Newsday Crossword hints and answers for March 9, 2025
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues146
Across69
Down77
TitleGETTING INTO SHAPES: 2-D and 3-D
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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Pill variety (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCAPLET→
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Choral participant (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
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"It follows that..." (4)
Starts with E, ends with OERGO→
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Perform, as a 7-Across (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSING→
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Macabre film family surname (6)
Starts with A, ends with SADDAMS→
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Make a reservation (4)
Starts with B, ends with KBOOK→
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When morning ends (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNOON→
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Dutch cheese (4)
Starts with E, ends with MEDAM→
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Spheres in the sink (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSOAPBUBBLES→
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Cones in quaint classrooms (9)
Starts with D, ends with SDUNCECAPS→
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Stories in installments (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSERIALS→
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Flip-flop sandals, bug spray, etc. (7)
Starts with S, ends with RSUNGEAR→
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Sealed a deal (6)
Starts with I, ends with TICEDIT→
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Poets of yore (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBARDS→
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Gain access to (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGETAT→
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Hardwood tree (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
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Condiment source (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESALTMINE→
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Zodiaco bovine (6)
Starts with E, ends with OELTORO→
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Engineering details (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSPECS→
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No longer Little League-eligible (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTOOOLD→
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Honey factory (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIVE→
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Former NBC owner (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARCA→
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World Cup sport (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSOCCER→
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Pentagons in ballparks (10)
Starts with H, ends with SHOMEPLATES→
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Prof.'s aides (3)
Starts with T, ends with STAS→
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Invites for (6)
Starts with A, ends with OASKSTO→
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S&L dispenser (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
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Pipe joint shapes (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELLS→
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Slight amount (4)
Starts with H, ends with THINT→
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"__-haw!" (cowpoke shout) (3)
Starts with Y, ends with EYEE→
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IRS guys (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTMEN→
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"It's okay with me" (6)
Starts with I, ends with LIMCOOL→
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Footprint producers (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOLES→
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Ostrich cousins (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRHEAS→
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Boyfriends (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBEAUS→
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Wooden rod (5)
Starts with D, ends with LDOWEL→
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Saturate (with) (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIMBUE→
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Room for a broom (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCLOSET→
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Off-white shade (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBONE→
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Standout pilot (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
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Adverse fate (4)
Starts with D, ends with MDOOM→
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Marvin of Motown (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGAYE→
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Debt document (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
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Slow-motion martial art (6)
Starts with T, ends with ITAICHI→
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Tax-deferred acronym (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
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Rectangles in libraries (10)
Starts with P, ends with SPAPERBACKS→
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Corsage flower (6)
Starts with O, ends with DORCHID→
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"__ the land of the free..." (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROER→
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Mars alias (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
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More lubricated (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROILIER→
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Fill-in-the-blank party story (6)
Starts with M, ends with BMADLIB→
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Mutually approves (8)
Starts with A, ends with NAGREESON→
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Apiece (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPER→
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Popular female boomer name (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSUSAN→
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French literature Nobelist (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCAMUS→
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Emulate wagon trains (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGOWEST→
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Turn your attention elsewhere (7)
Starts with R, ends with SREFOCUS→
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Rolled-up Mexican food (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFLAUTAS→
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Cylinders in bands (9)
Starts with B, ends with SBASSDRUMS→
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Circles in text messages (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSMILEYFACES→
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Small, sweet sandwich (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
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Sporting sword (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
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Reduce to rubble (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERAZE→
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Harder to grasp (6)
Starts with E, ends with REELIER→
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Hymn's last word (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAMEN→
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Thomas Hardy girl (4)
Starts with T, ends with STESS→
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Trojan War hero (4)
Starts with A, ends with XAJAX→
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Jurassic Park predators (6)
Starts with T, ends with STREXES→
Down
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__ in "crossword" (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCAS→
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Excessive fuss (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
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Smartphone precursor: Abbr. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APDA→
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Memory mishap (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELAPSE→
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Plant deeply (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEMBED→
