Free Printable Crossword Puzzle #1

This is the Daily Crossword Puzzle #1 for Dec 21, 2025
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Across
  • 1. Russian czarina
  • 5. "Abdul Abulbul ___"
  • 9. Lapidary's measure
  • 14. Gentleman caller
  • 15. Donated
  • 16. Dietetically challenged
  • 17. Give off
  • 18. "A Bridge Too Far" novelist Cornelius
  • 19. Track and field contests
  • 20. Start of a fatheaded quip
  • 23. Ship pronoun
  • 24. Tie the knot
  • 25. Hightail it
  • 28. Adidas alternative
  • 31. With reckless abandon
  • 36. On a cruise
  • 38. Bottle part
  • 40. Lofty abode
  • 41. Middle of quip
  • 44. Flexible tubes
  • 45. Appear
  • 46. Washington notes
  • 47. Brews tea
  • 49. Scissorhands portrayer
  • 51. New York time
  • 52. Battery option
  • 54. High, arcing tennis shot
  • 56. End of quip
  • 65. Precalculator calculators
  • 66. Feeling blue
  • 67. Prepare eggs, in a way
  • 68. Nouveau ___
  • 69. Coastal bird of prey
  • 70. Cheese that's "made" backward
  • 71. Noted capitalist John Jacob
  • 72. Collector's quests
  • 73. Durocher and Tolstoy
Puzzle Grid
Down
  • 1. Encourage in wrongdoing
  • 2. Animated fish
  • 3. Get just right
  • 4. Jaguars and lemons
  • 5. In accord
  • 6. It's sometimes held in delis
  • 7. Terrible czar
  • 8. Rejuvenate
  • 9. Stand-up kind of guy?
  • 10. First-family member
  • 11. Key feature?
  • 12. Sparkling wine city
  • 13. Hardy heroine
  • 21. TV band
  • 22. Homophone of so
  • 25. They are often plastered
  • 26. "___ in the Dark"
  • 27. Reagan's attorney general
  • 29. Hilo neckwear
  • 30. Adolescently afflicted
  • 32. Building block brand
  • 33. Pilotless plane
  • 34. One of ___ great mysteries
  • 35. Fermentation catalyst
  • 37. Busy as ___
  • 39. Patella's place
  • 42. Shrubbery framework
  • 43. Beseeches
  • 48. ___ Paulo, Brazil
  • 50. Half a cheerleader's prop?
  • 53. Much of Chile
  • 55. Tower of miscommunication
  • 56. "___ Croft: Tomb Raider"
  • 57. Wading bird
  • 58. Sure thing
  • 59. Sonic bounce
  • 60. Bull wound
  • 61. Litter's littlest
  • 62. Junction point
  • 63. Adios
  • 64. "Desire Under the ___" (1958)