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Newsday Crossword Answers for Thursday, August 21, 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025/76 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Thursday, August 21, 2025, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.

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Across

  • 1Influence unfairly
  • 5Sports standings stat
  • 9Exxon's ex-name
  • 13Something simple
  • 14Got off a horse
  • 15Trade verbal jabs
  • 16Elvis' early style
  • 18Easy to handle
  • 19UV Index monitor
  • 20Seaweed-wrapped sushi
  • 21Event with action sports
  • 23Where the NFL's smallest city is
  • 25Monopoly need
  • 27Six-sided state
  • 28Second grader, for instance
  • 30Serbian tennis great
  • 32Legal rights, from the French
  • 33Metal precioso
  • 34Cerebral measure
  • 37Cerebral exterior
  • 40Cannes consent
  • 41Albania's capital
  • 44Mandolin kin
  • 47Person wrongly blamed
  • 51Italian tubes
  • 52Low-carb diet
  • 53In the hands of
  • 54Realty account
  • 56Stats
  • 58Extremely long time
  • 59Cuisine with peanut sauce
  • 60Rural singalong
  • 63Supporting papers, for short
  • 64Corn country
  • 65Low joints
  • 66Valentine acronym
  • 67Monique's peak
  • 68Granitelike

Down

  • 137-Down or Gandhi
  • 2Way to pay
  • 3"Good grief!"
  • 4False front
  • 5Luau locale
  • 6Prohibited
  • 7Nothing at all
  • 8River of myth
  • 9Sprawling property
  • 10Musical with "King Arthur's Song"
  • 11"Ditto"
  • 12Metal sources
  • 13Regatta teams
  • 17Disreputable bunch
  • 22__ Goose (Donald Duck cousin)
  • 24Write software
  • 26Journal VIPs
  • 29Interns' workplaces
  • 31What two MLB teams are called
  • 34What Apples run on
  • 35Airing with questions
  • 36Western Hemisphere's highest lake
  • 37Hoffman Oscar film
  • 38Early afternoon
  • 39Red pasta sauce
  • 41Vowelless Scrabble play
  • 42Treat with cubes
  • 43Knocking sound
  • 45Imperiled
  • 46City with a Sambadrome
  • 48First song
  • 49Made up (for)
  • 50Prizes for some producers
  • 54LAX listings
  • 55"Cause I feel like it" notion
  • 57Pharaoh's cross
  • 61Symbolic hugs
  • 62Get __ (pass easily)

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
  2. There are 38 across and 38 down.
  3. The longest answer has 10 letters and is 16-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "TOPIC OF CAPRICORN".

All 76 answers

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  • 1AInfluence unfairlyBIAS
  • 5ASports standings statWINS
  • 9AExxon's ex-nameESSO
  • 13ASomething simpleCINCH
  • 14AGot off a horseALIT
  • 15ATrade verbal jabsSPAR
  • 16AElvis' early styleROCKABILLY
  • 18AEasy to handleTAME
  • 19AUV Index monitorEPA
  • 20ASeaweed-wrapped sushiMAKI
  • 21AEvent with action sportsXGAMES
  • 23AWhere the NFL's smallest city isWISC
  • 25AMonopoly needDICE
  • 27ASix-sided stateUTAH
  • 28ASecond grader, for instanceSCHOOLKID
  • 30ASerbian tennis greatSELES
  • 32ALegal rights, from the FrenchDROITS
  • 33AMetal preciosoORO
  • 34ACerebral measureIQTEST
  • 37ACerebral exteriorCORTEX
  • 40ACannes consentOUI
  • 41AAlbania's capitalTIRANA
  • 44AMandolin kinSITAR
  • 47APerson wrongly blamedSCAPEGOAT
  • 51AItalian tubesZITI
  • 52ALow-carb dietKETO
  • 53AIn the hands ofUPTO
  • 54ARealty accountESCROW
  • 56AStatsDATA
  • 58AExtremely long timeEON
  • 59ACuisine with peanut sauceTHAI
  • 60ARural singalongHOOTENANNY
  • 63ASupporting papers, for shortDOCS
  • 64ACorn countryIOWA
  • 65ALow jointsKNEES
  • 66AValentine acronymSWAK
  • 67AMonique's peakMONT
  • 68AGranitelikeHARD
  • 1D37-Down or GandhiBIOPIC
  • 2DWay to payINCASH
  • 3D"Good grief!"ACK
  • 4DFalse frontSHAM
  • 5DLuau localeWAIKIKI
  • 6DProhibitedILLICIT
  • 7DNothing at allNIL
  • 8DRiver of mythSTYX
  • 9DSprawling propertyESTATE
  • 10DMusical with "King Arthur's Song"SPAMALOT
  • 11D"Ditto"SAMEHERE
  • 12DMetal sourcesORES
  • 13DRegatta teamsCREWS
  • 17DDisreputable bunchBADLOT
  • 22D__ Goose (Donald Duck cousin)GUS
  • 24DWrite softwareCODE
  • 26DJournal VIPsEDS
  • 29DInterns' workplacesORS
  • 31DWhat two MLB teams are calledSOX
  • 34DWhat Apples run onIOS
  • 35DAiring with questionsQUIZSHOW
  • 36DWestern Hemisphere's highest lakeTITICACA
  • 37DHoffman Oscar filmCAPOTE
  • 38DEarly afternoonONE
  • 39DRed pasta sauceRAGU
  • 41DVowelless Scrabble playTSK
  • 42DTreat with cubesICEDOWN
  • 43DKnocking soundRATATAT
  • 45DImperiledATRISK
  • 46DCity with a SambadromeRIO
  • 48DFirst songOPENER
  • 49DMade up (for)ATONED
  • 50DPrizes for some producersTONYS
  • 54DLAX listingsETDS
  • 55D"Cause I feel like it" notionWHIM
  • 57DPharaoh's crossANKH
  • 61DSymbolic hugsOOO
  • 62DGet __ (pass easily)ANA

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