Newsday Crossword August 12, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from August 12, 2025.

Newsday Crossword August 12, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from August 12, 2025 contains 78 total clues—41 across and 37 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	__ for (chooses)	OPTS
5A	Accept eagerly	LAPUP
10A	Fruit in a "Newton" cookie	FIG
13A	Be patient	WAIT
14A	Justice Kagan	ELENA
15A	Keogh plan alternative	IRA
16A	Walk inside	ENTER
17A	Brother of Moses	AARON
18A	At the present time	NOW
19A	River through New Orleans	MISSISSIPPI
21A	Liquid in a pen	INK
22A	Pigpen	STY
23A	Tap on the head	PAT
24A	Conclusions	ENDS
26A	Work with needle and thread	SEW
27A	Disappears suddenly	VANISHES
31A	Known far and wide	FAMED
34A	Sit for a photo	POSE
35A	Stay out of sight	HIDE
36A	French male friends	AMIS
37A	Sturdily made	SOLID
38A	Vampire novelist Rice	ANNE
39A	Any fizzy soft drink	SODA
40A	Outdoor parking areas	LOTS
41A	Ballpark keyboard instrument	ORGAN
42A	Hedge-reducing devices	TRIMMERS
44A	Young dog	PUP
45A	Edible sunflower bit	SEED
46A	Inedible cherry bit	PIT
47A	Mortgage agency Fannie __	MAE
50A	"A mouse!"	EEK
52A	Finding fault with	CRITICIZING
56A	Two less than penta-	TRI
57A	Boat paddled on lakes	CANOE
58A	Old-style "Awesome!"	NEATO
59A	Up in the __ (unsettled)	AIR
60A	Film performer	ACTOR
61A	Monopoly or Scrabble	GAME
62A	Allow	LET
63A	Offers in a store	SELLS
64A	Lost traction, as on ice	SLID

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	"Buy this today" ad phrase	OWNIT
2D	Gullible person	PATSY
3D	Makes a knot in	TIES
4D	Resembling zebras	STRIPED
5D	Last but not __	LEAST
6D	Jai __ (court sport)	ALAI
7D	Criminal, to a cop	PERP
8D	Still in its original packaging	UNOPENED
9D	Italian-style sandwich	PANINI
10D	Completing	FINISHING
11D	Metal in barbells	IRON
12D	Stare in amazement	GAWK
16D	Three letters of "minimum"	EMS
20D	Wood-cutting tool	AXE
25D	E flat's other name	DSHARP
26D	Big Bird's street	SESAME
27D	Battery power measures	VOLTS
28D	With no guarantee	ASIS
29D	Novelist Ferber or Buchanan	EDNA
30D	"That remains to be __"	SEEN
31D	Rapid	FAST
32D	Love: Sp.	AMOR
33D	Knee-length woman's garment	MIDISKIRT
34D	Of low quality	POOR
37D	Speed contest on snow	SLEDRACE
41D	Pleasure trips	OUTINGS
43D	Popular tourist spots	MECCAS
44D	Photograph, for short	PIC
46D	Docks for ships	PIERS
47D	Southeast Florida city	MIAMI
48D	Paid to play poker	ANTED
49D	Swelled head	EGO
50D	And others: Abbr.	ETAL
51D	Cleveland's lake	ERIE
53D	Worldwide: Abbr.	INTL
54D	Hammer or chisel	TOOL
55D	Great enthusiasm	ZEST