Newsday Crossword May 31, 2025 Answers

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

Newsday Crossword May 31, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from May 31, 2025 contains 66 total clues—31 across and 35 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	Where locks are picked	WIGSHOPS
9A	9 North African citadel	CASBAH
15A	15 Talent scout's rave	ANATURAL
16A	16 Mutated gene	ALLELE
17A	17 Plan on it	INTENDTO
18A	18 Valencian frypan, or a meal cooked in it	PAELLA
19A	19 Capote contemporary	TALESE
20A	20 Was threatening	MENACED
21A	21 Sheik's peer	EMIR
22A	22 Carried on	RAGED
25A	25 Coffee cup holder	ZARF
26A	26 Upped the pressure on	DENSIFIED
28A	28 Disney doggie daddy	PONGO
29A	29 Carroll's Alice... self-depiction	DODO
30A	30 Spat's close relative	GAITER
31A	31 BBC's home, as often announced	CENTRALLONDON
35A	35 Sheik's "Peace"	SALAAM
36A	36 Bamboo kin	OATS
37A	37 Poe culprit	ORANG
38A	38 Ergs, dynes, etc.	CGSSYSTEM
43A	43 It's northeast of Sacramento on I-80	RENO
44A	44 Unsupported assertion	SAYSO
45A	45 "Terrible swift sword" user	HOWE
46A	46 Connecting	BETWEEN
48A	48 Valueless?	AMORAL
50A	50 Attain great achievement	ARRIVE
51A	51 Maltese cross candidate	PEKINESE
53A	53 Was misty	TEARED
54A	54 When pros don't play	OPENDATE
55A	55 Disaster in Dearborn subjects	EDSELS
56A	56 Throws off	RADIATES

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Didn't dash off	WAITED
2D	Titularly	INNAME
3D	Any of a country music trio	GATLIN
4D	Stock options	STEERS
5D	Wild bunch	HUNS
6D	Detachable document	ORDERFORM
7D	Too slick	PAT
8D	Cal Poly U. city	SLO
9D	Turned out like Sherlock	CAPED
10D	He's into financial analysis	ALAN
11D	Creep	INCH
12D	Flowing operatic interpretation	BELCANTO
13D	Mold spores, to many	ALLERGEN
14D	Betake yourself towards	HEADFOR
20D	__ tech	MED
23D	It's on John's Tony	AIDA
24D	Rock band's discipline	GEOLOGY
27D	MyFamily Rainbow Bone, e.g.	IDTAG
28D	American Violet Society specimen	PANSY
30D	Paid too much	GOTSOAKED
31D	Sped rashly	CAREERED
32D	Korean compacts	ELANTRAS
33D	Molecular-scale superconductor	NANOWIRE
34D	"A __ to stray in dreams of love": Flaubert	LASS
35D	Compound in supermarket soups and sauces	SORBATE
38D	Know how to	CAN
39D	First in episodic drama creation	SHONDA
40D	Attempted to unwrap	TOREAT
41D	Tech scraps	EWASTE
42D	Messy scraps	MELEES
44D	Origin metaphor	SEEDS
47D	It's on the Motorcycle Hall of Fame roster	EVEL
49D	Far from megalo-	MINI
51D	__ la manana (in the morning)	POR
52D	Lake chlorophyll monitor	EPA