Newsday Crossword May 11, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from May 11, 2025.

Newsday Crossword May 11, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from May 11, 2025 contains 146 total clues—67 across and 79 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	Academic challenge	TEST
5A	Embarrass	ABASH
10A	Crumple up, informally	SMUSH
15A	Extended tale	SAGA
19A	Lotion ingredient	ALOE
20A	Get-well program	REHAB
21A	Solitary sort	LONER
22A	Some med. plans	HMOS
23A	Droughts, floods, etc.	CLIMATEANOMALIES
26A	Granola ingredient	OATS
27A	Certain string musician	HARPIST
28A	Unibody Apples	IMACS
29A	Island near Corsica	ELBA
30A	Take a shot	TRY
31A	Be finicky	FUSS
34A	Byways and parkways	ROADS
37A	Fitness center	GYM
38A	"School of thought" suffix	ISM
41A	Heart outlet	AORTA
42A	Tanzania neighbor	RWANDA
44A	The World Is Flat author	THOMASFRIEDMAN
50A	Large squirrel	MARMOT
53A	Visits for meals	DINESAT
54A	Confidentiality contracts: Abbr.	NDAS
55A	Orate from a pulpit	PREACH
56A	Highly principled	MORAL
57A	What a builder builds on	LOT
59A	Tax law pros	CPAS
62A	Wood-shaping tool	ADZ
63A	"Minute Waltz" composer	CHOPIN
65A	"__ no place like home"	THERES
67A	Skin specialty, for short	DERM
68A	UV-related rating	SPF
71A	Influential Swedish director	INGMARBERGMAN
74A	Poor grade	DEE
75A	Messy pile	HEAP
77A	Ate late	SUPPED
78A	Needing laundering	SOILED
80A	Mag space seller	ADREP
82A	HS student's ritual	PSAT
83A	Crab's leg complement	TEN
84A	Southwestern succulent	AGAVE
87A	Strict disciplinarian	RAMROD
89A	Oceanic flux	TIDE
91A	Red gemstones	GARNETS
93A	TV screen variety	PLASMA
94A	Firefighter's visual aid	THERMALIMAGING
97A	Piece of a pine	NEEDLE
99A	Garb in a galley	APRON
100A	__ Geo Wild (cable channel)	NAT
101A	Runner made of fiberglass	SKI
103A	Virtuous person	SAINT
105A	Takes off	GOES
106A	Sink, as the sun	SET
109A	Pair present in the seven longest answers	MAMA
111A	Dia de ano __ (primero de enero)	NUEVO
113A	Simple wind instrument	OCARINA
117A	Spoken out	ORAL
118A	Underwater fleets of two world wars	GERMANSUBMARINES
122A	Lofty	TALL
123A	Gets ready	PREPARES
124A	Computer screen typeface	ARIAL
125A	Purple sorbet flavor	ACAI
126A	Web craft store	ETSY
127A	Positive point	ASSET
128A	Carbon copy, literally	CLONE
129A	Facts in files	DATA

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	RPM gauge	TACH
2D	Jazz great Fitzgerald	ELLA
3D	Parisian evening	SOIR
4D	Entice	TEMPT
5D	Pretentiously stylish	ARTSY
6D	Borscht base	BEETS
7D	"I knew it!"	AHA
8D	__ Andreas fault	SAN
9D	First cable film channel	HBO
10D	Close in anger	SLAM
11D	Grinding tooth	MOLAR
12D	Mythical equine	UNICORN
13D	Vacillate	SEESAW
14D	Timecard abbr.	HRS
15D	Hoof protector	SHOE
16D	Blended together	AMALGAMATED
17D	Made ends meet	GOTBY
18D	Tea of India	ASSAM
24D	Ambience	AURA
25D	Sum things wrong	MISADD
31D	In favor of	PRO
32D	Sch. with a Providence campus	URI
33D	Arterial insert	STENT
35D	Not quite dry	DAMP
36D	Hostile sound	SNARL
38D	"__ better be good!"	ITD
39D	Sofa leg leveler	SHIM
40D	A third of tri-	MONO
41D	Back, at sea	AFT
43D	Fearful feeling	ANGST
45D	Soldier for hire, for short	MERC
46D	Japanese beer	ASAHI
47D	Stylists' workplaces	SALONS
48D	Papier-__	MACHE
49D	Bad-mouth	ASPERSE
51D	Earth tone	OCHER
52D	Unifying idea	THEME
57D	Walks with difficulty	LIMPS
58D	Not off the trail	ONAPATH
60D	Inert gas in the atmosphere	ARGON
61D	Circle starter	SEMI
64D	PC scrolling key	PGUP
65D	Sked. placeholder	TBD
66D	Low bow	SALAAM
68D	Well-dressed	SHARP
69D	Accelerator, e.g.	PEDAL
70D	Cows, sheep, goats, etc.	FARMANIMALS
72D	Do a new knot	RETIE
73D	Oveja __ (black sheep: Sp.)	NEGRA
76D	As such	PERSE
79D	"Oh, drat!"	DARNIT
81D	Apples and pears	POMES
83D	What a conductor decides on	TEMPO
85D	Ore deposit	LODE
86D	Sicilian mount	ETNA
88D	Family nickname	MAMA
90D	Fire-breather	DRAGON
91D	Rummy variety	CANASTA
92D	PD supervisor	SGT
94D	Lengths of service	TENURES
95D	Consist of	ARE
96D	__ Angeles Lakers	LOS
98D	Sheets for pantry shelves	LINERS
101D	Clobbered, in the Bible	SMOTE
102D	Gold standard	KARAT
104D	City near Phoenix	TEMPE
106D	Climb up	SCALE
107D	Jug handle	EAR
108D	Three-note chord	TRIAD
110D	Supportive friend	ALLY
112D	Humongous	VAST
113D	Saudi Arabia neighbor	OMAN
114D	Ancient llama herder	INCA
115D	Well groomed	NEAT
116D	Where most people live	ASIA
118D	Dean's List no.	GPA
119D	Cul-de-__	SAC
120D	USA.gov, for one	URL
121D	Book jacket blurb	BIO