Newsday Crossword August 12, 2025 Answers

Across

__ for (chooses)4 Accept eagerly5 Fruit in a "Newton" cookie3 Be patient4 Justice Kagan5 Keogh plan alternative3 Walk inside5 Brother of Moses5 At the present time3 River through New Orleans11 Liquid in a pen3 Pigpen3 Tap on the head3 Conclusions4 Work with needle and thread3 Disappears suddenly8 Known far and wide5 Sit for a photo4 Stay out of sight4 French male friends4 Sturdily made5 Vampire novelist Rice4 Any fizzy soft drink4 Outdoor parking areas4 Ballpark keyboard instrument5 Hedge-reducing devices8 Young dog3 Edible sunflower bit4 Inedible cherry bit3 Mortgage agency Fannie __3 "A mouse!"3 Finding fault with11 Two less than penta-3 Boat paddled on lakes5 Old-style "Awesome!"5 Up in the __ (unsettled)3 Film performer5 Monopoly or Scrabble4 Allow3 Offers in a store5 Lost traction, as on ice4

Down

"Buy this today" ad phrase5 Gullible person5 Makes a knot in4 Resembling zebras7 Last but not __5 Jai __ (court sport)4 Criminal, to a cop4 Still in its original packaging8 Italian-style sandwich6 Completing9 Metal in barbells4 Stare in amazement4 Three letters of "minimum"3 Wood-cutting tool3 E flat's other name6 Big Bird's street6 Battery power measures5 With no guarantee4 Novelist Ferber or Buchanan4 "That remains to be __"4 Rapid4 Love: Sp.4 Knee-length woman's garment9 Of low quality4 Speed contest on snow8 Pleasure trips7 Popular tourist spots6 Photograph, for short3 Docks for ships5 Southeast Florida city5 Paid to play poker5 Swelled head3 And others: Abbr.4 Cleveland's lake4 Worldwide: Abbr.4 Hammer or chisel4 Great enthusiasm4