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FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 67 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 33 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 26 2025 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 26, 2025 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

67 of 67 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A ___ bear (mother bear) MAMA 4 5A ___-fi ("Avatar" genre) SCI 3 8A Flutter, like a bird's wings (rhymes with "slap") FLAP 4 12A Singer ___ Clapton of "Layla" ERIC 4 13A Charged particle ION 3 14A Volcanic flow LAVA 4 15A "Jack and Jill ___ up the hill ..." WENT 4 16A How-___ (instruction manuals) TOS 3 17A Leave off the list OMIT 4 18A "___ nearly time, get ready!" ITS 3 20A "The Parent ___" (Lindsay Lohan movie) TRAP 4 22A Hot chocolate drink with marshmallows COCOA 5 25A ___ capacity, property of water that makes it a good warmth storage medium HEAT 4 26A ___ double (daredevil on a film set) STUNT 5 27A Dig into food EAT 3 28A ___-tac-toe TIC 3 31A Frozen block of water with the unique property of being less dense than the water that was used to make it ICE 3 32A Kilt-wearing boy, perhaps LAD 3 33A U.S. medical insurance group: Abbr. HMO 3 34A Color akin to aqua or cyan TEAL 4 36A Shelled slow mover in the garden SNAIL 5 38A Missy Elliott's genre RAP 3 39A Boiling ___, the "hot spot" of liquid water where it starts vaporizing and escapes as steam POINT 5 40A Formal wear often paired with trousers SHIRT 5 42A Hawaiian pizza meat HAM 3 43A Standout color of the sea that is caused by water selectively absorbing colors and scattering this cool shade BLUE 4 44A System ___ Down (hard rock band): 2 wds. OFA 3 46A Faux cough AHEM 4 50A ___ up with (tolerates) PUTS 4 51A Not negative, for short POS 3 52A Title for a lady in Spain DONA 4 53A "All Star Mr & ___" (show hosted by Phillip Schofield) MRS 3 54A Mermaid's realm SEA 3 55A "Freaks" director Browning whose name is an anagram of "dot" TOD 3
Down
1D Kitten's cry MEW 3 2D "___ you ready for this?" ARE 3 3D Part of an hour, for short MIN 3 4D Capillary ___, property of water whereby it can climb up thin tubes or plant stems all on its own ACTION 6 5D Relaxes in a chair, say SITS 4 6D Sound of a dove COO 3 7D "She walked to school ___ of taking the bus" INSTEAD 7 8D What bugs and water striders do on water, due to the property of its high surface tension FLOAT 5 9D Aladdin's treasure LAMP 4 10D Bird-related prefix (anagram of "via") AVI 3 11D ___ on the back (approval) PAT 3 19D Rat-a-___ (drum sound) TAT 3 21D Cheese-loving pest RAT 3 22D "___: Miami" (procedural TV show): Abbr. CSI 3 23D Medicines bought without a prescription: Abbr. OTC 3 24D Billiards stick CUE 3 25D Recover, medically speaking HEAL 4 28D Bangkok cuisine THAI 4 29D "___ love with you" (romantic declaration): 2 wds. IMIN 4 30D Young stallion COLT 4 32D Portable computers LAPTOPS 7 34D Gives it a shot TRIES 5 35D Musical gift EAR 3 36D Place for a pedicure SPA 3 37D Wanderer without a permanent address NOMAD 5 40D Talk drunkenly SLUR 4 41D Humble homes sometimes made of grass HUTS 4 42D "Every problem ___ solution": 2 wds. HASA 4 43D Heart rate count: Abbr. BPM 3 45D Bad guy, to the hero FOE 3 47D All the rage HOT 3 48D Brian ___, singer of "By This River" ENO 3 49D Ticked off MAD 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 125 letters
1M
2A
3M
4A
5S
6C
7I
8F
9L
10A
11P
12E
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13I
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N
14L
A
V
A
15W
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N
T
16T
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17O
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18I
19T
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20T
21R
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22C
23O
24C
O
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25H
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26S
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N
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27E
A
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28T
29I
30C
31I
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32L
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33H
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34T
35E
A
L
36S
37N
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38R
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39P
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40S
41H
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42H
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43B
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44O
45F
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46A
47H
48E
49M
50P
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51P
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52D
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 26, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 26, 2025 puzzle

The December 26, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 67 clues — 34 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the December 26 2025 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.