Newsday Crossword September 2, 2025 Answers

Complete answers for the Newsday crossword puzzle from September 2, 2025.

Newsday Crossword September 2, 2025 Answers

This Newsday puzzle from September 2, 2025 contains 76 total clues—35 across and 41 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	Refuse to do something	BALK
5A	Phony deals	SCAMS
10A	Fruit that becomes a prune	PLUM
14A	Cleveland's lake	ERIE
15A	__ Carlo, Monaco	MONTE
16A	Simplify	EASE
17A	Win by a wide margin	ROMP
18A	Ahead by a pair of points	UPTWO
19A	Gush out	SPEW
20A	Meaningless show of support	EMPTYGESTURE
23A	Sample of food	TASTE
24A	Woodwind musician	FLUTIST
28A	With no skill	INEPT
32A	Exodus miracle food	MANNA
33A	Shortened "sir" counterpart	MAAM
36A	Underwater research site	SEALAB
39A	__ Jones Industrial Average	DOW
40A	Guess not based on facts	IDLESPECULATION
43A	Go bad, as vegetables	ROT
44A	Sign up formally	ENROLL
45A	Like Cheerios	OATY
46A	Pay for everyone's meal	TREAT
48A	In a crafty way	SLYLY
50A	Hot medicinal beverage	HERBTEA
53A	Book of maps	ATLAS
57A	Insincere ultimatum	HOLLOWTHREAT
61A	"Scat!"	SHOO
64A	Bugs Bunny foe Fudd	ELMER
65A	Spherical hairdo	AFRO
66A	Bartlett or Bosc	PEAR
67A	Apartment that's owned	CONDO
68A	"Believe __ not..."	ITOR
69A	Boats like Noah's	ARKS
70A	Novel plot surprise	TWIST
71A	Envelope letters for Manhattan	NYNY

Down Clues

#	Clue	Answer
1D	French flat hat	BERET
2D	Fragrance	AROMA
3D	Walks unsteadily	LIMPS
4D	Maintained a steady beat	KEPTTIME
5D	Overly confident	SMUG
6D	Manage challenges well	COPE
7D	Hill-building insects	ANTS
8D	Weekday initials	MTWTF
9D	South Korean capital	SEOUL
10D	Pre-euro Spanish coin	PESETA
11D	Once around a track	LAP
12D	Find a purpose for	USE
13D	Kitten's sound	MEW
21D	Japanese money	YEN
22D	Cuban dance	RUMBA
25D	New Delhi's nation	INDIA
26D	Nose, slangily	SNOOT
27D	Yellow-brown lion color	TAWNY
29D	Airer of NFL games	ESPN
30D	Look intently (at)	PEER
31D	Tortillas that are filled	TACOS
33D	Merriment	MIRTH
34D	Like very much	ADORE
35D	Modify	EDIT
37D	Pause in the action	LULL
38D	Partner in war	ALLY
41D	Brief quarrel	SETTO
42D	Child's choo-choo	TOYTRAIN
47D	Despises	HATES
49D	"Well, __-di-dah!"	LAH
51D	Vote into office	ELECT
52D	Give permission for	ALLOW
54D	Southpaw's nickname	LEFTY
55D	Brother of Moses	AARON
56D	Newspaper article	STORY
58D	Prefix meaning "all"	OMNI
59D	Marries	WEDS
60D	Jogging gait	TROT
61D	Pampering resort	SPA
62D	__ Majesty (queenly title)	HER
63D	Acorn producer	OAK