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Newsday Crossword Answers for Friday, August 22, 2025

Friday, August 22, 2025/76 clues solved

Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Friday, August 22, 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

  • 1Doubly
  • 6Tangled mess
  • 9It's west of Tulsa on US-412
  • 13Back again
  • 14Prix __ menu
  • 15It's north of West Palm on I-95
  • 16Broadcast interrupter of a sort
  • 17Server operating system
  • 18Way to go
  • 19White-coated workers
  • 22Fine finish
  • 23Agcy. with a huge photo archive
  • 24NPR's Sunday puzzlemaster
  • 28What Waze watches
  • 32It's south of Fort Worth on I-35
  • 33Athena's weapon
  • 35Punk music offshoot
  • 36Lineman's perch
  • 40Top-10 baby girl name since 2005
  • 41Loses solidity
  • 42Withdraw gradually
  • 43Cheap and chintzy
  • 45Beethoven student, a Liszt teacher
  • 47Memory measure
  • 48Lilliputian
  • 50Commands you don't listen to
  • 56Foremost
  • 57Rice paddy laborers
  • 58Academie kin
  • 60Show with demos
  • 61Adopted son of Claudius
  • 62Where else to find words hidden in the three longest answers
  • 63Colorist
  • 64Appraisal abbr.
  • 65__-Loompa (Wonka worker)

Down

  • 1Refrain snippet
  • 2"Let me think ..."
  • 3Internal impression
  • 4Rein in
  • 5Still around
  • 6Tiny Oreos
  • 7Gyroscope piece
  • 8Of woven fabric's feel
  • 9Were it possible that
  • 10On deck
  • 11Crocus kin
  • 12Tiny portion
  • 14Commotion
  • 20States, as seen in comics
  • 21Dismantled
  • 24Organic coolant
  • 25Bisect
  • 26Vast amount
  • 27Mythical pachyderm predator
  • 28Caddy's bags
  • 29Word like less
  • 30Clarification intro
  • 31Trite and tiresome
  • 33Much of deltas
  • 34PD HQ
  • 37Sound from a sycamore
  • 38Call notice
  • 39Be short
  • 44E-flat analog
  • 45NBA position
  • 46Louisiana folk music
  • 48Nonreactive
  • 49__ end (incessantly)
  • 50Paraffinic
  • 51At fruition
  • 52Former items
  • 53Sound in the NATO alphabet
  • 54Breathing space
  • 55Faux pas
  • 56Script detail
  • 59Significant age

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 76 entries.
  2. There are 35 across and 41 down.
  3. The longest answer has 15 letters and is 36-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "ACROSSING".

All 76 answers

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  • 1ADoublyTWICE
  • 6ATangled messMAT
  • 9AIt's west of Tulsa on US-412ENID
  • 13ABack againREDUX
  • 14APrix __ menuFIXE
  • 15AIt's north of West Palm on I-95VERO
  • 16ABroadcast interrupter of a sortALERT
  • 17AServer operating systemUNIX
  • 18AWay to goEXIT
  • 19AWhite-coated workersLABASSISTANTS
  • 22AFine finishNESS
  • 23AAgcy. with a huge photo archiveUPI
  • 24ANPR's Sunday puzzlemasterSHORTZ
  • 28AWhat Waze watchesTRAFFIC
  • 32AIt's south of Fort Worth on I-35WACO
  • 33AAthena's weaponSPEAR
  • 35APunk music offshootEMO
  • 36ALineman's perchELECTRICALTOWER
  • 40ATop-10 baby girl name since 2005AVA
  • 41ALoses solidityWILTS
  • 42AWithdraw graduallyWEAN
  • 43ACheap and chintzyTENCENT
  • 45ABeethoven student, a Liszt teacherCZERNY
  • 47AMemory measureMEG
  • 48ALilliputianITTY
  • 50ACommands you don't listen toWRITTENORDERS
  • 56AForemostMAIN
  • 57ARice paddy laborersOXEN
  • 58AAcademie kinECOLE
  • 60AShow with demosEXPO
  • 61AAdopted son of ClaudiusNERO
  • 62AWhere else to find words hidden in the three longest answersCHOIR
  • 63AColoristDYER
  • 64AAppraisal abbr.EST
  • 65A__-Loompa (Wonka worker)OOMPA
  • 1DRefrain snippetTRA
  • 2D"Let me think ..."WELL
  • 3DInternal impressionIDEA
  • 4DRein inCURB
  • 5DStill aroundEXTANT
  • 6DTiny OreosMINIS
  • 7DGyroscope pieceAXIS
  • 8DOf woven fabric's feelTEXTURAL
  • 9DWere it possible thatEVENIF
  • 10DOn deckNEXT
  • 11DCrocus kinIRIS
  • 12DTiny portionDOT
  • 14DCommotionFUSS
  • 20DStates, as seen in comicsSEZ
  • 21DDismantledAPART
  • 24DOrganic coolantSWEAT
  • 25DBisectHALVE
  • 26DVast amountOCEAN
  • 27DMythical pachyderm predatorROC
  • 28DCaddy's bagsTEAS
  • 29DWord like lessFEWER
  • 30DClarification introIMEAN
  • 31DTrite and tiresomeCORNY
  • 33DMuch of deltasSILT
  • 34DPD HQPCT
  • 37DSound from a sycamoreTWEET
  • 38DCall noticeRINGTONE
  • 39DBe shortOWE
  • 44DE-flat analogCMINOR
  • 45DNBA positionCTR
  • 46DLouisiana folk musicZYDECO
  • 48DNonreactiveINERT
  • 49D__ end (incessantly)TONO
  • 50DParaffinicWAXY
  • 51DAt fruitionRIPE
  • 52DFormer itemsEXES
  • 53DSound in the NATO alphabetECHO
  • 54DBreathing spaceROOM
  • 55DFaux pasSLIP
  • 56DScript detailMED
  • 59DSignificant ageERA

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