Newsday Crossword hints and answers for July 13, 2025
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Clues144
Across64
Down80
TitleGETTING TO YES: A gradual change of mind
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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US alliance (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONATO→
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Sasha and Malia's dad (6)
Starts with B, ends with KBARACK→
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French fashion mag (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
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FM station employees (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDJS→
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Become unfocused (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBLUR→
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Twenty Questions category (6)
Starts with A, ends with LANIMAL→
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Country singer McCoy (4)
Starts with N, ends with LNEAL→
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Oohs and __ (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAAHS→
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A skeptical question (11)
Starts with C, ends with ECANITBEDONE→
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Greek Stoic philosopher (4)
Starts with Z, ends with OZENO→
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March Madness org. (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANCAA→
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Many, many years (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAGES→
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How an oboe sounds (5)
Starts with R, ends with YREEDY→
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Descend a bit (7)
Starts with D, ends with NDIPDOWN→
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Frustration exclamation (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOHMAN→
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Initial response to 23-Across (15)
Starts with S, ends with ESEEMSIMPOSSIBLE→
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Sonnet, for instance (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPOEM→
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"__ favor, senora" (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPOR→
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Observational ability (7)
Starts with K, ends with EKEENEYE→
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Slight improvement over 34-Across (14)
Starts with U, ends with TUNLIKELYATBEST→
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Study hard (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCRAM→
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Harden, as cement (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
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Simpsons neighbor (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
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Ballpoint brand (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBIC→
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German exclamation (3)
Starts with A, ends with HACH→
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__ in "Norman" (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNAS→
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Reconsideration starter of 40-Across (18)
Starts with B, ends with TBUTONSECONDTHOUGHT→
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Athenians' rivals (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSPARTANS→
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"I'd like to see it" (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOWME→
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Nickname for Dolores (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALOLA→
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Golf great's nickname (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARNIE→
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Sharp bark (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYIP→
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Marseilles Mrs. (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMME→
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Cornfield pest (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBORER→
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Deck officer, briefly (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBOSN→
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Total strangers, lately (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRANDOS→
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Selling point of no-iron shirts (8)
Starts with E, ends with EEASYCARE→
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55-Across continued (18)
Starts with I, ends with KIFWECANCATCHABREAK→
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Never, in Berlin (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENIE→
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Yoko __ (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
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Perpetual bumbler (3)
Starts with O, ends with FOAF→
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__ tai cocktail (3)
Starts with M, ends with IMAI→
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Had something (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
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Ensnare (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTRAP→
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79-Across continued (14)
Starts with A, ends with TANDTIMEITRIGHT→
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Capital of Cyprus (7)
Starts with N, ends with ANICOSIA→
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Crosses (out) (3)
Starts with X, ends with SXES→
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Antagonists (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFOES→
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79-Across continued (15)
Starts with I, ends with SILIKEOURCHANCES→
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Spacious (5)
Starts with R, ends with YROOMY→
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Young food court regular (7)
Starts with M, ends with TMALLRAT→
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Kemper of ...Kimmy Schmidt (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELLIE→
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Versifier (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBARD→
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Gal pal, in Grenoble (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAMIE→
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Caviar fish (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSHAD→
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The ultimate decision (11)
Starts with L, ends with TLETSGOFORIT→
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Veal or venison (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMEAT→
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Fey or Turner (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATINA→
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Director's cry (6)
Starts with A, ends with NACTION→
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Celibate sisters (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNUNS→
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GPS lines (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRDS→
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Stick around (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSTAY→
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"Within" prefix (4)
Starts with E, ends with OENDO→
Down
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SNL broadcaster (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNBC→
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Menu phrase (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
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Grilled sandwich (8)
Starts with T, ends with TTUNAMELT→
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Paper craft (7)
Starts with O, ends with IORIGAMI→
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Streisand nickname (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBABS→
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Hydrocarbon suffix (3)
Starts with A, ends with EANE→
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Freed (of) (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRID→
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Italian affection (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMORE→
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Cave __ (beware of dog: Lat.) (5)
Starts with C, ends with MCANEM→
