Newsday Crossword March 19, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from March 19, 2025.

Newsday Crossword March 19, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from March 19, 2025 contains 78 total clues—34 across and 44 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	High point	ACME
5A	Czech's neighbor	SLOVAK
11A	School support org.	PTA
14A	Good garden soil	LOAM
15A	Italian grilled sandwich	PANINI
16A	Sounds of contentment	AHS
17A	Place to cook ribs	BARBECUEPIT
19A	DVR remote button	REC
20A	Unsuccessful candidate	ALSORAN
21A	Tailor's implement	NEEDLE
23A	'70s dance clubs	DISCOS
26A	Bugs Bunny or Bart Simpson	TOON
27A	Ham __ (sandwich order)	ONRYE
30A	Person serious about nutrition	HEALTHNUT
33A	Overly	TOO
34A	Auto trip	DRIVE
35A	Formal glassware	CRYSTAL
40A	Greediness	AVARICE
44A	__ up (in a queue)	LINED
46A	Panther or puma	CAT
47A	La La Land Oscar winner	EMMASTONE
51A	Star Trek role	SULU
53A	Nation bordering Vietnam	LAOS
54A	Uncivilized person	SAVAGE
56A	"O Canada," e.g.	ANTHEM
59A	Elongated circle	OVAL
63A	Both-the-same score	TIE
64A	High-ranking tennis match pro	TOURNEYSEED
67A	Right-angle shape	ELL
68A	More meddlesome	NOSIER
69A	Gentle, as a horse	TAME
70A	Courtroom questioners, for short	DAS
71A	Distribute into groups	ASSORT
72A	Onion's exterior	SKIN

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Film actress Jessica	ALBA
2D	Fuel from a mine	COAL
3D	"The Red Planet"	MARS
4D	Be the best example of	EMBODY
5D	Animal welfare orgs.	SPCAS
6D	Cape Canaveral event	LAUNCH
7D	Washington's bill	ONE
8D	Bigwig, for short	VIP
9D	Have __ with (know well)	ANIN
10D	Windy day toy	KITE
11D	"Excuse me"	HUNH
12D	Gateway Arch city, informally	THELOU
13D	Upward climb	ASCENT
18D	Lake bordering Ohio	ERIE
22D	Old-time anesthetic	ETHER
24D	UK lexicon	OED
25D	__ Lee cakes	SARA
27D	Nonprescription: Abbr.	OTC
28D	Neither fish __ fowl	NOR
29D	Singer Orbison	ROY
31D	54 in Roman numerals	LIV
32D	Rural power agcy.	TVA
36D	Reduce greatly, as prices	SLASH
37D	"__ the season to be jolly..."	TIS
38D	Industrious insect	ANT
39D	People born in early August	LEOS
41D	Post-op area	ICU
42D	Sedan or SUV	CAR
43D	Landing-hr. approximation	ETA
45D	Double-helix molecule	DNA
47D	Extremely happy	OVERJOYED
48D	Philippines' capital	MANILA
49D	Inns near interstates	MOTELS
50D	More uniform	EVENER
51D	Hostile, as a crowd	UGLY
52D	Caper film crimes	HEISTS
55D	Fully attentive	RAPT
57D	Volcano in Sicily	ETNA
58D	Bovine bellows	MOOS
60D	High point	ACME
61D	Prefix for sweet	SEMI
62D	Genesis paradise	EDEN
65D	Letters for a battleship	USS
66D	Any Mexican river	RIO