Newsday Crossword August 25, 2025 Answers

Across

Thick slice4 Bring to a halt4 After-tax3 Make simpler4 California wine region4 Church steeple5 Similar (to)4 Internet auction site4 Jury members5 Topping of beefy slices9 Disney Florida theme park5 Luau instrument, for short3 Newsstand stack of "dailies"6 Go __ (date only one person)6 Duckling's dad5 Homeowner's grassy spaces5 Cat's cry4 After-bath garment4 Company officer, for short4 Pork strip topping5 Column with essays4 Dinner plate4 Very often4 Paid for a poker hand5 Person who stares5 Crunchy, as potato chips6 Sliced up a turkey6 Metallic mineral3 "One more time!"5 Hawaiian fruit topping9 Not as wet5 With no warranty4 Actual4 Thickly packed5 Narrow opening for coins4 Grains in granola4 "I'd love to"3 Change for a $20 bill4 At no charge4

Down

Trousers' line of stitches4 Water surrounded by land4 Largest continent4 Twisted out of shape4 Devious6 Ping-Pong playing surface5 White gemstone4 Settles a bill4 Aunt's daughter5 Mistake5 Class exams5 Say something5 Italian sausage topping9 Blossoms yet to open4 Lowly chess piece4 Kid's snow vehicle4 Cabbie's vehicle4 Mothers of lambs4 Tiny salty fish topping9 Home's interior design5 Underground plant part4 Man or boy4 __ for (selects)4 Car horn sound4 Small whirlpool4 With no tread, as a tire4 Neighborhood4 Any literary category5 Ocean waves' tops6 Golf bag carrier5 See eye to eye5 Drizzles or showers5 Pungent veggie topping5 Blast from the __ (song oldie)4 Land surrounded by water4 College teacher nickname4 Bosc or Bartlett fruit4 Behind schedule4 Otherwise4