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SUNDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 65 CLUES · 32 ACROSS · 33 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 28 2025 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 28, 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.

65 of 65 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Female deer DOE 3 4A Diamond or ruby, e.g. GEM 3 7A Company known as "Big Blue": Abbr. IBM 3 10A Omelet essential EGG 3 11A Popular card game with four colors UNO 3 12A Jar topper LID 3 13A Cook in oil, say FRY 3 14A "American ___," singing reality show IDOL 4 16A ___ Angeles, California LOS 3 17A Disney World's ___ theme park (Florida landmark) EPCOT 5 20A Game rollers spotted with dots, where landing a six may feel as thrilling as flipping 2025's five to a six for 2026 DICE 4 22A ___ melt sandwich TUNA 4 23A Ancient Roman garments TOGAS 5 26A Farm buildings (rhymes with "yarns") BARNS 5 29A Six-___, set of abs you work for at the gym, which may feel as hard-won as swapping 2025's five to a six for 2026 PACK 4 30A Running behind schedule LATE 4 33A Month that follows July, for short AUG 3 35A Hawaiian garland LEI 3 36A Kohl's target EYE 3 37A Arrested suspect, informally PERP 4 39A Sixth ___, mysterious ability that feels as unexpected as changing 2025's five to a six for 2026 SENSE 5 42A At the peak of ATOP 4 45A In the style of, on a menu: 2 wds. ALA 3 47A Actor ___ Rudd of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" PAUL 4 48A Wintry ice crystal whose six "arms" line up as satisfyingly as swapping 2025's five to a six for 2026 SNOWFLAKE 9 53A Tim ___ (Australian biscuit brand) TAM 3 55A "Boy, am ___ trouble!": 2 wds. IIN 3 56A "John Tucker Must ___" (2006 rom-com film) DIE 3 57A Yadda, yadda, yadda: Abbr. ETC 3 58A Bonus square, in Scrabble: Abbr. TLS 3 59A Evanescence lead singer Lee AMY 3 60A Ad ___ (relevant) REM 3
Down
1D Rock band ___ Leppard DEF 3 2D Fairy tale beast OGRE 4 3D Land of pyramids EGYPT 5 4D Classic musical instrument with six strings, which can be finely tuned just like tuning 2025's five up to a six for 2026 GUITAR 6 5D Dead-___ (road that leads to nowhere) END 3 6D ___ swings (emotional ups and downs) MOOD 4 7D Against the law ILLEGAL 7 8D Bumble blurb, for short BIO 3 9D Degrees for surgeons (anagram of "dms"): Abbr. MDS 3 15D Ignited LIT 3 18D Solid shape with six equal faces, whose symmetry feels as right as moving from the five of 2025 to the six of 2026 CUBE 4 19D "___ lighter note ...": 2 wds. ONA 3 21D Police officer, informally COP 3 24D King topper ACE 3 25D Take to the slopes SKI 3 27D Siesta, e.g. NAP 3 28D Get revenge, in court SUE 3 30D "___ Miserables," Victor Hugo's novel LES 3 31D Affirmation on the high seas AYE 3 32D First double-digit number TEN 3 34D Wine maker's fruit GRAPE 5 38D Mom-dad school group: Abbr. PTA 3 40D Chain ___ (carpenter's tool) SAW 3 41D Santa's little helper ELF 3 43D ___ space (common science fiction locale) OUTER 5 44D Item carried around during a buffet PLATE 5 46D Actor Alan ___ who played Hawkeye Pierce ALDA 4 48D "On your haunches!" SIT 3 49D Zero, on the pitch NIL 3 50D Clip-___ (necktie options) ONS 3 51D "We ___ to please" AIM 3 52D Francis Scott ___, writer of "The Star-Spangled Banner" KEY 3 54D Century-ending year, in Roman numerals MCM 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 118 letters
1D
2O
3E
4G
5E
6M
7I
8B
9M
10E
G
G
11U
N
O
12L
I
D
13F
R
Y
14I
D
O
15L
16L
O
S
17E
P
18C
19O
T
20D
I
21C
E
22T
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N
A
23T
O
G
24A
25S
26B
A
R
27N
28S
29P
A
C
K
30L
31A
32T
E
33A
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34G
35L
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36E
Y
E
37P
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R
38P
39S
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N
40S
41E
42A
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43O
44P
45A
L
46A
47P
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48S
49N
50O
W
F
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51A
52K
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53T
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54M
55I
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56D
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57E
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58T
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59A
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60R
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 28, 2025. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 28, 2025 puzzle

The December 28, 2025 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 65 clues — 32 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Sunday 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 28 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.