Newsday Crossword October 5, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from October 5, 2025.

Newsday Crossword October 5, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from October 5, 2025 contains 144 total clues—69 across and 75 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	Frozen queen	ELSA
5A	Author Santha __ Rau	RAMA
9A	Continually	EVER
13A	Chowder morsel	CLAM
17A	Ranchero's rope	RIATA
19A	Earth Day sci.	ECOL
20A	Drake or peacock	MALE
21A	Fine for Muslim diners	HALAL
23A	Cultural spirit	ETHOS
24A	Braking hastily	STOPPINGONADIME
27A	Fine dinnerware	CHINA
28A	More like butter	OILIER
29A	Each, informally	APOP
30A	Auction action	BID
31A	Residents of Trinidad's partner island	TOBAGONIANS
33A	French-style pancake houses	CREPERIES
35A	Etna output	LAVA
36A	Listing-ending abbr.	ETAL
38A	Ruthless Roman ruler	NERO
39A	That fellow	HIM
42A	Mexican mousers	GATOS
45A	It's s. of South Dakota	NEB
47A	Convex navel	OUTIE
51A	Just slightly	ATAD
53A	Strauss of pants	LEVI
54A	Leaving in a huff	STORMINGOFF
57A	'80s Indian leader Gandhi	RAJIV
59A	Ancient oracle site	DELPHI
61A	Web addrs.	IPS
62A	Emcee	HOST
63A	TV screen variety	PLASMA
65A	__-tiller (farm machine)	ROTO
66A	Typical promgoers	TEENS
68A	__ Alamos, NM	LOS
69A	Is kind and generous	HASAHEARTOFGOLD
73A	Sit-up muscles	ABS
76A	Stand in good __ (be useful)	STEAD
77A	Horn sound	TOOT
78A	Custom-make	TAILOR
82A	Web-crawling software	BOT
84A	Director Howard	RON
85A	Wearable exercise-tech brand	FITBIT
87A	Pickling liquid	BRINE
88A	'90s presidential ticket	CLINTONGORE
91A	Mine, in Montreal	AMOI
93A	Social finesse	TACT
94A	Wife of Abraham	SARAH
95A	Author Grafton	SUE
96A	"Skin" prefix	DERMO
98A	Pre-__ student	MED
99A	Edible seaweed	KELP
102A	Noticed before	SEEN
105A	__ contendere	NOLO
107A	Had priority	CAMEFIRST
111A	Of college/community relations	TOWNANDGOWN
117A	Altar constellation	ARA
118A	Cafe au __	LAIT
119A	Corsage flower	ORCHID
120A	A, as for Aristotle	ALPHA
121A	Les Miserables author	VICTORMARIEHUGO
124A	Score pretty well	GETAB
125A	Sneeze sound	ACHOO
126A	Think ahead	PLAN
127A	Blunted sword	EPEE
128A	"Jack Sprat could __ fat"	EATNO
129A	Person whacking weeds	HOER
130A	Search for	SEEK
131A	Lithuania and Latvia, in the '60s	SSRS
132A	Pair in the seven longest answers	TOGO

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Standing tall	ERECT
2D	Gallery print, briefly	LITHO
3D	Jungle Book title	SAHIB
4D	With no musical key	ATONAL
5D	Affected emotionally	RESONATED
6D	Second half of Don Giovanni	ACTII
7D	Cash, casually	MOOLA
8D	Of Swiss peaks	ALPINE
9D	Kuwait's ruler	EMIR
10D	Family transport	VAN
11D	"Pomp and Circumstance" composer	ELGAR
12D	Be back in business	REOPEN
13D	Prom attendant	CHAPERON
14D	Young fellow	LAD
15D	Courtroom claim	ALIBI
16D	White House spouse before Jackie	MAMIE
18D	For laughs	ASAGAG
22D	Some HDTV displays	LEDS
25D	Irksome person	PEST
26D	"Uh-uh"	NOPE
32D	Zero-shaped	OVAL
33D	Nile queen nickname	CLEO
34D	Bumpy	ROUGH
37D	Prefix for freeze	ANTI
39D	Angelic instrument	HARP
40D	Tilted ltrs.	ITAL
41D	Goya subject	MAJA
43D	Eaves, for instance	OVERHANGS
44D	In storage, as grain	SILOED
46D	A moment or two	BRIEFTIME
48D	Utensil, essentially	TOOL
49D	"In that case..."	IFSO
50D	Online money movements: Abbr.	EFTS
52D	Gossip, so to speak	DISHDIRT
54D	Diminutive endearment	SHORTIE
55D	Video file format	MPEG
56D	"All __ lost"	ISNOT
58D	Annual MTV prizes	VMAS
60D	HS support group	PTA
64D	Houston ballplayer	ASTRO
66D	"That's a shame"	ALAS
67D	Concrete chunk	SLAB
70D	Extremely long period	AEON
71D	Trike rider	TOT
72D	Gossip, so to speak	DISHDIRT
73D	Fundamentals	ABCS
74D	Gaucho's weapon	BOLA
75D	Commotion	STIR
79D	Actor Neeson	LIAM
80D	In years past	ONCE
81D	Sent back: Abbr.	RETD
83D	Cobra or copperhead	SNAKE
85D	At leisure	FREE
86D	Severe weather	TORNADOES
89D	What parliamentary speakers "take"	THEFLOOR
90D	Depose	OUST
92D	"That's my cue!"	IMON
97D	Geriatrics focus	OLDAGE
100D	Truth twister	LIAR
101D	Grooms carefully	PRIMPS
103D	French 101 verb	ETRE
104D	"Buenas __" (good night, in Nicaragua)	NOCHES
106D	Eye rudely	OGLEAT
107D	Vena __ (blood vessel)	CAVA
108D	"If I Were __ Man"	ARICH
109D	Ultra-manly	MACHO
110D	No longer edible	STALE
112D	Trounces, informally	WHUPS
113D	Neighbor of Chad	NIGER
114D	Decide one will	OPTTO
115D	Cymbals sound	WHANG
116D	Home planet of Leia's mom	NABOO
119D	Sty cry	OINK
122D	Sock front	TOE
123D	Actress Issa	RAE