Newsday Crossword hints and answers for January 4, 2025
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Clues72
Across38
Down34
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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Up now (5)
Starts with A, ends with TATBAT→
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Best Direction, Best Latin, etc. (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVMAS→
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Rob Roy, but not Tom Collins (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
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Riot of miscellany (10)
Starts with C, ends with TCRAZYQUILT→
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Score number (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARIA→
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"Senor Burns" performer on The Simpsons (1995) (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETITOPUENTE→
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Ore crusher (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMILL→
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Michener book with a "Bulls" chapter (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIBERIA→
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Bag filler, or have in the bag (3)
Starts with I, ends with EICE→
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"Surrounding" starter (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPERI→
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Ultimate (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
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An interim Australian bioregion (8)
Starts with C, ends with ACORALSEA→
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What a lifeboat carries (5)
Starts with G, ends with GGOBAG→
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Tempete dans un verre d'__ (fuss about trivialities) (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
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Olympic VIP (4)
Starts with Z, ends with SZEUS→
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PurSteam product (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRON→
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Extremely exciting event (10)
Starts with B, ends with RBARNBURNER→
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Assemble for a session (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
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Drippings on menus (3)
Starts with J, ends with SJUS→
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Essence of much road work (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
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Howl, yowl, growl... (3)
Starts with C, ends with YCRY→
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Doritos flavor (10)
Starts with H, ends with DHOTMUSTARD→
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"Inventive" name from Old Norse for "elf" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALVA→
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Invented things (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLIED→
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Diet denouement (3)
Starts with A, ends with YARY→
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Get smarter (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPREEN→
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Dessert descriptor (8)
Starts with D, ends with TDECADENT→
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Firmware storage unit (3)
Starts with R, ends with MROM→
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Sounds like (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPES→
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Legal __ (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
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What Steve Ballmer said was not "going to get any significant market share" (2007) (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIPHONE→
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Walker venue (4)
Starts with M, ends with LMALL→
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Rubs in (10)
Starts with G, ends with RGLOATSOVER→
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First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERLE→
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"Scream queen" since the '70s (10)
Starts with L, ends with RLINDABLAIR→
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They're often stored on roofs (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIS→
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Handle with care (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
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Howls, yowls, growls... (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYELLS→
Down
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Musical starter (4)
Starts with A, ends with IACTI→
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"Plebeian protector" paper nickname (4)
Starts with T, ends with BTRIB→
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Ease off (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBATE→
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Particular Portuguese (7)
Starts with A, ends with NAZOREAN→
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Blood work (6)
Starts with T, ends with GTYPING→
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Visibility, in product names (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVUE→
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Italy's Microlino EV, e.g. (7)
Starts with M, ends with RMINICAR→
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Drive-By Truckers' music (10)
Starts with A, ends with YALTCOUNTRY→
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Heads for drivers (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTEER→
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Trial group (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSAMPLER→
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Makes a submission admission (10)
Starts with C, ends with ECRIESUNCLE→
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"Proven" asset (10)
Starts with O, ends with EOILRESERVE→
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Sly spouse from the '70s (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATALIA→
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It's thigh-high (4)
Starts with Q, ends with DQUAD→
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Ciel d'__ (weather prevision) (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAZUR→
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She "pioneered screen" performance, per TCM (4)
Starts with G, ends with HGISH→
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Where the site of Babe Ruth's dad's bar is today (10)
Starts with O, ends with KORIOLEPARK→
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Sistine Chapel artist before Michelangelo (10)
Starts with B, ends with IBOTTICELLI→
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Cambridge's region (10)
Starts with E, ends with AEASTANGLIA→
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Many a hybrid (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBUS→
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__ apple (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBAD→
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Debater of Biden in 2012 (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRYAN→
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Name dropped by a Music City Hall of Famer (4)
Starts with J, ends with DJUDD→
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Part of immunology's MMRV (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMEASLES→
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VW liftbacks (7)
Starts with A, ends with SARTEONS→
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Either of a wedding gown duo (7)
Starts with A, ends with EARMHOLE→
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Doesn't stay long (6)
Starts with P, ends with YPOPSBY→
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Agatha Christie and Iris Murdoch (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDAMES→
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Putting great effort (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEAGLE→
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Dove into verse (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARITA→
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Pecanlike (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
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Name on the cover of The Pluto Files (2009) (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNEIL→
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Proves one's peccability (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERRS→
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Block's 22-Across (3)
Starts with A, ends with EADE→
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 January 4, 2025?+
72 clues: 38 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Lester Ruff.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Up now (ATBAT); Best Direction, Best Latin, etc. (VMAS); Rob Roy, but not Tom Collins (SCOT).
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.
