Newsday Crossword October 8, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from October 8, 2025.

Newsday Crossword October 8, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from October 8, 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	Mentions one-by-one	LISTS
6A	Sunbeam	RAY
9A	Home for protons	ATOM
13A	Served from a keg	ONTAP
14A	Don't include	OMIT
16A	Neither __ nor there	HERE
17A	Central Florida city	OCALA
18A	Act moody	MOPE
19A	Prayer's last word	AMEN
20A	Arabian Nights flying rug	MAGICCARPET
23A	Green holder for peas	POD
24A	Prefix like atmo-	AER
25A	Pass into law	ENACT
27A	School lunch sandwich initials	PBJ
30A	Speck of land in the sea	ISLE
33A	Ziti or spaghetti	PASTA
36A	Keogh plan alternative	IRA
37A	Exxon's former name	ESSO
38A	Try to achieve	AIMFOR
39A	Spherical vehicle for Cinderella	PUMPKINCARRIAGE
42A	Happens next	ENSUES
43A	Octet of an octopus	ARMS
44A	Light brown color	TAN
45A	Shorthand pro	STENO
46A	__ Romeo (Italian auto)	ALFA
47A	Superlative suffix	EST
48A	Pirate flag symbol	SKULL
50A	Court prosecutors: Abbr.	DAS
53A	Belly muscles	ABS
55A	Device for traveling to the future	TIMEMACHINE
61A	Increase, as weight	GAIN
63A	Song sung alone	SOLO
64A	Comfy and cozy	HOMEY
65A	Woodwind instrument	OBOE
66A	Subtle "Hey you!"	PSST
67A	Wipe clean	ERASE
68A	Polite guy	GENT
69A	Golf peg	TEE
70A	Fender bumps	DENTS

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	Weaver's device	LOOM
2D	Ancient Andes native	INCA
3D	Male deer	STAG
4D	Rocky actress Shire	TALIA
5D	Parking lot slot	SPACE
6D	Italy's capital, to natives	ROMA
7D	Love, in Spain	AMOR
8D	"Hooray!"	YIPPEE
9D	"Now I get it!"	AHA
10D	Asks for trouble	TEMPTSFATE
11D	Three-layer cookie	OREO
12D	Repair, as a blouse	MEND
15D	Adolescent	TEEN
21D	Emergency situation	CRISIS
22D	Piglike mammals	TAPIRS
26D	Female undershirt, briefly	CAMI
27D	Tubes under sinks	PIPES
28D	Main impact of a blow	BRUNT
29D	Informal jazz performance	JAMSESSION
31D	Nine-digit ID	SSN
32D	In the neighborhood	LOCAL
34D	Robes in ancient Italy	TOGAS
35D	"__ we all?"	ARENT
37D	Barely sustain	EKEOUT
38D	Warship fleet	ARMADA
40D	Young hoodlum	PUNK
41D	Comics canine's comment	ARF
46D	Not quite	ALMOST
49D	Speak like Daffy Duck	LISP
51D	Had sore muscles	ACHED
52D	Land by the sea	SHORE
53D	Extremely eager	AGOG
54D	Like a __ in the woods	BABE
56D	Other than that	ELSE
57D	Speck of dust	MOTE
58D	"Ask me, __ expert"	IMAN
59D	Sparrow's home	NEST
60D	Looks at closely	EYES
62D	After-tax	NET