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LATE-NIGHT NICKNAME

Thursday, December 25, 2025 Constructed by C.J. Tan 76 clues
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Across

  1. Legal papers, for short 4 ℓ
  2. Show jumping participant 5 ℓ
  3. "Sounds improbable" 4 ℓ
  4. Return to the intended trajectory 13 ℓ
  5. Outdo 3 ℓ
  6. Cookout with kalua pork 4 ℓ
  7. Method of operation 6 ℓ
  8. Leaving nothing out 8 ℓ
  9. Checkout page input 10 ℓ
  10. Urban transport 4 ℓ
  11. City east of the Salt Lake 5 ℓ
  12. Maker of edible flowers 4 ℓ
  13. Ceaselessly 4 ℓ
  14. Pries (into) 5 ℓ
  15. Seams, say 4 ℓ
  16. Two-part theme today 4 ℓ
  17. Resonate 4 ℓ
  18. Where the Iditarod concludes 4 ℓ
  19. Space hunter 5 ℓ
  20. Footnote notation 4 ℓ
  21. Reason for sneezin' 10 ℓ
  22. Placates 8 ℓ
  23. Scale sequence 6 ℓ
  24. Fail to see 4 ℓ
  25. __ Miserables 3 ℓ
  26. Numismatist 13 ℓ
  27. "Photo" sessions 3 ℓ
  28. Vocal showcase 4 ℓ
  29. Vintner's inventory 5 ℓ
  30. Attempt for attention 5 ℓ
  31. Morning show cohost 4 ℓ
  32. Queen's address 4 ℓ
  33. Fallback option 5 ℓ
  34. Move quickly and suddenly 4 ℓ
  35. Brief moment 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Title document 4 ℓ
  2. Boundaries 4 ℓ
  3. Arch locale 4 ℓ
  4. Blue mapa lines 4 ℓ
  5. Oceanic predator 4 ℓ
  6. Frankness 7 ℓ
  7. Place of worship 6 ℓ
  8. Austen novel 4 ℓ
  9. "Get off the stage!" 3 ℓ
  10. Front teeth 8 ℓ
  11. Extremely serious 6 ℓ
  12. Singe slightly 4 ℓ
  13. Bi- multiple 4 ℓ
  14. Speckled 9-Across 4 ℓ
  15. Livens (up) 6 ℓ
  16. Pastoral 6 ℓ
  17. Widely admired person 4 ℓ
  18. Canceled, as a launch 4 ℓ
  19. Informal apparel 4 ℓ
  20. Fencing gear 4 ℓ
  21. More than prefer 4 ℓ
  22. Folded, filled food 4 ℓ
  23. High-level employee 4 ℓ
  24. Dali contemporary 4 ℓ
  25. Morning covering 3 ℓ
  26. Crude group 4 ℓ
  27. Glittery mineral 4 ℓ
  28. Skirt feature 4 ℓ
  29. "Jingle Bells" contraction 3 ℓ
  30. Furnish for free 4 ℓ
  31. White birthstone 4 ℓ
  32. Moses ancestor 5 ℓ
  33. Praise from Caesar 5 ℓ
  34. Heighten 5 ℓ
  35. Blueprint datum 4 ℓ
  36. Social skill 4 ℓ
  37. Alphabetic trio 3 ℓ
  38. Salt, symbolically 4 ℓ
  39. Garb purchased in pairs 8 ℓ
  40. Remote activators 7 ℓ
  41. DVD player part 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, December 25, 2025 is titled “LATE-NIGHT NICKNAME” and was constructed by C.J. Tan. The puzzle features 76 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 LATE-NIGHT NICKNAME Crossword December 25 2025 Answers