Newsday Crossword hints and answers for August 31, 2025
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Clues144
Across68
Down76
TitleB4 NOW: With a befitting letter repeating
Today’s Newsday Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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Roll with a hole (5)
Starts with B, ends with LBAGEL→
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Parakeet's home (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAGE→
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__ boom (jet sound) (5)
Starts with S, ends with CSONIC→
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Shed feathers (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOLT→
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Portion out (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALLOT→
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Squashed circle (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
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__-Saxon language (5)
Starts with A, ends with OANGLO→
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Flat-box furniture seller (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
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Some energetic newborns (16)
Starts with B, ends with SBOUNCINGBABYBOYS→
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Gator cousin (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCROC→
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Bids "bon voyage!" to (7)
Starts with S, ends with FSEESOFF→
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John Major successor (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBLAIR→
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__ de Bergerac (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCYRANO→
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French wine region (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALSACE→
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Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPDAS→
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Winning tic-tac-toe line (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOOO→
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Second Beatle to be knighted (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORINGO→
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Deliver disillusionment (15)
Starts with B, ends with EBURSTONESBUBBLE→
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Marriages (6)
Starts with U, ends with SUNIONS→
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Clairvoyance, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
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Italian Almighty (3)
Starts with D, ends with ODIO→
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Second showing (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRERUN→
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End of Barnum's century (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMCM→
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Woolly female (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
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Diamond arbiter (3)
Starts with U, ends with PUMP→
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Lost traction (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSLID→
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Peach State sch. (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUGA→
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Murmuring water (13)
Starts with B, ends with KBABBLINGBROOK→
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Germ-free (7)
Starts with A, ends with CASEPTIC→
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Auction provision (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
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Nary a soul (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENONE→
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Smile broadly (4)
Starts with B, ends with MBEAM→
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Special flair (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTALENT→
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Clutter-clearing event (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETAGSALE→
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Singing syllables (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATRALALA→
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State of servitude (6)
Starts with T, ends with LTHRALL→
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Salary (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWAGE→
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Outward manner (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMIEN→
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Doze, with "out" (4)
Starts with Z, ends with KZONK→
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Minnie Mouse accessory (7)
Starts with H, ends with WHAIRBOW→
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Fred Flintstone catchphrase (13)
Starts with Y, ends with OYABBADABBADOO→
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German conjunction (3)
Starts with U, ends with DUND→
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Astounded (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAWED→
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Twofold: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDBL→
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Performing pair (3)
Starts with D, ends with ODUO→
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Ike's WWII domain (3)
Starts with E, ends with OETO→
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Rapinoe of soccer fame (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMEGAN→
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Emeril exclamation (3)
Starts with B, ends with MBAM→
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Big name in bowling centers (3)
Starts with A, ends with FAMF→
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Accesses an account (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLOGSIN→
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"Farewell" song in Sleepless in Seattle (15)
Starts with B, ends with DBYEBYEBLACKBIRD→
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Zen riddles (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKOANS→
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Rustic lodgings (3)
Starts with I, ends with NINN→
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Great enthusiasm (4)
Starts with E, ends with NELAN→
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Deceives (6)
Starts with L, ends with OLIESTO→
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Informal acknowledgment (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIGETYA→
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Unable to escape (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTREED→
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Disoriented (7)
Starts with I, ends with EINADAZE→
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Without help (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOLO→
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Fruity deep-dish pie (16)
Starts with B, ends with RBLUEBERRYCOBBLER→
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Auctioneer's exclamation (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLD→
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Roundup rope (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLASSO→
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Portion (out) (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMETE→
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Tag in a blouse (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLABEL→
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Emulated (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAPED→
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Olympic blades (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEPEES→
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PO Box, for instance (4)
Starts with A, ends with RADDR→
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Wipe clean (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERASE→
Down
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Streisand nickname (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBABS→
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Skin cream soother (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
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Model builder's tube (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLUE→
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In the remote past (7)
Starts with E, ends with OEONSAGO→
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USAF rank above Major (9)
Starts with L, ends with LLTCOLONEL→
