Newsday Crossword August 31, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from August 31, 2025.

Newsday Crossword August 31, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from August 31, 2025 contains 144 total clues—68 across and 76 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	Roll with a hole	BAGEL
6A	Parakeet's home	CAGE
10A	__ boom (jet sound)	SONIC
15A	Shed feathers	MOLT
19A	Portion out	ALLOTMETE
20A	Squashed circle	ELLIPSE
21A	__-Saxon language	ANGLO
22A	Flat-box furniture seller	IKEA
23A	Some energetic newborns	BOUNCINGBABYBOYS
26A	Gator cousin	CROC
27A	Bids "bon voyage!" to	SEESOFF
28A	John Major successor	BLAIR
29A	__ de Bergerac	CYRANO
31A	French wine region	ALSACE
33A	Smartphone ancestors: Abbr.	PDAS
35A	Winning tic-tac-toe line	OOO
36A	Second Beatle to be knighted	RINGO
39A	Deliver disillusionment	BURSTONESBUBBLE
45A	Marriages	UNIONS
47A	Clairvoyance, for short	ESP
48A	Italian Almighty	DIO
49A	Second showing	RERUN
50A	End of Barnum's century	MCM
51A	Woolly female	EWE
53A	Diamond arbiter	UMP
56A	Lost traction	SLID
58A	Peach State sch.	UGA
59A	Murmuring water	BABBLINGBROOK
64A	Germ-free	ASEPTIC
66A	Auction provision	ASIS
67A	Nary a soul	NONE
68A	Smile broadly	BEAM
70A	Special flair	TALENT
71A	Clutter-clearing event	TAGSALE
74A	Singing syllables	TRALA
76A	State of servitude	THRALL
79A	Salary	PAY
81A	Outward manner	MIEN
82A	Doze, with "out"	ZONK
86A	Minnie Mouse accessory	HAIRBOW
88A	Fred Flintstone catchphrase	YABBADABBADOO
91A	German conjunction	UND
92A	Astounded	AWED
94A	Twofold: Abbr.	DBL
95A	Performing pair	DUO
96A	Ike's WWII domain	ETO
97A	Rapinoe of soccer fame	MEGAN
99A	Emeril exclamation	BAM
101A	Big name in bowling centers	AMF
104A	Accesses an account	LOGSIN
106A	"Farewell" song in Sleepless in Seattle	BYEBYEBLACKBIRD
111A	Zen riddles	KOANS
112A	Rustic lodgings	INN
113A	Great enthusiasm	ZEST
114A	Deceives	LIESTO
116A	Informal acknowledgment	IGETYA
119A	Unable to escape	TREED
121A	Disoriented	INADAZE
125A	Without help	ALONE
126A	Fruity deep-dish pie	BLUEBERRYCOBBLER
130A	Auctioneer's exclamation	SOLD
131A	Roundup rope	LASSO
132A	Portion (out)	ALLOTMETE
133A	Tag in a blouse	LABEL
134A	Emulated	APED
135A	Olympic blades	EPEES
136A	PO Box, for instance	ADDR
137A	Wipe clean	ERASE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Streisand nickname	BABS
2D	Skin cream soother	ALOE
3D	Model builder's tube	GLUE
4D	In the remote past	EONSAGO
5D	USAF rank above Major	LTCOLONEL
6D	Informal discussion	CHAT
7D	MLB stat	AVG
8D	Chatterboxes	TALKERS
9D	Mideast airline	ELAL
10D	Tie the knot	MARRY
11D	Consistent with a public image	ONBRAND
12D	Intl. Red Cross, for instance	NGO
13D	Affectionate text message	ILY
14D	Big Apple suburb in Connecticut	COSCOB
15D	Tiny organism	MICROBE
16D	Creole cooking staple	OKRA
17D	Stalin critic Trotsky	LEON
18D	Salsa-topped snack	TACO
24D	Hypotheticals	IFS
25D	Protestant denom.	BAPT
30D	"Pass out the cards, please"	YOURDEAL
32D	Signal to speak	CUE
34D	Dos times tres	SEIS
36D	Caribbean dance	RUMBA
37D	Ancient South Americans	INCAS
38D	Rain clouds	NIMBI
40D	Urge (on)	SPUR
41D	Fa followers	SOLA
42D	Big bully	BRUTE
43D	Haul through the door	LUGIN
44D	Put into effect	ENACT
46D	"...Sweet Chariot" imperative	SWINGLOW
52D	Grandson of Adam	ENOS
54D	Swarm around	MOB
55D	Rhymester	POET
57D	City on two continents	ISTANBUL
60D	Rigel's "secondary" classification	BSTAR
61D	Chew like a squirrel	GNAW
62D	Stop, at sea	BELAY
63D	Hindu destiny	KARMA
65D	City square	PLAZA
69D	Christmas song milker	MAID
72D	Capital NW of Hartford	ALBANYNY
73D	Quaint plaint	EGAD
75D	Principal role	LEAD
76D	Glove part	THUMB
77D	Trivial Pursuit co-creator Chris	HANEY
78D	Mountain chain	RIDGE
80D	Diminish	ABATE
83D	Port south of Kyiv	ODESA
84D	Away from the office	NOTIN
85D	Contemporary sculptor Jeff	KOONS
87D	James __ Space Telescope	WEBB
89D	Spill a secret	BLAB
90D	Library furniture	BOOKTABLE
93D	Wide valley	DALE
98D	Somewhat strange	ABITODD
100D	Like a fictional falcon	MALTESE
102D	Kesey nurse Ratched	MILDRED
103D	"TGI" day	FRI
105D	Hershey chocolate "guy"	GOODBAR
107D	Make possible	ENABLE
108D	Marathoners "load" them	CARBOS
109D	Midleg joint	KNEE
110D	Frost remover	DEICER
115D	__-Cone	SNO
116D	Barbie actress Rae	ISSA
117D	Sticky substance	GOO
118D	Parisian pronoun	ELLE
120D	Humorist Bombeck	ERMA
122D	Actress Jessica	ALBA
123D	Snoring symbols	ZEES
124D	Whodunit author __ Stanley Gardner	ERLE
127D	Luxury metaphor	LAP
128D	Application	USE
129D	Since Jan. 1	YTD