Newsday Crossword September 24, 2025 Answers

Across

Hole-boring tool5 Smartphone programs4 Datebook entry: Abbr.4 Hunter's wooden duck5 Flooring square4 Perform alone4 Harpoon or javelin5 Ray of sun4 Purple fruit4 Wages and tips, to the IRS14 Uses a scissor4 Makes simpler5 "Finally!"6 Military missions, for short3 Home for hens4 Nasal sound of scorn5 "Now I understand!"3 Annual medical checkup15 Conclusion3 Beloved folks5 White Greek cheese4 Leather-piercing tool3 Free tickets6 From Dublin5 Sear on a grill4 Basic, polite behavior14 Peas, for a peashooter4 Poetic spheres4 "Work __ for yourself"5 Plumbing problem to "plug"4 Any exam grade4 1-to-10 scoring system5 Rich vein of ore4 Online auctioneer4 Midafternoon hour5

Down

Oral care deg.3 Seized auto, for short4 Pastry decorator4 Trucker's haul4 Words of a song6 Facing the pitcher5 Ship docks5 Theater production4 Prefix for final4 Pet adoption org.5 Casual shirts5 Decorative feather5 Heavy books5 Bolt fastener3 Birds' tree homes5 Farmland measure4 Bugs Bunny or Bart Simpson4 Thunderous4 Likely (to)3 __ and aahs4 Be too nosy3 Emblem "of approval"4 Fresh Air broadcaster3 Hotshot pilots4 Dislike very much4 "That's too bad"4 State west of Montana5 Just published3 "No __, ands or buts!"3 Golf standard score3 Sculptor or painter6 Bet-matching statement in poker5 Juliet's love5 "This ticks me off!"5 Chimney output5 Snake charmer's snake5 Sled-racing dog5 Alaskan port4 Lobster cousin4 Engrave deeply4 Fly like an eagle4 Christmas season4 Golfer's peg3