Newsday Crossword hints and answers for October 5, 2025
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Clues144
Across69
Down75
TitleCARRIED AWAY: With service 132-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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Frozen queen (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELSA→
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Author Santha __ Rau (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARAMA→
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Continually (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
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Chowder morsel (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCLAM→
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Ranchero's rope (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARIATA→
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Earth Day sci. (4)
Starts with E, ends with LECOL→
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Drake or peacock (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMALE→
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Fine for Muslim diners (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHALAL→
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Cultural spirit (5)
Starts with E, ends with SETHOS→
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Braking hastily (15)
Starts with S, ends with ESTOPPINGONADIME→
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Fine dinnerware (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACHINA→
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More like butter (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROILIER→
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Each, informally (4)
Starts with A, ends with PAPOP→
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Auction action (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBID→
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Residents of Trinidad's partner island (11)
Starts with T, ends with STOBAGONIANS→
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French-style pancake houses (9)
Starts with C, ends with SCREPERIES→
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Etna output (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALAVA→
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Listing-ending abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
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Ruthless Roman ruler (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONERO→
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That fellow (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHIM→
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Mexican mousers (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGATOS→
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It's s. of South Dakota (3)
Starts with N, ends with BNEB→
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Convex navel (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTIE→
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Just slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DATAD→
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Strauss of pants (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILEVI→
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Leaving in a huff (11)
Starts with S, ends with FSTORMINGOFF→
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'80s Indian leader Gandhi (5)
Starts with R, ends with VRAJIV→
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Ancient oracle site (6)
Starts with D, ends with IDELPHI→
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Web addrs. (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIPS→
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TV screen variety (6)
Starts with P, ends with APLASMA→
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__-tiller (farm machine) (4)
Starts with R, ends with OROTO→
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Typical promgoers (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
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__ Alamos, NM (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLOS→
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Is kind and generous (15)
Starts with H, ends with DHASAHEARTOFGOLD→
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Sit-up muscles (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
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Stand in good __ (be useful) (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSTEAD→
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Horn sound (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTOOT→
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Custom-make (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTAILOR→
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Web-crawling software (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOTS→
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Director Howard (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRON→
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Wearable exercise-tech brand (6)
Starts with F, ends with TFITBIT→
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Pickling liquid (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBRINE→
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'90s presidential ticket (11)
Starts with C, ends with ECLINTONGORE→
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Mine, in Montreal (4)
Starts with A, ends with IAMOI→
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Social finesse (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTACT→
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Wife of Abraham (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSARAH→
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Author Grafton (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESUE→
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"Skin" prefix (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODERMO→
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Pre-__ student (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMED→
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Edible seaweed (4)
Starts with K, ends with PKELP→
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Noticed before (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSEEN→
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__ contendere (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONOLO→
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Had priority (9)
Starts with C, ends with TCAMEFIRST→
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Of college/community relations (11)
Starts with T, ends with NTOWNANDGOWN→
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Altar constellation (3)
Starts with A, ends with AARA→
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Cafe au __ (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLAIT→
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Corsage flower (6)
Starts with O, ends with DORCHID→
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A, as for Aristotle (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALPHA→
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Les Miserables author (15)
Starts with V, ends with OVICTORMARIEHUGO→
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Score pretty well (5)
Starts with G, ends with BGETAB→
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Sneeze sound (5)
Starts with A, ends with OACHOO→
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Think ahead (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPLAN→
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Blunted sword (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
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"Jack Sprat could __ fat" (5)
Starts with E, ends with OEATNO→
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Person whacking weeds (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHOER→
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Search for (4)
Starts with S, ends with KSEEK→
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Lithuania and Latvia, in the '60s (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSRS→
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Pair in the seven longest answers (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTOGO→
Down
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Standing tall (5)
Starts with E, ends with TERECT→
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Gallery print, briefly (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLITHO→
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Jungle Book title (5)
Starts with S, ends with BSAHIB→
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With no musical key (6)
Starts with A, ends with LATONAL→
