Newsday Crossword hints and answers for February 8, 2025
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Clues70
Across33
Down37
TitleSATURDAY STUMPER
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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Necesidad de la vida (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAGUA→
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People playing in vehicles (10)
Starts with M, ends with SMOVIESTARS→
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Vehicle storage site (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBARN→
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Music to a gossip's ears (10)
Starts with I, ends with AIHADNOIDEA→
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Bio of a sort (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOBIT→
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Dumping (10)
Starts with S, ends with FSELLINGOFF→
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It can't wait (10)
Starts with U, ends with DURGENTNEED→
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Home port of the brigantine Niagara (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
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With 61-Across, it might make fans louder (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
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Town that presents the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAYR→
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Guitar sequence (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFRETS→
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Over the moon in Mexico (5)
Starts with F, ends with ZFELIZ→
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Alternates registers very quickly (6)
Starts with Y, ends with SYODELS→
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What impatient people don't have (6)
Starts with A, ends with YALLDAY→
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Chief proponent (4)
Starts with G, ends with UGURU→
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Where a toy hits the floor (3)
Starts with P, ends with WPAW→
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Neither foggy nor windy (15)
Starts with C, ends with ECLEARANDCONCISE→
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Summit lengthener (3)
Starts with E, ends with REER→
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What anything can be in front of (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
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Some field-hockey fashion (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSKORTS→
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Descriptor of two South American countries (6)
Starts with I, ends with DINLAND→
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What flashing or swelling is symptomatic of (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOPART→
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Putting concern (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLOPE→
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Asian capital-list leader (3)
Starts with A, ends with UABU→
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Pivotal point, perhaps (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
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Night light sight (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMOTH→
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Traditional origin of rebellion (10)
Starts with E, ends with SEARLYTEENS→
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Saluting (10)
Starts with I, ends with OINHOMAGETO→
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Symbols for reflectivity or resistivity (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRHOS→
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Bestrode precariously (10)
Starts with T, ends with NTEETEREDON→
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See 22-Across (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAME→
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Going off a lot (10)
Starts with E, ends with EERRORPRONE→
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Olympians swore oaths on it (4)
Starts with S, ends with XSTYX→
Down
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Major attitude adjustment (9)
Starts with A, ends with EABOUTFACE→
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Xena's sidekick (9)
Starts with G, ends with EGABRIELLE→
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1999 biography subtitled "Magician or Mystic?" (9)
Starts with U, ends with RURIGELLER→
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What seals the deal? (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
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Ill-defined (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMISTY→
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Short-story award eponym (6)
Starts with O, ends with YOHENRY→
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The world, figuratively (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVALE→
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Senseless (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
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Town on the Chisholm Trail (4)
Starts with E, ends with DENID→
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Most common labor issue (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
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Fireballs (6)
Starts with T, ends with STIGERS→
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Eat up (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADORE→
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Fresh supply (5)
Starts with R, ends with TREFIT→
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Places where numbers are dialed (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAFES→
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Citizen of the "Arab capital of Israel" (8)
Starts with N, ends with ENAZARENE→
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Not pass enough, perhaps (8)
Starts with F, ends with TFLUNKOUT→
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43rd st. (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIDA→
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Name on the cover of A Bad Parent's Garden of Verse (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOGDEN→
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He outranks a comte (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDUC→
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Jung's "principle of relationship" (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEROS→
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Online "Ultimate Guide to the South" (4)
Starts with Y, ends with LYALL→
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It's often felt on Halloween (9)
Starts with P, ends with TPIRATEHAT→
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Field where Arabic etymologies are common (9)
Starts with A, ends with YASTRONOMY→
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Region bordering Greater London (9)
Starts with W, ends with XWESTESSEX→
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Fort Meade-based org. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
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Baton twirler (3)
Starts with C, ends with PCOP→
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Former Apple snap importer (6)
Starts with I, ends with OIPHOTO→
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Bond of the '80s (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDALTON→
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Buffet, old-style (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESMITE→
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Unlikely host (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLONER→
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Last choice, often (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROTHER→
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How squeakers are typically lost (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBYONE→
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My Darling Clementine lead (4)
Starts with E, ends with PEARP→
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School-__ (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAGER→
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Result of a fashion emergency (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREDO→
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__ per second (power measure) (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERGS→
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Loup de __ (old salt: Fr.) (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMER→
How to solve the Newsday Crossword
Fill the 15x15 grid so every Across and Down answer matches its clue. The title at the top hints at the theme. Our answer pages list every clue in order with its answer behind a reveal button, and link to a page for each individual clue.
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Newsday Crossword tips for tomorrow
- Use the title. Newsday puzzles are titled, and the title nearly always explains the theme entries.
- Know the pseudonyms. Puzzles by "Lester Ruff" are easier; "Anna Stiga" is Stan again, backwards, and tougher.
- Expect the Stumper to be brutal. Saturday clues are deliberately vague. Fill short words first and let crossings carry you.
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Newsday Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for February 8, 2025?+
70 clues: 33 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Frank Longo.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Necesidad de la vida (AGUA); People playing in vehicles (MOVIESTARS); Vehicle storage site (BARN).
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?+
Every puzzle in our archive has its own page with all answers and a page per clue.
