Newsday Crossword June 26, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from June 26, 2025.

Newsday Crossword June 26, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from June 26, 2025 contains 76 total clues—36 across and 40 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	Counsel's aide, in brief	PARA
5A	Can't deal with	ABHOR
10A	Probe launcher	NASA
14A	Shortly, to Shelley	ANON
15A	Be a freeloader	MOOCH
16A	Largest human cell	OVUM
17A	"Eureka" or "Crossroads of America"	STATEMOTTO
19A	Daring stadium theft	HOME
20A	It's seasoned with sake	TERIYAKI
21A	Mikasa competitor	LENOX
22A	JFK, in the '50s	SEN
23A	Filmdom's Tevye	TOPOL
26A	Hieroglyphics beasts	ASPS
28A	Distinguish	TELLAPART
32A	Short music suffix	ETTA
33A	Monkey or ape	SIMIAN
34A	__-di-dah	LAH
35A	Disapproving look	GRIMACE
37A	Anatomical innards	VISCERA
39A	Bar staple	GIN
40A	Danced dangerously	MOSHED
42A	Bison cousins	OXEN
43A	Tibetan dairy product	YAKBUTTER
45A	Trade barbs	SPAR
46A	Anderson Cooper's "American Fortune" subject	ASTOR
47A	Bug planter	SPY
48A	Weasel out of	EVADE
51A	Various additionals	ETCETERA
56A	2025 penny, mostly	ZINC
57A	Total confusion	UTTERCHAOS
59A	University of Nevada city	RENO
60A	France's longest river	LOIRE
61A	Dramatic opening	ACTI
62A	Quickly, shortly	ASAP
63A	Rainforest flier	MACAW
64A	Back in the day	ONCE

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Behind us	PAST
2D	Prefix for room or date	ANTE
3D	Sound of the surf	ROAR
4D	Curtailing cyberclutter	ANTISPAM
5D	Mideast capital	DOHA
6D	Travel-ad urging	BOOK
7D	Brisk seller	HOTITEM
8D	National Caramel Mo.	OCT
9D	Sorority letter	ETA
10D	Stud poker dealer's comment	NOHELP
11D	Olay alternative	AVON
12D	Sport in a ring	SUMO
13D	Charging option	AMEX
18D	Buds on spuds	EYES
21D	Banking business	LOANS
24D	Dickensian kid	OLIVER
25D	Checked design	PLAID
26D	Lofty lobbies	ATRIA
27D	Major outcry	STINK
28D	Connects with	TIESTO
29D	Siri relative	ALEXA
30D	More elusive	RARER
31D	Compared with	THAN
32D	Souffle-like	EGGY
33D	Name on the cover of "Maple Leaf Rag"	SCOTT
36D	Keep busy	TIEUP
38D	"Roger"	COPYTHAT
41D	Religious dissenter	HERETIC
44D	Half an interrogation team	BADCOP
45D	Risky biz	SPEC
47D	Furniture assembly accessory	SCREW
48D	Old Testament prophet	EZRA
49D	Auditions (for)	VIES
50D	Tolstoy title character	ANNA
52D	Giga- times 1,000	TERA
53D	Just for one	EACH
54D	Repetitive drill	ROTE
55D	Spelling-assistance phrase	ASIN
57D	Einstein's birthplace	ULM
58D	Start of many tribute titles	TOA