Newsday Crossword hints and answers for February 16, 2025
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues142
Across71
Down71
TitleDOUBLE DACTYLS: With the same meter reading
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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Strike, as with snowballs (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPELT→
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Sound scared (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGASP→
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__-Cola (Pepsi rival) (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACOCA→
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Headquartering (6)
Starts with B, ends with GBASING→
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Big name in tablets (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIPAD→
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Choir voice (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
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Wally of cookies (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMOS→
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World's largest peninsula (6)
Starts with A, ends with AARABIA→
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Name of 12 popes (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPIUS→
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Russian-born pianist (16)
Starts with V, ends with ZVLADIMIRHOROWITZ→
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Leaving guess: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with DETD→
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Quick look (4)
Starts with P, ends with KPEEK→
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Solemn act (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERITE→
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Trio on older phones (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPRS→
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Poor grade (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
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Rhett Butler spouse (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOHARA→
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Himalayan land (5)
Starts with N, ends with LNEPAL→
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More sore (6)
Starts with A, ends with RACHIER→
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Send back (6)
Starts with R, ends with NRETURN→
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Bruins of the Pac-12 (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUCLA→
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"For __ a jolly good..." (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHES→
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Ring of light (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHALO→
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Anderson Cooper's heiress mom (16)
Starts with G, ends with TGLORIAVANDERBILT→
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Make known (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAIR→
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Lab garments (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSMOCKS→
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Field of work (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMETIER→
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Expected (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDUE→
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All those against (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNAYS→
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Greatly impresses (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAWES→
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On the way up (7)
Starts with A, ends with GARISING→
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You, south of the border (5)
Starts with U, ends with DUSTED→
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Drinks with fizz (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSODAS→
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Outback predator (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODINGO→
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"The Little Mermaid" author (21)
Starts with H, ends with NHANSCHRISTIANANDERSEN→
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Keep __ to the ground (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANEAR→
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Freezing temperatures (5)
Starts with T, ends with STEENS→
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Sleep disturber (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOISE→
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Disentangles (7)
Starts with U, ends with SUNSNAGS→
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Sgt. subordinate (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPVT→
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House Hunters cable channel (4)
Starts with H, ends with VHGTV→
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Den seating (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOFA→
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Acorn, essentially (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNUT→
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Tomasso's "thanks" (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGRAZIE→
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Prepared (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGOTSET→
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Convent resident (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNUN→
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Bath powder ingredient (4)
Starts with T, ends with CTALC→
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"First Lady of the World" (16)
Starts with E, ends with TELEANORROOSEVELT→
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Gravity-powered vehicle (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSLED→
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UFO pilots (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
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Jacuzzis (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSPAS→
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Army medic's procedure (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETRIAGE→
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Put a match to (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIGNITE→
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Social gathering (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEVENT→
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Hairy, as an 82-Down (5)
Starts with M, ends with DMANED→
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Director __ Lee (3)
Starts with A, ends with GANG→
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SEAL's employer (3)
Starts with U, ends with NUSN→
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Cleaner scent (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPINE→
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Heavy mists (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFOGS→
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Cloner's material (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
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A Beautiful Mind Oscar winner (16)
Starts with J, ends with YJENNIFERCONNELLY→
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Accord (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPACT→
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Fit for plowing (6)
Starts with A, ends with EARABLE→
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Pick a candidate (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVOTE→
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Look to be (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEEM→
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Peace Nobelist Wiesel (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELIE→
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Spin around (6)
Starts with R, ends with EROTATE→
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GNP or RBI (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
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Monitors before flat-screens (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCRTS→
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Lumber along (4)
Starts with P, ends with DPLOD→
Down
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Church fixture (9)
Starts with P, ends with NPIPEORGAN→
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Skin cells (9)
Starts with E, ends with AEPITHELIA→
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Praiseful (9)
Starts with L, ends with YLAUDATORY→
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Super Bowl scores (3)
Starts with T, ends with STDS→
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Handed over (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAVE→
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Paul who cofounded Microsoft (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALLEN→
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Amount bet (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAKE→
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Okra portion (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
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Composer Saint-Saens (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECAMILLE→
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Decide to leave out (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOMIT→
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Jazz pianist Chick (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACOREA→
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Wood in bats (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
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British attorney (9)
Starts with B, ends with RBARRISTER→
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Come up smelling like __ (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAROSE→
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Tool with teeth (3)
Starts with S, ends with WSAW→
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Bibliography abbr. (4)
Starts with I, ends with DIBID→
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Marquee time (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENITE→
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Stare intently (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAZE→
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S&L offerings (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIRACDS→
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Hamlet's love (7)
Starts with O, ends with AOPHELIA→
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Helen of Troy's abductor (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPARIS→
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Play about robots (3)
Starts with R, ends with RRUR→
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Young hoodlums (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPUNKS→
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Frat letter (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORHO→
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"Broadway Joe" of football (6)
Starts with N, ends with HNAMATH→
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Naval fleets (7)
Starts with A, ends with SARMADAS→
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Computer accessories (6)
Starts with A, ends with SADDINS→
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Waiting room (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELOUNGE→
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Crater Lake locale (6)
Starts with O, ends with NOREGON→
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Party to a promise (5)
Starts with V, ends with RVOWER→
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Nailed an exam (6)
Starts with A, ends with TACEDIT→
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Took the first step (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBEGAN→
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Travels on (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDES→
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Scottish singer Boyle (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSUSAN→
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Shared equally (5)
Starts with J, ends with TJOINT→
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Fathers of colts (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSIRES→
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Very thin person (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSCRAG→
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Justice succeeded by Kagan (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTEVENS→
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Serenaded (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSANGTO→
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Favorite hangouts (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHAUNTS→
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Flower category (6)
Starts with A, ends with LANNUAL→
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Get cozy (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENESTLE→
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Dark brown (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASEPIA→
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Rid (of) (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDIVEST→
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Cost to play a round (9)
Starts with G, ends with EGREENSFEE→
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Chowder cracker (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESALTINE→
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Polo participant (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHORSE→
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Everybody (9)
Starts with O, ends with LONEANDALL→
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Castro foe Batista (9)
Starts with F, ends with OFULGENCIO→
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Came before (9)
Starts with A, ends with DANTEDATED→
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Second Commandment word (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGRAVEN→
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Contractual details (5)
Starts with T, ends with STERMS→
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Start of the fifth century (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICDI→
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Scoring opportunity in hockey (7)
Starts with O, ends with TOPENNET→
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Traveling through (3)
Starts with V, ends with AVIA→
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Jury's determination (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGUILT→
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Part of Disney World (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEPCOT→
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Any Super Bowl athlete (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNFLER→
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Landlord's sign (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTOLET→
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Not quite shut (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAJAR→
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Emperor after Claudius (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONERO→
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Small fly (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGNAT→
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Slightest amount (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
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Where boxers train (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGYMS→
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Hoop group (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANBA→
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Campers, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRVS→
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PC key (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
How to solve the Newsday Crossword
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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 16, 2025?+
142 clues: 71 Across and 71 Down. The puzzle was constructed by S.N..
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Strike, as with snowballs (PELT); Sound scared (GASP); __-Cola (Pepsi rival) (COCA).
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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