Newsday Crossword October 12, 2025 Answers

Across

Savory taste5 Catches red-handed4 Big Apple baseballers4 Traffic slowdown3 Kept secret5 Film excerpts5 Nerve cell appendage4 Extremely uncommon4 Grade booster11 Guitar device4 Shorten for space4 Dollar bill6 Court claimant4 Scratch up3 Steep-walled elevation4 Friendly nation4 Emme, for example13 Sawyer's pal4 Blurt out3 Any of the Simpsons4 HS exam3 Suffix for nectar3 Stationary exerciser4 Flour source3 Irish poet5 Sellers of remaindered merchandise13 "Jai alai" language6 Spruces (up)6 Thurman of films3 Drought relief4 Hot beverage dispenser3 A flair for fashion5 Convent attire5 Low-__ diet4 Glass ingredient4 Concert bonus15 Informal chuckle4 Carries a balance4 Glittery fabrics5 Male whales5 Attorneys' org.3 Beethoven's birthplace4 First mother3 "Amen"6 "Holy" brat6 Etc. etc.13 Pursuer of Bugs5 Office seeker, for short3 Makes a knot in4 Make a tear in3 Going by way of3 Leopold's co-defendant4 NBC series since the '70s3 Six-legged colonists4 Reason for a flight surcharge13 "What a pity"4 Italian hero choice4 Heavy weight3 Bausch's partner4 Bona fide6 Prince William's aunt4 Memorization process4 Unneeded coins11 Busy person4 Support in wrongdoing4 Computer screen font5 Sir __ John5 Close out3 Harp constellation4 Former GM make4 Tough travels5

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Puts to work4 Ankle-length skirt4 Envelope-routing abbr.4 Actor Freeman6 Counting everything5 ATM maker3 Many craft brews4 Cause to increase, as an auction price5 Sales pitch5 Apple computer3 Study carefully7 Yellow gem5 Snoozer's sounds6 Bored with everything5 Crop up5 Wire material5 Walk proudly5 TV accessories7 Fahrenheit alternative7 Babbles4 Not at all pleased4 Tofu sources4 Ancient Mexican5 Clenched hands5 "Kayak" language5 Socially uncool5 "May I help you?"3 Run, as colors5 Blue hue4 Make a left or right4 Texter's button4 Rice with spice5 Large horns5 Keep off a list4 Southwestern snake7 Netanyahu nickname4 Speed test4 MFA part4 Rough-__ (unrefined)4 Port of Yemen4 Big star's small role5 Cold-shoulders5 Cuckoo clock part4 Glowing review4 Orchestral winds5 Behind schedule4 Biblical shepherd4 Rural business4 Find out5 Cutoff point5 Pedometer tally5 Chessmaster Spassky5 Wood finish7 Party participant7 Synthesizer inventor4 Designer Cassini4 Army bases: Abbr.3 Fey of TV4 72-Down occupation7 Of the stars6 Toy plane material5 Of the same height6 Slip away from5 Inert gas5 Repaired, as wicker5 __ prize (unenviable award)5 Start getting paid to play5 Texting alternative5 Yearnings5 Thin nail4 Golden Rule word4 Overly eager4 Monocle, essentially4 Landing hr. guess3 Right-angle shapes3