Newsday Crossword July 20, 2025 Answers
By Billie Truitt · Edited by Stan Newman
Every answer for the Newsday Crossword from July 20, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue for its answer and past appearances.
Across
Sour-tasting5 Longstocking of kid lit5 Way of walking4 Fake quarter4 Part of USNA5 Colloquial phrase5 In the remote past4 Light fog4 Climate activist Thunberg5 Attribute to, as blame5 Strong smell4 Off-ramp4 Treating to supper out18 Experiment analysis input8 __ Mahal3 Contemporary witchcraft5 "Yuck!"3 With slots for quarters6 Half a "You're excused" phrase6 Air Force decoration: Abbr.3 Leaving for work without eating17 Gone with the Wind guy5 Banister4 __ Baba3 Abbr. like mlle.4 Top-rated4 Moral misstep3 Steam iron's target7 Sun. speech3 Refusing payment due to insufficient funds14 Impostors6 Common Russian female name4 Bath sponge5 Bring on board4 On __ (fleeing)6 Berating14 Harry Potter pal3 Anesthetizes7 Deploy3 Bestow upon4 Mine: Fr.4 Faulty firecracker3 No longer fizzy4 Still to come5 Overcoming obstacles17 __-cone (icy treat)3 Incites6 Quick trip to the store6 Faux __3 Operetta composer Franz5 Make public3 Varsity rowers8 Accepting an offer eagerly18 Boyfriend4 Okra portions4 Jazz (up)5 Synthetic fiber5 Amenable (to)4 Creme-filled cookie4 Freddy Krueger's addr.5 Some corporate jets5 Rhymester4 Stitched line4 Les __-Unis5 Minneapolis suburb5Down
Fearful feeling5 __ diem (seize the day: Lat.)5 Civil rights leader Medgar5 Ostrich or kiwi, to zoologists6 Least spicy8 Small songbird5 Menzel of Frozen5 Sonar sound4 "And it's gone!"4 Voicemail phrase7 "Well done!"7 Me, myself __4 Much-admired figure4 Gull cousin4 Old West officers8 Hardly attentive3 Commando film weapon3 Figure out3 Rubberneck4 Pressed a doorbell4 Star Wars series creature4 Rough-textured6 "Last Stand" general6 Wedding vow venues6 Cost-of-living no.3 Dressing ingredient3 Practical joke5 Manicurist's tool8 Nondescript4 Wave off4 List of choices4 Common Russian female name5 Regretful feeling4 Antlered beast3 Operatic voice5 Registered as a guest8 Defeats soundly5 Modified mortgage, for short4 Optimistic assertion4 Countess' husband4 Dues recipient4 Grad4 Grooming tool4 IRA alternative5 Reckless speed5 See the world6 Public tribute6 Sufficient6 Dog show official5 Green dip, briefly4 Is a contender4 Welsh John4 Overhaul4 Habit wearer3 Casablanca heroine8 Enjoyable3 TV display3 All things considered8 Pulled apart4 Window over a door7 Etymology abbr.4 Frozen dessert brand7 Proposal detail4 Rubbernecked6 Pirate's repository5 Monopoly payments5 Mao associate Zhou __5 Oak, formerly5 Brainy group5 GI addresses4 Study, with "over"4 Creative thought4 Incline a bit4 Game of Thrones rating4 Short haircut3 MPG rating agency3 Prefix like atmo-3Frequently Asked Questions
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