12 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES CROSSWORD International Network of Street Papers DECEMBER 12, 2025 ACROSS 1. Harder to understand 10. Tall fur hat 15. Greek school of wrestling 16. Bone cavities 17. Shield bearing a coat of arms (Var.) 18. River of Deutschland 19. Barely get by, with "out" 20. Earl Grey and others 21. Changing color 22. Microsoft product 23. The study of plants 24. Places to say "I do" 27. Barbaric 28. Aussie smoker's request 29. Loan for a start-up 33. Bit 34. Key ingredient of many smoothies 35. How one finds Easter eggs 36. Brand of Irish whiskey 38. Eyelashes 39. Primitive locking mechanism, as for a gate 40. African grasslands 41. Shoe for a tiny foot 43. "___ Poppins" 44. Educational programming language 45. Scottish clothing chest 46. Battering device 49. Pathetic one (Brit.) 50. Inhumane caning of feet as punishment 52. Clean one's feathers 53. [Intentionally left blank] 54. Mails 55. Plot DOWN 1. Church area 2. Endorse 3. Pivot 4. Sylvester, to Tweety 5. Parsonage 6. They direct you to your seat 7. Lieu 8. Greek god of love 9. Bled, as colors 10. Minerals used in paint (Var.) 11. In a harmful way 12. Draft holder 13. Salty, as seawater 14. Yin counterpart 21. Question the truth of 22. Passionate 23. Spread widely, as a rumor 24. Jewish month 25. Old stringed instrument 26. Put one's foot down? 27. Romantic infatuation 29. Dinner prayer 30. "___ Lang Syne" 31. Do needlework 32. Flight data, briefly 34. Malodorous 37. Provisions 38. Notarized 40. More immense 41. Trumpet 42. Humorist Nash 43. Botch 44. Dangerous biters 45. German philosopher known for the Categorical Imperative 46. Indian princess 47. Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen 48. Mean, medium, and ____ 50. Greyhound, e.g. 51. Zilch PUZZLE SOLUTIONS November 28, 2025 edition
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