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AIRBORNE OCTET

Wednesday, December 24, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 78 clues
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Across

  1. Mountains of France 4 ℓ
  2. C sharp alas 5 ℓ
  3. Cribs, cots, etc. 4 ℓ
  4. NASA's six-person orbiter: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  5. Risk taking, for short 4 ℓ
  6. Snatch forcibly 5 ℓ
  7. Sheep's sound 3 ℓ
  8. Assist 3 ℓ
  9. TWO OF THE OCTET 13 ℓ
  10. Begin again with 4 ℓ
  11. Approximately 5 ℓ
  12. Close tightly 4 ℓ
  13. Linguini or Ziti 5 ℓ
  14. Mambo bandleader Puente 4 ℓ
  15. Rarely rained on 4 ℓ
  16. Pamphlet printing machine 5 ℓ
  17. All over again 4 ℓ
  18. Houseplant holders 4 ℓ
  19. Fancy party 4 ℓ
  20. Sandwich cookie 4 ℓ
  21. Boxing match site 5 ℓ
  22. Flightless Aussie birds 4 ℓ
  23. Regretted 4 ℓ
  24. Has to have 5 ℓ
  25. TWO OF THE OCTET 13 ℓ
  26. Scribble (down) 3 ℓ
  27. British reference set: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  28. Toon skunk Pepe 5 ℓ
  29. Wedding cake level 4 ℓ
  30. Hardly any 3 ℓ
  31. Crop on stalks 4 ℓ
  32. Bull in Spain 4 ℓ
  33. Professional joke teller 5 ℓ
  34. THREE OF THE OCTET 15 ℓ
  35. Choose by ballot 5 ℓ
  36. Winter resort footwear 4 ℓ
  37. Long distance in astronomy: Abbr. 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Ripened, as cheese 4 ℓ
  2. Profs.' helpers 3 ℓ
  3. In addition 3 ℓ
  4. Impolite glance 4 ℓ
  5. Turned loose 5 ℓ
  6. ONE OF THE OCTET 6 ℓ
  7. Ginger ale, for instance 4 ℓ
  8. See 43-Down 4 ℓ
  9. Spout lava 5 ℓ
  10. Take out a loan 6 ℓ
  11. Wide belt 4 ℓ
  12. In addition 4 ℓ
  13. The Dalai __ 4 ℓ
  14. With 49- and 7-Down, what the octet are 6 ℓ
  15. "Weeping" tree 6 ℓ
  16. Boxing matches 5 ℓ
  17. Taper off 5 ℓ
  18. Unspoken okays 4 ℓ
  19. Spruce up, as prose 4 ℓ
  20. Equator's latitude 4 ℓ
  21. Mouse catcher 4 ℓ
  22. See 43-Down 4 ℓ
  23. Mexican "are" 4 ℓ
  24. Medicinal amount 4 ℓ
  25. Downloaded program 3 ℓ
  26. Chocolate shape 3 ℓ
  27. Spout, as lava 5 ℓ
  28. Without stopping 5 ℓ
  29. Discussion focus 5 ℓ
  30. Pillages 5 ℓ
  31. TV trophies 5 ℓ
  32. Docking place 4 ℓ
  33. Cornea neighbor 4 ℓ
  34. Supposedly sly animals 5 ℓ
  35. Standing tall 5 ℓ
  36. Refuses to 4 ℓ
  37. Flooring square 4 ℓ
  38. Pickle-to-be, informally 4 ℓ
  39. 251, in Roman numerals 4 ℓ
  40. Rigoletto composer 5 ℓ
  41. Congress' cable channel 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, December 24, 2025 is titled “AIRBORNE OCTET” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 78 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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