Newsday Crossword July 5, 2025 Answers

Across

Choir director's direction5 "Work hard" antonym9 Strong suit5 Something someone said9 Kiribati's closest neighbor5 Apricot or peach potations9 Drill instructor, often3 Be banded no more?6 "It __ no fairy tale" (Boyz n the Hood poster line)4 Papyrus, for instance4 Condiment made from quinoa4 Mustard kin5 Name on the cover of Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own4 Siren activator3 Source of the Cyrillic X3 Instancia especifica7 Put highlights on7 Onetime Sprint ticker symbol3 The Meaning of Everything subject3 Counselor concern3 Antiquarian, alternatively3 Embed7 Finally free7 The FDIC covers them3 Y2K follower3 Plane measurement4 Spray array5 Durable, long-fiber fabric4 Miss4 Bleu hue4 Bodybuilding's annual __ Sports Festival6 Title like san3 Rico Tubbs in the Miami Vice movie9 "Have some more Spam" song5 "Show me!"9 Greenvelope competitor5 Sort of shift9 Office appointments5

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Home aquarium purchases9 Quirky grocery guy9 Diversionary tactics?9 Negative "also"3 Doctor's order4 Disney toon with gargoyle pal Hugo9 Best possible6 Medieval __-Byzantine art5 Finnish equivalent of Eric4 Numero di tenori who toured3 Southwest Asians7 Tether opposite5 Pop __5 Doctor's order5 Flipped, fluffed fare7 Moat controller3 Lab-__ (designer dogs)5 What the optic nerve is7 Offerer of Skinspiration advice5 Throws off9 Well-suited for vacationers9 City north of Berkeley on I-809 About 21 pints9 Sports spot with oval corners7 Diamond movement3 Misses with boldness6 Ali (1972) and Tyson (2022), religiously5 Bernstein's '60s assistant5 Poison oak cousin5 Novel products5 "When the warrior returns, from the battle __" (F.S. Key line)4 Exploit4 __ product3 Official USPS abbreviation3