Newsday Crossword August 17, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from August 17, 2025.

Newsday Crossword August 17, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from August 17, 2025 contains 140 total clues—67 across and 73 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	Countrified	RURAL
6A	Backpack burden	GEAR
10A	Border on	VERGE
14A	Antsy feeling	AGITA
19A	"Grand" production	OPERA
20A	Roof edge	EAVE
21A	Young woman	GAL
22A	Seuss' tree protector	LORAX
23A	FBI's list of 10	MOSTWANTED
25A	Sport with 10 playing at one time	BASKETBALL
27A	Caribbean island group	ANTILLES
28A	Absolute	UTTER
30A	Muss, as hair	TOUSLE
31A	Boardroom VIPs	CEOS
32A	Security worker	GUARD
33A	Sorority letters	RHOS
34A	Ultimatum ender	ORELSE
37A	Raise with a crane	HOIST
38A	Container kept near brushes	PAINTCAN
42A	Non-pedigreed pets	MIXES
43A	Nation with 11 official spoken languages	SOUTHAFRICA
45A	Spaniard's river	RIO
46A	Bldg.'s rental units	APTS
47A	Guilty feeling	SHAME
48A	Drapery holders	RODS
49A	Main idea	KEYNOTE
50A	Yonder yacht	HER
51A	Figures with 11 vertexes	HENDECAGONS
55A	Repeated series	CYCLE
56A	Brazilian slitherer	ANACONDA
58A	Keep entertained	AMUSE
59A	Like crooked cards	MARKED
60A	Literary twist	IRONY
61A	Nautical "Halt!"	AVAST
62A	Type of tea	PEKOE
63A	Banquet nibble	CANAPE
65A	Main idea	KEYNOTE
66A	Avoid skillfully	SIDESTEP
69A	Smallest pups of a litter	RUNTS
70A	City coded 11 on currency	DALLASTEXAS
72A	__ la la	OOH
73A	Garfield's canine pal	ODIE
74A	Unwitting victim	DUPE
75A	Train track	RAIL
76A	Noble deed	FEAT
77A	Take first	WIN
78A	Eagle, for Apollo 11	LUNARMODULE
82A	Talk formally	ORATE
83A	Where spaniels socialize	DOGPARKS
85A	Off-target	ERRANT
86A	Fill with love	ENAMOR
87A	Watches closely	EYES
88A	Editorial perspective	SLANT
89A	Be boastful	BRAG
90A	Photograph finishes	MATTES
93A	Eeyore's creator	MILNE
94A	"Time to go!"	LETSROLL
98A	10 through L.A. and Mobile	INTERSTATE
100A	2010's occupant of 10 Downing Street	THERESAMAY
102A	Nasal noise	SNORE
103A	Very often	ALOT
104A	Fabric flaw	TEAR
105A	Waist-high concavity	INNIE
106A	Tasty	YUM
107A	Confines, as cattle	PENS
108A	Spot in the distance	ESPY
109A	Starts to waken	STIRS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Pear-shaped tomato	ROMA
2D	Fully aware of	UPON
3D	Conclude a case	REST
4D	Constitution components	ARTICLES
5D	Anarchic	LAWLESS
6D	Trait carriers	GENES
7D	Erodes	EATS
8D	Wide urban st.	AVE
9D	Diamonds, for instance	REDSUIT
10D	A Prairie Province	ALBERTA
11D	Emulated a ram	BAAED
12D	WWII ally	USSR
13D	Sound of scolding	TSK
14D	Pennsylvania city	ALTOONA
15D	Lose it all	GOBUST
16D	S&L nest eggs	IRAS
17D	Statuesque	TALL
18D	Car bar	AXLE
24D	__ vera lotion	ALOE
26D	Business school course	ETHICS
29D	Breakfast fare	HASH
32D	Scooping tool	GOUGE
33D	Sudden incursions	RAIDS
34D	Midwest metropolis	OMAHA
35D	Achieve peak flavor	RIPEN
36D	11, on a baseball scoreboard	EXTRAINNING
37D	Hyundai rival	HONDA
38D	Face-down	PRONE
39D	11 people, for a British sport	CRICKETTEAM
40D	Wedding path	AISLE
41D	Eminent	NOTED
43D	Shade of blonde	SANDY
44D	Wintry coating	FROST
47D	Pasta with furrows	PENNE
49D	Greek sandwiches	GYROS
51D	25-Across, informally	HOOPS
52D	Be nitpicky	CAVIL
53D	Maytag alternative	AMANA
54D	Windy bursts	GUSTS
55D	Soaps near sinks	CAKES
57D	Grapefruit box	CRATE
59D	Olympian's reward	MEDAL
61D	Surfer since the '90s	AOLER
62D	Tiny troublemaker	PIXIE
63D	Stadium attendees	CROWD
64D	Video complement	AUDIO
65D	Family men	PAPAS
66D	Waterproofs	SEALS
67D	Poetic muse	ERATO
68D	British dad	PATER
70D	Dips a donut	DUNKS
71D	Depend on	RELY
74D	Undue force	DURESS
76D	Sweet-smelling	FRAGRANT
78D	Like lasagna	LAYERED
79D	Polo equipment	MALLETS
80D	Nation on the Arabian Sea	OMAN
81D	Breakfast nook	DINETTE
82D	Jacqueline Kennedy __	ONASSIS
84D	"Great" czar	PETERI
86D	Art Deco illustrator	ERTE
88D	Occupy, as a bench	SITON
89D	Currant, for instance	BERRY
90D	Fail to see	MISS
91D	Tolstoy title character	ANNA
92D	Sporty auto roof	TTOP
93D	Stag or stallion	MALE
94D	Giant hop	LEAP
95D	Prefix meaning "all"	OMNI
96D	Wild animal's home	LAIR
97D	Strong drain cleaners	LYES
99D	Draw from	TAP
101D	Fathers and uncles	HES