Newsday Crossword hints and answers for April 13, 2025
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Clues144
Across69
Down75
TitleMAKING ENDS MEET: While saving space
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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Retail transaction (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESALE→
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"Cool" rapper (4)
Starts with I, ends with TICET→
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Get __ for (become comfortable with) (5)
Starts with A, ends with LAFEEL→
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Shrubby wasteland (5)
Starts with H, ends with HHEATH→
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Large atlas section (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
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Gondolier's propeller (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLE→
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Oath-taking book (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBIBLE→
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Sharp river bend (5)
Starts with O, ends with WOXBOW→
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Hymn performers (9)
Starts with C, ends with RCHURCHOIR→
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"La Mer" composer (11)
Starts with C, ends with YCLAUDEBUSSY→
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"Pressure" appliances (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCOOKERS→
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Advil alternative (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTYLENOL→
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Farthest orbital distance from the moon (7)
Starts with A, ends with EAPOLUNE→
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'70s tennis star (4)
Starts with A, ends with EASHE→
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Dislike a lot (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDETEST→
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Gondolier's workplace (6)
Starts with V, ends with EVENICE→
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Infant (4)
Starts with B, ends with YBABY→
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Garfield cartoonist (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDAVIS→
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Prefix meaning "modern" (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
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Designer Lauren (5)
Starts with R, ends with HRALPH→
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Cruise accommodations (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCABINS→
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National Gratitude Mo. (3)
Starts with N, ends with VNOV→
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"I'm impressed!" (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGEE→
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Egyptian goddess (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISIS→
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Seeing a UFO, perhaps (12)
Starts with A, ends with RALIENCOUNTER→
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The "not good" cholesterol (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLDL→
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Novelist Deighton (3)
Starts with L, ends with NLEN→
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Wryly amusing (5)
Starts with D, ends with LDROLL→
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Without plans (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFREE→
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Mentally quick (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGILE→
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Constructs (6)
Starts with E, ends with SERECTS→
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Elvis-era sound systems (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHIFIS→
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Belittles (6)
Starts with A, ends with SABASES→
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Jokes you haven't heard before (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNEWONES→
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Tennis Grand Slam city (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPARIS→
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Predicaments (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPLIGHTS→
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Bleak assessment (6)
Starts with I, ends with DITSBAD→
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Venerable beer brand (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPABST→
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Honor Thy Father author (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETALESE→
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Secured, as gift wrapping (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTAPED→
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Shortest-name Great Lake (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
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Starry, woolly beast (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARIES→
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DC water watcher (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
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Southwestern creek (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARIA→
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Murder, She Wrote star (12)
Starts with A, ends with YANGELANSBURY→
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What an email folder is for (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSPAM→
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Yodeler's perch (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
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Fleecy boot (3)
Starts with U, ends with GUGG→
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Bygone Seattle hoopsters (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSONICS→
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Lecterns (5)
Starts with P, ends with APODIA→
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NFL kickoff elevator (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
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Horse handler (5)
Starts with G, ends with MGROOM→
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Henri's head (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETETE→
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Parts of a smiley face emoticon (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCOLONS→
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Missteps (6)
Starts with E, ends with SERRORS→
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Nautical direction (4)
Starts with A, ends with EALEE→
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River spanners (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBRIDGES→
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Castro colleague (7)
Starts with G, ends with AGUEVARA→
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Lettuce variety (7)
Starts with R, ends with EROMAINE→
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Requiring careful input, as passwords (11)
Starts with C, ends with ECASENSITIVE→
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The A-team (9)
Starts with F, ends with GFIRSTRING→
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Young hooter (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOWLET→
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How air fresheners may smell (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPINEY→
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Escape in a rush (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFLEE→
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Duel tool (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
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Surface shine (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGLOSS→
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Prolong a gaze (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTARE→
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Tops with turf (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSODS→
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Wonderland bird (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODODO→
Down
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Kangaroo pouch, e.g. (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSAC→
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Blond shade (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
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Lucy of Elementary (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULIU→
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Lobe adornments (8)
Starts with E, ends with SEARCLIPS→
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Samsung Galaxy rival (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIPHONE→
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Sam who sang "You Send Me" (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECOOKE→
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Author Wiesel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
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Guam, to the US (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTERR→
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"Easy as" letters (3)
Starts with A, ends with CABC→
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Laundry challenge (5)
Starts with F, ends with HFILTH→
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Sold in Web auctions (6)
Starts with E, ends with DEBAYED→
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Hebrew month (4)
Starts with E, ends with LELUL→
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Intro, in journalese (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELEDE→
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Rail-riding wanderers (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHOBOES→
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Jump for joy (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEXULT→
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Belly muscles (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
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Lean-__ (sheds) (3)
Starts with T, ends with STOS→
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Rd. without traffic lights (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHWY→
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Cushiony seating (5)
Starts with C, ends with HCOUCH→
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Salad green (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENDIVE→
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Polio vaccine developer (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSABIN→
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Month before mai (5)
Starts with A, ends with LAVRIL→
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"__ porridge hot..." (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPEASE→
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Buzzfeed.com, for instance (13)
Starts with O, ends with RONLINEWSPAPER→
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Harmony, for short (4)
Starts with S, ends with CSYNC→
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Shaggy herder (13)
Starts with E, ends with GENGLISHEEPDOG→
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Tiny sprouter (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSEEDLET→
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Made like sandals (7)
Starts with T, ends with STOELESS→
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Leaves in a rush (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBAILS→
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Genesis sibling (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
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Two of Henry VIII's six (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANNES→
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Cast a ballot (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVOTE→
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Thickens, as cream (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCLOTS→
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Underside of an eave (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSOFFIT→
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Loblike (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARCED→
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Exodus author (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURIS→
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Pasteur vaccine target (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRABIES→
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Response to "Gracias" (6)
Starts with D, ends with ADENADA→
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Stand-up material (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGAGS→
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Jurist's attire (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROBE→
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__ corpus (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHABEAS→
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W-2 addressee (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
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Back street (5)
Starts with A, ends with YALLEY→
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Fertilizer compound (7)
Starts with N, ends with ENITRATE→
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Web merchant (7)
Starts with E, ends with RETAILER→
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Sandbox bucket (4)
Starts with P, ends with LPAIL→
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Twosomes (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPAIRS→
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Italian 57-Down (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPREGO→
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Cease-fire (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUCE→
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Toaster waffle name (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEGGO→
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Slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABIT→
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Common Sense author (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPAINE→
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Stock up on (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAMASS→
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Ward staff (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNURSES→
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Music score symbol (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTE→
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Scornful smile (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSNEER→
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Bonded using metal (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLDERED→
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Remark's motive (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPOINT→
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Porker's plaints (6)
Starts with G, ends with SGRUNTS→
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Yacht spot (6)
Starts with M, ends with AMARINA→
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Dire situations (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCRISES→
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S-shaped moldings (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOGEES→
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33-Across contemporary (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLAVER→
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Made public (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBARED→
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Bigwigs, briefly (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVIPS→
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Squabbling (4)
Starts with A, ends with TATIT→
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Sign-__ (farewells) (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOFFS→
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Venus de __ (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMILO→
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Gear tooth (3)
Starts with C, ends with GCOG→
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Leather tool (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAWL→
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__-mo replay (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSLO→
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Watch carefully (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEYE→
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Nasdaq debut (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIPO→
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Homer Simpson's neighbor (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
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Prefix for thermal (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGEO→
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for April 13, 2025?+
144 clues: 69 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Gary M. Larson.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Retail transaction (SALE); "Cool" rapper (ICET); Get __ for (become comfortable with) (AFEEL).
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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