Newsday Crossword hints and answers for May 11, 2025
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Clues146
Across67
Down79
TitleHAPPY DAY: Wished for every 109-Across
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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Academic challenge (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEST→
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Embarrass (5)
Starts with A, ends with HABASH→
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Crumple up, informally (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSMUSH→
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Extended tale (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASAGA→
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Lotion ingredient (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALOE→
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Get-well program (5)
Starts with R, ends with BREHAB→
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Solitary sort (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLONER→
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Some med. plans (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHMOS→
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Droughts, floods, etc. (16)
Starts with C, ends with SCLIMATEANOMALIES→
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Granola ingredient (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
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Certain string musician (7)
Starts with H, ends with THARPIST→
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Unibody Apples (5)
Starts with I, ends with SIMACS→
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Island near Corsica (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
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Take a shot (3)
Starts with T, ends with YTRY→
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Be finicky (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFUSS→
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Byways and parkways (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROADS→
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Fitness center (3)
Starts with G, ends with MGYM→
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"School of thought" suffix (3)
Starts with I, ends with MISM→
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Heart outlet (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAORTA→
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Tanzania neighbor (6)
Starts with R, ends with ARWANDA→
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The World Is Flat author (14)
Starts with T, ends with NTHOMASFRIEDMAN→
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Large squirrel (6)
Starts with M, ends with TMARMOT→
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Visits for meals (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDINESAT→
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Confidentiality contracts: Abbr. (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNDAS→
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Orate from a pulpit (6)
Starts with P, ends with HPREACH→
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Highly principled (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMORAL→
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What a builder builds on (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLOT→
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Tax law pros (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCPAS→
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Wood-shaping tool (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELATHE→
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"Minute Waltz" composer (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCHOPIN→
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"__ no place like home" (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHERES→
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Skin specialty, for short (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDERM→
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UV-related rating (3)
Starts with S, ends with FSPF→
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Influential Swedish director (13)
Starts with I, ends with NINGMARBERGMAN→
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Poor grade (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
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Messy pile (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHEAP→
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Ate late (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSUPPED→
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Needing laundering (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSOILED→
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Mag space seller (5)
Starts with A, ends with PADREP→
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HS student's ritual (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSAT→
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Crab's leg complement (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
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Southwestern succulent (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGAVE→
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Strict disciplinarian (6)
Starts with R, ends with DRAMROD→
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Oceanic flux (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIDE→
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Red gemstones (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGARNETS→
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TV screen variety (6)
Starts with P, ends with APLASMA→
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Firefighter's visual aid (14)
Starts with T, ends with GTHERMALIMAGING→
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Piece of a pine (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENEEDLE→
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Garb in a galley (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAPRON→
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__ Geo Wild (cable channel) (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNAT→
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Runner made of fiberglass (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
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Virtuous person (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSAINT→
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Takes off (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGOES→
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Sink, as the sun (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
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Pair present in the seven longest answers (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMAMA→
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Dia de ano __ (primero de enero) (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONUEVO→
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Simple wind instrument (7)
Starts with O, ends with AOCARINA→
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Spoken out (4)
Starts with O, ends with LORAL→
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Underwater fleets of two world wars (16)
Starts with G, ends with SGERMANSUBMARINES→
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Gets ready (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPREPS→
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Computer screen typeface (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIAL→
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Purple sorbet flavor (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACAI→
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Web craft store (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
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Positive point (5)
Starts with A, ends with TASSET→
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Carbon copy, literally (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECLONE→
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Facts in files (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADATA→
Down
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RPM gauge (4)
Starts with T, ends with HTACH→
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Jazz great Fitzgerald (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
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Parisian evening (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOIR→
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Entice (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTEMPT→
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Pretentiously stylish (5)
Starts with A, ends with YARTSY→
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Borscht base (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBEET→
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"I knew it!" (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAHA→
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__ Andreas fault (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSAN→
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First cable film channel (3)
Starts with H, ends with OHBO→
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Close in anger (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSLAM→
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Grinding tooth (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMOLAR→
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Mythical equine (7)
Starts with U, ends with NUNICORN→
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Vacillate (6)
Starts with S, ends with WSEESAW→
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Timecard abbr. (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHRS→
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Hoof protector (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOE→
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Blended together (11)
Starts with A, ends with DAMALGAMATED→
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Made ends meet (5)
Starts with G, ends with YGOTBY→
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Tea of India (5)
Starts with A, ends with MASSAM→
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Ambience (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAIR→
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Sum things wrong (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMISADD→
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In favor of (3)
Starts with F, ends with RFOR→
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Sch. with a Providence campus (3)
Starts with U, ends with IURI→
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Arterial insert (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTENT→
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Not quite dry (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDAMP→
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Hostile sound (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSNARL→
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"__ better be good!" (3)
Starts with I, ends with DITD→
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Sofa leg leveler (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSHIM→
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A third of tri- (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMONO→
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Back, at sea (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAFT→
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Fearful feeling (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDREAD→
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Soldier for hire, for short (4)
Starts with M, ends with CMERC→
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Japanese beer (5)
Starts with A, ends with IASAHI→
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Stylists' workplaces (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSALONS→
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Papier-__ (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMACHE→
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Bad-mouth (7)
Starts with A, ends with EASPERSE→
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Earth tone (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOCHRE→
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Unifying idea (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEME→
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Walks with difficulty (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLIMPS→
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Not off the trail (7)
Starts with O, ends with HONAPATH→
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Inert gas in the atmosphere (5)
Starts with A, ends with NARGON→
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Circle starter (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
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PC scrolling key (4)
Starts with P, ends with PPGUP→
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Sked. placeholder (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTBD→
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Low bow (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSALAAM→
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Well-dressed (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSHARP→
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Accelerator, e.g. (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPEDAL→
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Cows, sheep, goats, etc. (11)
Starts with F, ends with SFARMANIMALS→
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Do a new knot (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERETIE→
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Oveja __ (black sheep: Sp.) (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANEGRA→
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As such (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPERSE→
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"Oh, drat!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with GDANG→
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Apples and pears (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOMES→
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What a conductor decides on (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTEMPO→
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Ore deposit (4)
Starts with V, ends with NVEIN→
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Sicilian mount (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
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Family nickname (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADADA→
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Fire-breather (6)
Starts with D, ends with NDRAGON→
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Rummy variety (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGIN→
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PD supervisor (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSGT→
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Lengths of service (7)
Starts with T, ends with STENURES→
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Consist of (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
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__ Angeles Lakers (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLOS→
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Sheets for pantry shelves (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLINERS→
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Clobbered, in the Bible (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESMOTE→
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Gold standard (5)
Starts with K, ends with TKARAT→
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City near Phoenix (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETEMPE→
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Climb up (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCALE→
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Jug handle (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
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Three-note chord (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTRIAD→
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Supportive friend (4)
Starts with A, ends with YALLY→
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Humongous (4)
Starts with V, ends with TVAST→
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Saudi Arabia neighbor (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMAN→
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Ancient llama herder (4)
Starts with I, ends with AINCA→
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Well groomed (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNEAT→
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Where most people live (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
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Dean's List no. (3)
Starts with G, ends with AGPA→
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Cul-de-__ (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
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USA.gov, for one (3)
Starts with U, ends with LURL→
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Book jacket blurb (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBIO→
How to solve the Newsday Crossword
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Newsday Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for May 11, 2025?+
146 clues: 67 Across and 79 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mark McClain.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Academic challenge (TEST); Embarrass (ABASH); Crumple up, informally (SMUSH).
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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