Newsday Crossword August 31, 2025 Answers
By Billie Truitt · Edited by Stan Newman
Every answer for the Newsday Crossword from August 31, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue for its answer and past appearances.
Across
Roll with a hole5 Parakeet's home4 __ boom (jet sound)5 Shed feathers4 Portion out5 Squashed circle4 __-Saxon language5 Flat-box furniture seller4 Some energetic newborns16 Gator cousin4 Bids "bon voyage!" to7 John Major successor5 __ de Bergerac6 French wine region6 Smartphone ancestors: Abbr.4 Winning tic-tac-toe line3 Second Beatle to be knighted5 Deliver disillusionment15 Marriages6 Clairvoyance, for short3 Italian Almighty3 Second showing5 End of Barnum's century3 Woolly female3 Diamond arbiter3 Lost traction4 Peach State sch.3 Murmuring water13 Germ-free7 Auction provision4 Nary a soul4 Smile broadly4 Special flair6 Clutter-clearing event7 Singing syllables7 State of servitude6 Salary4 Outward manner4 Doze, with "out"4 Minnie Mouse accessory7 Fred Flintstone catchphrase13 German conjunction3 Astounded4 Twofold: Abbr.3 Performing pair3 Ike's WWII domain3 Rapinoe of soccer fame5 Emeril exclamation3 Big name in bowling centers3 Accesses an account6 "Farewell" song in Sleepless in Seattle15 Zen riddles5 Rustic lodgings3 Great enthusiasm4 Deceives6 Informal acknowledgment6 Unable to escape5 Disoriented7 Without help4 Fruity deep-dish pie16 Auctioneer's exclamation4 Roundup rope5 Portion (out)4 Tag in a blouse5 Emulated4 Olympic blades5 PO Box, for instance4 Wipe clean5Down
Streisand nickname4 Skin cream soother4 Model builder's tube4 In the remote past7 USAF rank above Major9 Informal discussion6 MLB stat3 Chatterboxes7 Mideast airline4 Tie the knot6 Consistent with a public image7 Intl. Red Cross, for instance3 Affectionate text message3 Big Apple suburb in Connecticut6 Tiny organism7 Creole cooking staple4 Stalin critic Trotsky4 Salsa-topped snack4 Hypotheticals3 Protestant denom.4 "Pass out the cards, please"8 Signal to speak3 Dos times tres4 Caribbean dance5 Ancient South Americans5 Rain clouds5 Urge (on)4 Fa followers4 Big bully5 Haul through the door5 Put into effect5 "...Sweet Chariot" imperative8 Grandson of Adam4 Swarm around3 Rhymester4 City on two continents8 Rigel's "secondary" classification5 Chew like a squirrel4 Stop, at sea5 Hindu destiny5 City square5 Christmas song milker4 Capital NW of Hartford8 Quaint plaint4 Principal role4 Glove part5 Trivial Pursuit co-creator Chris5 Mountain chain5 Diminish3 Port south of Kyiv5 Away from the office5 Contemporary sculptor Jeff5 James __ Space Telescope4 Spill a secret4 Library furniture9 Wide valley4 Somewhat strange7 Like a fictional falcon7 Kesey nurse Ratched7 "TGI" day3 Hershey chocolate "guy"7 Make possible6 Marathoners "load" them6 Midleg joint4 Frost remover6 __-Cone3 Barbie actress Rae4 Sticky substance4 Parisian pronoun4 Humorist Bombeck4 Actress Jessica4 Snoring symbols4 Whodunit author __ Stanley Gardner4 Luxury metaphor3 Application3 Since Jan. 13Frequently Asked Questions
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