Newsday Crossword April 28, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from April 28, 2025.

Newsday Crossword April 28, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from April 28, 2025 contains 78 total clues—37 across and 41 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Newsday crossword archive.

Across Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1A	Giant of industry	TITAN
6A	Sports cable network	ESPN
10A	"Constrictor" snakes	BOAS
14A	Get out of bed	RISE
15A	Unexciting, informally	BLAH
16A	"That hurts!"	OUCH
17A	What an athlete shoots into a hoop	BASKETBALL
19A	"Do __ others as..."	UNTO
20A	Weight loss plans	DIETS
21A	Acquire, as expenses	INCUR
22A	Climbed, as a mountain	SCALED
25A	Receive willingly	ACCEPT
26A	More agile	SPRIER
27A	Earth tremor	QUAKE
29A	Wild animal's home	LAIR
30A	Spa's steam room	SAUNA
32A	"Be quiet!"	CANIT
36A	Any line on a shopping list	ITEM
37A	Unmannerly man	CAD
38A	Just a single time	ONCE
39A	Small plateau	MESA
40A	Heart's pulsation	THROB
42A	Fully aware of	UPON
43A	Bird's chirp	TWEET
45A	Balance sheet pluses	ASSETS
47A	Milk container	CARTON
50A	Capital of Greece	GEE
51A	Be very fond of	ADORE
52A	Hot chocolaty drink	COCOA
54A	Back of the neck	NAPE
55A	Where nonswimmers can splash around	WADINGPOOL
60A	Improves, as wine	AGES
61A	Gave approval for	OKED
62A	Wine fruit	GRAPE
63A	Not as much	LESS
64A	The Loch __ monster	NESS
65A	Linked, as oxen	YOKED

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Bar bill, informally	TAB
2D	Keogh plan alternative	IRA
3D	"My country, __ of thee"	TIS
4D	Make a request	ASK
5D	Tailor's pointy tool	NEEDLE
6D	Receded, as the tide	EBBED
7D	Narrow plank	SLAT
8D	Close friends	PALS
9D	Sports group with pucks and goalies: Abbr.	NHL
10D	Rental put on lawns for kids to jump on	BOUNCEHOUSE
11D	Fraction of a pound	OUNCE
12D	Behave badly	ACTUP
13D	Brief in duration	SHORT
18D	Levels of stadiums	TIERS
21D	Exclamation like "Yuck!"	ICK
22D	Sudden outpouring	SPATE
23D	Sheds tears	CRIES
24D	Camper's sleeping surface	AIRMATTRESS
25D	Small cylindrical battery	AAA
26D	Thin in physique	SLIM
27D	Fraction of a gallon	QUART
28D	Open, as shoelaces	UNDO
31D	Have sore muscles	ACHE
33D	Turn loose from a corral	UNPEN
34D	Traditional kilt wearers	SCOTS
35D	Barnyard birds	HENS
40D	Smallest two-digit number	TEN
41D	Relay-race stick	BATON
44D	Misfortune	WOE
46D	Long-haired, as a sheepdog	SHAGGY
47D	Waterway through Panama	CANAL
48D	Wise maxim	ADAGE
49D	Lassos	ROPES
50D	Corrosive liquids	ACIDS
52D	Birthday party dessert	CAKE
53D	Poems of praise	ODES
55D	Was victorious	WON
56D	Athlete who's paid	PRO
57D	Tree with acorns	OAK
58D	Unlock, in verses	OPE
59D	Was in first place	LED