Newsday Crossword hints and answers for February 15, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
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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Projects needing sets (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFILMS→
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Name evoking "a fish!" in an 1982 movie (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGARP→
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Apollo 11 landed in one (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMARE→
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Yucca cousin (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGAVE→
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Verbal nod (4)
Starts with I, ends with EISEE→
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Global transportation company (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
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Person needing sets (10)
Starts with C, ends with TCOMPLETIST→
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Escapist vehicle? (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRAFT→
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Gillette introduction of 1979 (10)
Starts with E, ends with EERASERMATE→
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Mag with a Celebrity Style Web page (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
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The UAW was founded within it (3)
Starts with C, ends with OCIO→
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Window shade part (6)
Starts with R, ends with RROLLER→
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Surname of three siblings who each wrote an 1847 novel (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBRONTE→
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Clever move (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGAMBIT→
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Stretches, for example (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLIMOS→
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Palm product (9)
Starts with H, ends with THULASKIRT→
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Ideally (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTOAT→
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Mineral mined in the Mojave (5)
Starts with B, ends with XBORAX→
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Word in the etymology of "admiral" (4)
Starts with E, ends with REMIR→
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Taxing (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSTRENUOUS→
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Sculpture in a Vatican basilica (5)
Starts with P, ends with APIETA→
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Expresses discontent, in a way (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTOMPS→
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Great-aunt who takes in David Copperfield (6)
Starts with B, ends with YBETSEY→
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Has no use for (6)
Starts with A, ends with SABHORS→
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House __ (3)
Starts with C, ends with TCAT→
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Plans for the future (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRAS→
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Reuben Award comic of 2004 (10)
Starts with R, ends with EROSEISROSE→
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Overused eBay adjective (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERARE→
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Strikingly different (10)
Starts with U, ends with XUNORTHODOX→
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Wrongdoing (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
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What Watt was (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
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Descriptor defined by the National Institutes of Health (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOBESE→
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Remove for checking, perhaps (4)
Starts with D, ends with FDOFF→
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Sources of some scratches (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
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Valuables in certain Manila envelopes (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPESOS→
Down
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Public persona (4)
Starts with F, ends with EFACE→
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Radcliffe role in Victor Frankenstein (4)
Starts with I, ends with RIGOR→
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Tibetan for ''superior one'' (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALAMA→
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They're outstanding in their fields (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMVPS→
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Commissions (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSELECTS→
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Scene of the crime in A Few Good Men (5)
Starts with G, ends with OGITMO→
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The Romans' name for Turkey (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
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Place for a chin on a violin (4)
Starts with R, ends with TREST→
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Woodstock '99 poster designer (8)
Starts with P, ends with XPETERMAX→
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A noticeable improvement (10)
Starts with M, ends with TMORELIKEIT→
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Continuously (10)
Starts with A, ends with SATALLTIMES→
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What the Lexington Minuteman statue holds (5)
Starts with R, ends with ERIFLE→
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Source of an ale's fruity flavor (5)
Starts with E, ends with RESTER→
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Shipwreck divers' mecca (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
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Dated, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOBS→
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Martha Stewart makes them with basil leaves and homemade mayo (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBLTS→
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__ gear (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRIOT→
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Hubby in Funny Girl (10)
Starts with O, ends with FOMARSHARIF→
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Reminder starter (10)
Starts with N, ends with FNOTETOSELF→
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Respected elders (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGURUS→
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Regrettably (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALAS→
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Ring, essentially (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHOOP→
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Frat initiation, e.g. (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERITE→
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What a toolbox may hold (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTRAY→
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Less-than-elegant exit (8)
Starts with B, ends with HBUMSRUSH→
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It's often seen between here and there (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
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Place to buy bowls and beds (7)
Starts with P, ends with PPETSHOP→
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Badger (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAIT→
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Was on (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAIRED→
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Basic cable channel (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBRAVO→
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Ice Breakers alternative (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCERTS→
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A long while ago (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
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A short while from now (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSOON→
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Role-playing game costume (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROBE→
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They're formed for flattery (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODES→
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Extremely (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOSO→
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The six single title characters of a 2010s TV Land series (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEXES→
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 15, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Anna Stiga.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Projects needing sets (FILMS); Name evoking "a fish!" in an 1982 movie (GARP); Apollo 11 landed in one (MARE).
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.
