Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Sound of an eye-opening moment => AHA
Down: Unlikely to break the ice => TIMID
Down: Objects of worship => IDOLS
Down: Most populous city in Can. => TOR
Down: Pointlessly silly => INANE
Down: Inter Miami captain Lionel => MESSI
Down: Dog ears? => BOOKMARKS
Down: Windshield sticker => DECAL
Down: Smoothie bowl berry => ACAI
Down: Start for giving and taking => MIS
Down: Beefsteak, for one => TOMATO
Down: Quickly don => THROWON
Down: Regal home => MANOR
Down: Bunny ears? => SHOELACEKNOT
Down: Like walruses and wild boars => TUSKED
Down: Mo. with a spooky finale => OCT
Down: Gold, in Spanish => ORO
Down: Got up => AROSE
Down: Sailor's yes => AYE
Down: New York mascot with a baseball for a head => MRMET
Down: Geaux Tigers! sch. => LSU
Down: Four-time WNBA MVP Wilson => AJA
Down: Creamy chocolate dessert => MOUSSE
Down: Elephant ears? => CARNIVALFOOD
Down: Software-creating professional => CODER
Down: Riled up => ANGERED
Down: Not all __ wear capes => HEROES
Down: French sailor's yes => OUI
Down: Actress Headey => LENA
Down: Greek alphabet ender => OMEGA
Down: Mouse ears? => MICKEYHAT
Down: Inbox message => EMAIL
Down: Hightails it => FLEES
Down: Royal flush card => ACE
Down: Knighted women => DAMES
Down: The Jetsons dog => ASTRO
Down: Dynamite K-pop group => BTS
Down: Chance for a hit => ATBAT
Down: Moonshine => HOOCH
Down: Thundering, as a crowd => AROAR
Down: Minnesota governor Walz => TIM
Down: Irritable => INAMOOD
Down: Semper fi shouter => MARINE
Down: Signs, as a contract => INKS
Down: Jardin __ Tuileries: public space near the Louvre => DES
Down: That's all for me => IMDONE
Down: View as appropriate => DEEMOK
Down: Formal nods from the Academy, informally => OSCARNOMS
Down: Future esq.'s exam => LSAT
Down: Rural storage tower => SILO
Down: Mall stalls => KIOSKS
Down: Diplomacy => TACT
Down: This ride is fun! => WHEE
Down: Spice in pumpkin spice, often => MACE
Down: Like a ride-or-die friend => LOYAL
Down: Metal-yielding rocks => ORES
Down: Checkout lane bag => TOTE
Down: Anticaking agent in table salt => TALC
Down: Latin for bear in constellation names => URSA
Down: Common substitute for Greek yogurt => SOURCREAM
Down: Slightly open => AJAR
Down: Electronic music pioneer Robert => MOOG
Down: Without manners => RUDELY
Down: St. crossers => AVES
Down: Nickname => MONIKER
Down: Painful head rub => NOOGIE
Down: Lofty standards => IDEALS
Down: Sink fixture => FAUCET
Down: Home update, familiarly => REHAB
Down: Put into law => ENACT
Down: Candlelit dinners for two, e.g. => DATES
Down: Cleared weeds in the garden, say => HOED
Down: Jane Austen novel that inspired the movie Clueless => EMMA
Down: Frying liquids => OILS
Down: Iowa Writers' Workshop deg. => MFA
Down: That, in Tijuana => ESO

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 77 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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