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Informal discussion (6)
Starts with C, ends with BCONFAB→
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MLB stat (3)
Starts with A, ends with GAVG→
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Chatterboxes (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGABBERS→
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Mideast airline (4)
Starts with E, ends with LELAL→
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Tie the knot (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSAYIDO→
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Consistent with a public image (7)
Starts with O, ends with DONBRAND→
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Intl. Red Cross, for instance (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONGO→
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Affectionate text message (3)
Starts with I, ends with YILY→
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Big Apple suburb in Connecticut (6)
Starts with C, ends with BCOSCOB→
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Tiny organism (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMICROBE→
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Creole cooking staple (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOKRA→
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Stalin critic Trotsky (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLEON→
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Salsa-topped snack (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTACO→
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Hypotheticals (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
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Protestant denom. (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAPT→
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"Pass out the cards, please" (8)
Starts with Y, ends with LYOURDEAL→
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Signal to speak (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECUE→
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Dos times tres (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEIS→
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Caribbean dance (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARUMBA→
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Ancient South Americans (5)
Starts with I, ends with SINCAS→
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Rain clouds (5)
Starts with N, ends with INIMBI→
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Urge (on) (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSPUR→
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Fa followers (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOLA→
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Big bully (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBRUTE→
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Haul through the door (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLUGIN→
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Put into effect (5)
Starts with E, ends with TENACT→
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"...Sweet Chariot" imperative (8)
Starts with S, ends with WSWINGLOW→
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Grandson of Adam (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
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Swarm around (3)
Starts with M, ends with BMOB→
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Rhymester (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPOET→
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City on two continents (8)
Starts with I, ends with LISTANBUL→
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Rigel's "secondary" classification (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBSTAR→
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Chew like a squirrel (4)
Starts with G, ends with WGNAW→
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Stop, at sea (5)
Starts with B, ends with YBELAY→
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Hindu destiny (5)
Starts with K, ends with AKARMA→
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City square (5)
Starts with P, ends with APLAZA→
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Christmas song milker (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMAID→
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Capital NW of Hartford (8)
Starts with A, ends with YALBANYNY→
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Quaint plaint (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
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Principal role (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEAD→
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Glove part (5)
Starts with T, ends with BTHUMB→
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Trivial Pursuit co-creator Chris (5)
Starts with H, ends with YHANEY→
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Mountain chain (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERIDGE→
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Diminish (3)
Starts with E, ends with BEBB→
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Port south of Kyiv (5)
Starts with O, ends with AODESA→
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Away from the office (5)
Starts with N, ends with NNOTIN→
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Contemporary sculptor Jeff (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKOONS→
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James __ Space Telescope (4)
Starts with W, ends with BWEBB→
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Spill a secret (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBLAB→
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Library furniture (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBOOKTABLE→
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Wide valley (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDALE→
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Somewhat strange (7)
Starts with A, ends with DABITODD→
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Like a fictional falcon (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMALTESE→
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Kesey nurse Ratched (7)
Starts with M, ends with DMILDRED→
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"TGI" day (3)
Starts with F, ends with IFRI→
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Hershey chocolate "guy" (7)
Starts with G, ends with RGOODBAR→
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Make possible (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENABLE→
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Marathoners "load" them (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCARBOS→
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Midleg joint (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKNEE→
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Frost remover (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDEICER→
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__-Cone (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSNO→
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Barbie actress Rae (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISSA→
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Sticky substance (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGOOP→
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Parisian pronoun (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
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Humorist Bombeck (4)
Starts with E, ends with AERMA→
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Actress Jessica (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALBA→
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Snoring symbols (4)
Starts with Z, ends with SZEES→
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Whodunit author __ Stanley Gardner (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERLE→
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Luxury metaphor (3)
Starts with L, ends with PLAP→
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Application (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
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Since Jan. 1 (3)
Starts with Y, ends with DYTD→
How to solve the Newsday Crossword
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Newsday Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for August 31, 2025?+
144 clues: 68 Across and 76 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Billie Truitt.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Roll with a hole (BAGEL); Parakeet's home (CAGE); __ boom (jet sound) (SONIC).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
Where can I find past Newsday Crossword answers?+
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