 78 clues
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Across

  1. Quick haircut 4 ℓ
  2. Con game 4 ℓ
  3. Fit for a royal ruler 5 ℓ
  4. Pregrown grass 3 ℓ
  5. __ Faire (jousting venue) 3 ℓ
  6. Flows slowly (through) 5 ℓ
  7. Veal cuts 5 ℓ
  8. Explosive initials 3 ℓ
  9. Practice boxing 4 ℓ
  10. What a 20-Across receives 13 ℓ
  11. Clumsy person's comment 4 ℓ
  12. Actress __ Rae 4 ℓ
  13. Glaringly vivid 5 ℓ
  14. Ocean's cousins 4 ℓ
  15. Treat poorly 5 ℓ
  16. Creative thought 4 ℓ
  17. Ration (out) 4 ℓ
  18. Newspaper's papers 5 ℓ
  19. Finish a flight 4 ℓ
  20. Reduced-price event 4 ℓ
  21. Stood up 5 ℓ
  22. Part of TLC 4 ℓ
  23. Pop singer Tori 4 ℓ
  24. Carryall bags 5 ℓ
  25. Himalayas' continent 4 ℓ
  26. Top-class student 13 ℓ
  27. Gibbon or gorilla 3 ℓ
  28. Eve's first home 4 ℓ
  29. Tubular pasta 5 ℓ
  30. Salt Lake City collegian 3 ℓ
  31. Greet informally 5 ℓ
  32. Rowboat implement 3 ℓ
  33. Cunning action 4 ℓ
  34. Mouths, informally 7 ℓ
  35. Designation for a 20-Across 13 ℓ
  36. Gain altitude 4 ℓ
  37. Never ever 7 ℓ
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Down

  1. Passenger screening org. 3 ℓ
  2. More cruel 6 ℓ
  3. Singer star Grande 6 ℓ
  4. Gambling establishment 6 ℓ
  5. Frighten 5 ℓ
  6. For fear that 4 ℓ
  7. "Hold on __" ("Be patient") 4 ℓ
  8. Was accepted 5 ℓ
  9. Wear away 5 ℓ
  10. Evaluated 5 ℓ
  11. Flat-topped hill 4 ℓ
  12. Valentine message 8 ℓ
  13. Lamb's father 3 ℓ
  14. Factional rift 6 ℓ
  15. "Aha, understood" 6 ℓ
  16. Watched Fido 6 ℓ
  17. "Sold out" theater letters 3 ℓ
  18. Lunar view stage 5 ℓ
  19. South American range 5 ℓ
  20. Coolheadedness 5 ℓ
  21. "I don't know" gesture 5 ℓ
  22. Irritate 4 ℓ
  23. Large brass instrument 4 ℓ
  24. Open-handed hit 4 ℓ
  25. Sorrowful 3 ℓ
  26. Farm enclosure 3 ℓ
  27. Luau neckwear 3 ℓ
  28. Drama with singers 5 ℓ
  29. Nile snake 3 ℓ
  30. Good buddies 4 ℓ
  31. Choir music 4 ℓ
  32. "Semper Fi" org. 4 ℓ
  33. Prefix for scope 4 ℓ
  34. Handbag designer Spade 4 ℓ
  35. Clickable picture 4 ℓ
  36. Solar system center 3 ℓ
  37. "Of course" 4 ℓ
  38. SportsCenter airer 4 ℓ
  39. Tapped-out "code" codeveloper 5 ℓ
  40. Low-cal fizzy beverage 8 ℓ
  41. Superlative suffix 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, December 17, 2025 is titled “TOP-CLASS” and was constructed by Winston Emmons. 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 TOP-CLASS Crossword December 17 2025 Answers