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Affected emotionally (9)
Starts with R, ends with DRESONATED→
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Second half of Don Giovanni (5)
Starts with A, ends with IACTII→
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Cash, casually (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMOOLA→
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Of Swiss peaks (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALPINE→
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Kuwait's ruler (4)
Starts with E, ends with REMIR→
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Family transport (3)
Starts with V, ends with NVAN→
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"Pomp and Circumstance" composer (5)
Starts with E, ends with RELGAR→
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Be back in business (6)
Starts with R, ends with NREOPEN→
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Prom attendant (8)
Starts with C, ends with NCHAPERON→
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Young fellow (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLAD→
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Courtroom claim (5)
Starts with A, ends with IALIBI→
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White House spouse before Jackie (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMAMIE→
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For laughs (6)
Starts with A, ends with GASAGAG→
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Some HDTV displays (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEDS→
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Irksome person (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEST→
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"Uh-uh" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOPE→
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Zero-shaped (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
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Nile queen nickname (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCLEO→
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Prefix for freeze (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
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Angelic instrument (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHARP→
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Tilted ltrs. (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITAL→
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Goya subject (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMAJA→
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Eaves, for instance (9)
Starts with O, ends with SOVERHANGS→
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In storage, as grain (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSILOED→
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A moment or two (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBRIEFTIME→
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Utensil, essentially (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTOOL→
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"In that case..." (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIFSO→
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Online money movements: Abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEFTS→
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Gossip, so to speak (4)
Starts with D, ends with HDISH→
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Diminutive endearment (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESHORTIE→
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Video file format (4)
Starts with M, ends with GMPEG→
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"All __ lost" (5)
Starts with I, ends with TISNOT→
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Annual MTV prizes (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVMAS→
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HS support group (3)
Starts with P, ends with APTA→
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Houston ballplayer (5)
Starts with A, ends with OASTRO→
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"That's a shame" (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTOOBAD→
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Concrete chunk (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSLAB→
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Extremely long period (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAEON→
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Trike rider (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTOT→
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Gossip, so to speak (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDIRT→
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Fundamentals (4)
Starts with A, ends with SABCS→
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Gaucho's weapon (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABOLA→
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Commotion (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
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Actor Neeson (4)
Starts with L, ends with MLIAM→
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In years past (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
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Sent back: Abbr. (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRETD→
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Cobra or copperhead (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESNAKE→
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At leisure (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFREE→
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Severe weather (9)
Starts with T, ends with STORNADOES→
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What parliamentary speakers "take" (8)
Starts with T, ends with RTHEFLOOR→
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Depose (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOUST→
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"That's my cue!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIMON→
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Geriatrics focus (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOLDAGE→
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Truth twister (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLIAR→
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Grooms carefully (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPRIMPS→
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French 101 verb (4)
Starts with E, ends with EETRE→
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"Buenas __" (good night, in Nicaragua) (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOCHES→
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Eye rudely (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOGLEAT→
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Vena __ (blood vessel) (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACAVA→
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"If I Were __ Man" (5)
Starts with A, ends with HARICH→
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Ultra-manly (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMACHO→
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No longer edible (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTALE→
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Trounces, informally (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWHUPS→
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Neighbor of Chad (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNIGER→
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Decide one will (5)
Starts with O, ends with OOPTTO→
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Cymbals sound (5)
Starts with W, ends with GWHANG→
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Home planet of Leia's mom (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONABOO→
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Sty cry (4)
Starts with O, ends with KOINK→
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Sock front (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETOE→
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Actress Issa (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERAE→
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Newsday Crossword tips for tomorrow
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for October 5, 2025?+
144 clues: 69 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Billie Truitt.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Frozen queen (ELSA); Author Santha __ Rau (RAMA); Continually (EVER).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
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