Newsday Crossword June 4, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from June 4, 2025.

Newsday Crossword June 4, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from June 4, 2025 contains 78 total clues—39 across and 39 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	Removed the rind from	PARED
6A	In the vicinity	NEAR
10A	Money posted in court	BAIL
14A	Banish	EXILE
15A	Shortest-name Great Lake	ERIE
16A	Vampire novelist Rice	ANNE
17A	Revered painters such as Rembrandt and Michelangelo	OLDMASTERS
19A	Small-town groceries	IGAS
20A	Word before maiden names	NEE
21A	Hairstyles, for short	DOS
22A	Advisers for young employees	MENTORS
24A	Nintendo competitor	SEGA
25A	Fair-hiring initials	EOE
26A	Regret	RUE
27A	Massachusetts or Vermont	NEWENGLANDSTATE
32A	Similar (to)	AKIN
33A	Tree that sounds like "you"	YEW
34A	HBO rival	SHO
35A	Cooler brand named for a Himalayan legend	YETI
36A	Tool with teeth	SAW
38A	Odor sensor	NOSE
42A	Halloween mo.	OCT
45A	Tear apart	REND
47A	Become taller	GROW
48A	Took an unnecessary risk	BORROWEDTROUBLE
53A	Valedictorian's class rank	ONE
54A	54, in Roman numerals	LIV
55A	Add employees	HIRE
56A	Pizzeria herb	OREGANO
58A	Gardening tool	RAKE
59A	Noah's construction	ARK
62A	Said, as a farewell	BADE
63A	County fair first prize	BLUERIBBON
66A	Don't include	OMIT
67A	Villainous	EVIL
68A	Because of	DUETO
69A	__ out (doesn't participate)	OPTS
70A	Homeowner's document	DEED
71A	Balance-sheet plus	ASSET

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Lowly worker	PEON
2D	Wheel shaft	AXLE
3D	Roller coaster or carousel	RIDE
4D	Street often close to Oak	ELM
5D	Make numb, as teeth	DEADEN
6D	Revenue minus refunds	NETSALES
7D	Before, in poems	ERE
8D	Guys piloting fighter planes	AIRMEN
9D	Does some lawn repair	RESEEDS
10D	Worm on a fishhook	BAIT
11D	Fine wool fabric	ANGORA
12D	Trapped by routine	INARUT
13D	Rent payer	LESSEE
18D	Overly wet	SOGGY
23D	Small snack	NOSH
24D	Prom attendee	SENIOR
27D	Thumbs-down vote	NAY
28D	__ out a living	EKE
29D	Verbal cleverness	WIT
30D	Oscar or Emmy	AWARD
31D	__-in-cheek (not serious)	TONGUE
37D	Didn't reveal, as info	WITHHELD
39D	Poetic sphere	ORB
40D	Note after fa	SOL
41D	Lamb's parent	EWE
43D	Brown soda	COLA
44D	Dorm room sleeping spot	TWINBED
46D	Earlier in time	PRIOR
48D	Silly mistake	GOOF
49D	Highway entrance	RAMP
50D	Amend further	REEDIT
51D	Develop gradually	EVOLVE
52D	Tater Tots company	OREIDA
57D	Obtains	GETS
59D	$5 bills, informally	ABES
60D	Repetitive learning	ROTE
61D	Pretzel shape	KNOT
64D	180 degree turn, slangily	UIE
65D	Vehicle for school kids	BUS