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Woe, from the Yiddish (6)
Starts with T, ends with STSURIS→
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Swedish supergroup (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
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Laze about (4)
Starts with L, ends with LLOLL→
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What sandals lack (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOES→
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Gives approval for (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
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Withstand (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENDURE→
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Beers for everybody (5)
Starts with R, ends with DROUND→
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Fire bells (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGONGS→
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Fairy tale starter (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONCE→
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Hush-hush (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSECRET→
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State bordering BC (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIDA→
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Short sleep (3)
Starts with N, ends with PNAP→
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Pro sports team VIPs (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGMS→
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Tried to nip (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBITAT→
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Top-level Boy Scouts (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEAGLES→
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Wall Street index, for short (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSANDP→
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"Guess so" (6)
Starts with I, ends with EISPOSE→
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Squares on park tables (13)
Starts with C, ends with SCHECKERBOARDS→
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Bad temper (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBILE→
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Triangles at parties (13)
Starts with T, ends with STORTILLACHIPS→
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Esoteric (6)
Starts with A, ends with EARCANE→
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Banquet tributes (6)
Starts with T, ends with STOASTS→
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Ore examination (5)
Starts with A, ends with YASSAY→
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Actress Lindsay (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLOHAN→
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Trumpet sound (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTOOT→
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Some preschool picker-uppers (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMOMMIES→
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Holiday preceders (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
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Duplicate emails, briefly (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCCS→
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Small sofa (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESETTEE→
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Saintly light (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHALO→
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"That's good enough" (6)
Starts with I, ends with OITLLDO→
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Tomato for paste (4)
Starts with R, ends with AROMA→
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Most born in August (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLEOS→
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Weed whacker (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHOE→
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Avoid capture (6)
Starts with E, ends with EESCAPE→
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Astronaut Jemison (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
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What a fingernail tops (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECUTICLE→
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Takes an oath (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSWEARS→
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Low murmur (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHUM→
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Dutch South African (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBOER→
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Not fooled by (4)
Starts with O, ends with OONTO→
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Nonliteral phrases (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIDIOMS→
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Wells scientist (6)
Starts with M, ends with UMOREAU→
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Caustic cleaners (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLYES→
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Transports for tours (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBUSES→
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Disposable dish brand (6)
Starts with C, ends with TCHINET→
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Large sea duck (5)
Starts with E, ends with REIDER→
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Attire (4)
Starts with G, ends with BGARB→
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Sooner State native (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOKIE→
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I, as in Austria (3)
Starts with I, ends with HICH→
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Distressed (6)
Starts with P, ends with DPAINED→
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Not authentic (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBOGUS→
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Puts on TV (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIRS→
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Scoundrel (5)
Starts with R, ends with EROGUE→
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The Far Side cartoonist (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLARSON→
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Keeps entertained (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAMUSES→
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Sometime later (6)
Starts with N, ends with TNOTYET→
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Two-door car (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECOUPE→
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Summits (5)
Starts with A, ends with SACMES→
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Thin cookie (5)
Starts with W, ends with RWAFER→
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Online purchase (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESALE→
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Worry (over) (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFRET→
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One-flat scale, for short (4)
Starts with F, ends with JFMAJ→
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Musical Minnelli (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALIZA→
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Nickname like Sandy (4)
Starts with A, ends with XALEX→
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Tropical snake (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABOA→
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Sleeve filler (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
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Comprehend (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
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Mme., in Madrid (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASRA→
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109, to Julius Caesar (3)
Starts with C, ends with XCIX→
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Wide shoe (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEEE→
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SAT takers (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSRS→
How to solve the Newsday Crossword
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How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for March 9, 2025?+
146 clues: 69 Across and 77 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Gary M. Larson.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: Pill variety (CAPLET); Choral participant (ALTO); "It follows that..." (ERGO).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
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