Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Closes, as a parka => ZIPS
Down: Animal that may sleep upside down => SLOTH
Down: Morning joe => JAVA
Down: Prepare for publication => EDIT
Down: Secret stash => CACHE
Down: Decorative pitcher in still lifes => EWER
Down: Silicon Valley city Palo __ => ALTO
Down: Catchall option on a survey => OTHER
Down: Smartphone message => TEXT
Down: Departure instructions for an ornithologist? => LEAVETHENEST
Down: Keyboard key with an arrow => ENTER
Down: Behr product => PAINT
Down: Zodiac sign boundaries => CUSPS
Down: Green vegetable in a pod => PEA
Down: Soccer star Hamm => MIA
Down: Not in support of => ANTI
Down: Departure instructions for a railway worker? => MAKETRACKS
Down: Box office bomb => FLOP
Down: Stadium => ARENA
Down: Eccentric fellow => COOT
Down: Departure instructions for a student pilot? => TAKEFLIGHT
Down: Play part => ROLE
Down: Blackjack card => ACE
Down: Spearheaded => LED
Down: Back tooth => MOLAR
Down: Gumption => NERVE
Down: Tiny bits => IOTAS
Down: Plan for ending involvement, or an apt title for this puzzle => EXITSTRATEGY
Down: Bowl over => STUN
Down: Unpleasant, as weather => NASTY
Down: Speck in the ocean => ISLE
Down: Machu Picchu country => PERU
Down: Crossword hints => CLUES
Down: Old Testament brother => CAIN
Down: Wheel shaft => AXLE
Down: Bright-eyed => ALERT
Down: Underwater vessels => SUBS
Down: Unbridled enthusiasm => ZEAL
Down: Loafing around => IDLE
Down: Bread with a pocket => PITA
Down: Hat worn by Abraham Lincoln => STOVEPIPE
Down: Severance star Adam => SCOTT
Down: Spinning shaper in a woodshop => LATHE
Down: Earthy pigment => OCHER
Down: Every now and __: sporadically => THEN
Down: Roll-call response => HERE
Down: Volkswagen sedan => JETTA
Down: Fill with wonder => AWE
Down: Irk => VEX
Down: Museum collection => ART
Down: Coast Guard rank: Abbr. => ENS
Down: Practice boxing => SPAR
Down: That works for me => IMCOOL
Down: Inventor Tesla => NIKOLA
Down: Many a winery visitor => TASTER
Down: Flowy robe with long sleeves => CAFTAN
Down: Loosen, as a shoe => UNLACE
Down: Novelist Bram who created Dracula => STOKER
Down: Phnom __, Cambodia => PENH
Down: Coup d'__: sudden regime change => ETAT
Down: Like green-headed mallards => MALE
Down: Extremely dry => ARID
Down: Beer barrel => KEG
Down: Word puzzles with hidden messages => ACROSTICS
Down: Move a muscle => FLEX
Down: Goat's bleat => MAA
Down: Event site => VENUE
Down: Magazine edition => ISSUE
Down: Furry swimmer => OTTER
Down: Lovers' meeting => TRYST
Down: Machu Picchu native => INCA
Down: Like skyscrapers => TALL
Down: Old Testament brother => ESAU
Down: Smooth-talking => GLIB
Down: Cravings => YENS
Down: Pampering place => SPA
Down: __-Mex cuisine => TEX
Down: Web address => URL

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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