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Swiss abstract works (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKLEES→
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Organic food processors (7)
Starts with E, ends with SENZYMES→
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Jamie __ Curtis (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELEE→
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Arrive at, in Monopoly (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLANDON→
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Plaza Hotel girl of fiction (6)
Starts with E, ends with EELOISE→
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More marvelous (7)
Starts with D, ends with RDANDIER→
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Old Testament patriarch (5)
Starts with J, ends with BJACOB→
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Shoulder warmer (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSHAWL→
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Clearheaded (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESANE→
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Not quite a dozen (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
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Flood barrier (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDIKE→
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Hitchcock masterwork (6)
Starts with P, ends with OPSYCHO→
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Numbered musical work (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOPUS→
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Improve gradually (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHONE→
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Convinced about (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSOLDON→
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Suffix for green or bean (3)
Starts with E, ends with YERY→
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Gerbil or goldfish (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPET→
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Hunger Games competitor (5)
Starts with P, ends with APEETA→
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Football legend Rockne (5)
Starts with K, ends with EKNUTE→
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Workout targets (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
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Trash bag accessory (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
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Secret email inclusions (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBCCS→
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Fine wool (6)
Starts with A, ends with AANGORA→
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Austrian symphonic composer (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMAHLER→
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$$$ dispenser (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
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Revolutionary Guevara (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECHE→
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Look unblinkingly (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTARE→
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Salty water (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBRINE→
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Timberlake's former boy band (5)
Starts with N, ends with CNSYNC→
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Electrical measure (3)
Starts with O, ends with MOHM→
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__ de plume (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNOM→
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Uncool person (5)
Starts with D, ends with BDWEEB→
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Shackle for a bike (5)
Starts with U, ends with KULOCK→
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Salk colleague (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSABIN→
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Monetary gain (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPROFIT→
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Get back to (6)
Starts with A, ends with RANSWER→
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It's w. of Montana (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIDA→
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Poker prize (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPOT→
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Via plane (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBYAIR→
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Operated (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRAN→
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"I'll take that as __" (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
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Graham Bell, by birth (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
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Troop groups (6)
Starts with A, ends with SARMIES→
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Tandem twosome (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEATS→
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Office machine (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCOPIER→
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Japanese assent (3)
Starts with H, ends with IHAI→
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Instrumentalists' org. (3)
Starts with A, ends with MAFM→
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Broadway producer's goal (8)
Starts with A, ends with NAGOODRUN→
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The others (4)
Starts with T, ends with MTHEM→
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Site for woodworkers' wares (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
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Short socks (7)
Starts with A, ends with SANKLETS→
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Siri's AI technology (3)
Starts with A, ends with RASR→
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What cashiers often wish you (7)
Starts with N, ends with YNICEDAY→
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Wonka creator (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDAHL→
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Program file suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEXE→
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Opinion introducer (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIFORONE→
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Shorelines (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCOASTS→
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Do better than in batting (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOUTHIT→
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Muslim cleric (4)
Starts with I, ends with MIMAM→
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Debussy sea piece (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLAMER→
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Homeric epic (5)
Starts with I, ends with DILIAD→
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Poe preceder (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALLAN→
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Sibling's daughter (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENIECE→
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This: Fr. (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECETTE→
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UK fliers (3)
Starts with R, ends with FRAF→
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Irish singer/philanthropist (4)
Starts with B, ends with OBONO→
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Get __ for effort (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
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Science Kid of TV (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSID→
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Acquired (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGOT→
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Ft. Wayne's locale (3)
Starts with I, ends with DIND→
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General on Chinese menus (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTSO→
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for July 13, 2025?+
144 clues: 64 Across and 80 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Winston Emmons.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: US alliance (NATO); Sasha and Malia's dad (BARACK); French fashion mag (ELLE).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
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