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Newsday Crossword Answers for Friday, September 5, 2025

Friday, September 5, 2025/74 clues solved

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Across

  • 1Widespread
  • 5South Sudan's capital
  • 9Hit the __ (decline suddenly)
  • 14Many an operatic performance
  • 15Heavy duty
  • 16Fjord, essentially
  • 17Ristorante turnover
  • 19Spirited attack
  • 20Media mogul moniker
  • 21Bach wrote sonatas for it
  • 23Precisely correct
  • 25Looped fastener for cables
  • 26Do the numbers
  • 27Brewed beverage
  • 30Ostentatious display
  • 31Has no use for
  • 33Was known as
  • 35Call conclusion
  • 36'60s ill-fated NASA mission
  • 38Store to improve
  • 41Auspices
  • 42Cranial cavity
  • 44Evaluation symbol
  • 47Prepare for action
  • 49C-suite
  • 50Give refuge to
  • 52Bloke's "first-rate"
  • 54Out of nothing
  • 57In the dark
  • 58Anxiety
  • 59Tiny detail
  • 62Speed demon
  • 63Understand intuitively
  • 64Time Machine people
  • 65Excess
  • 66Burnt, as briquettes
  • 67What Boone 33-Across

Down

  • 1Script writers
  • 2Phone's time saver
  • 3Treacherous people
  • 4Warehousing
  • 5Change positions a lot
  • 6Hour after mezzanotte
  • 7Narcissus, for instance
  • 8Where eggplant was first eaten
  • 9Oscar winner as Loretta
  • 10Unprincipled conduct
  • 11Land of Lincoln collegians
  • 12Reverent
  • 13Whom Fox replaced in Back to the Future
  • 18Seething
  • 22Make sure of
  • 24Joke you haven't heard before
  • 26Byron's "__ Walks in Beauty"
  • 28Swift's significant other
  • 29"We exclusively!"
  • 32Lose momentum
  • 34Grafton's Burglar starter
  • 37Lab dish deviser
  • 38British Caribbean island
  • 39Informal initiative
  • 40Appraisal abbr.
  • 41Person settling disputes
  • 43Tacit
  • 44Wool gathering need
  • 45IRS' compliance shortfall
  • 46Botanical balm for bruises
  • 48Courageous
  • 51#5 busiest US airport
  • 53Aesopian saver
  • 55Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year awarder
  • 56Communally owned
  • 60Kin of kabuki
  • 61__ change (what the five longest Across answers end with)

Hints before the answers

  1. Today's grid is 15x15 with 74 entries.
  2. There are 37 across and 37 down.
  3. The longest answer has 9 letters and is 17-across.
  4. Today's puzzle is titled "CAR CHORE".

All 74 answers

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  • 1AWidespreadMASS
  • 5ASouth Sudan's capitalJUBA
  • 9AHit the __ (decline suddenly)SKIDS
  • 14AMany an operatic performanceDUET
  • 15AHeavy dutyONUS
  • 16AFjord, essentiallyINLET
  • 17ARistorante turnoverSTROMBOLI
  • 19ASpirited attackSALVO
  • 20AMedia mogul monikerOPRAH
  • 21ABach wrote sonatas for itBASSVIOL
  • 23APrecisely correctDEADON
  • 25ALooped fastener for cablesEYENUT
  • 26ADo the numbersSING
  • 27ABrewed beveragePEKOE
  • 30AOstentatious displayRITZ
  • 31AHas no use forHATES
  • 33AWas known asWENTBY
  • 35ACall conclusionELS
  • 36A'60s ill-fated NASA missionAPOLLOI
  • 38AStore to improveAGE
  • 41AAuspicesAGENCY
  • 42ACranial cavitySINUS
  • 44AEvaluation symbolSTAR
  • 47APrepare for actionTEEUP
  • 49AC-suiteMGMT
  • 50AGive refuge toHARBOR
  • 52ABloke's "first-rate"SLAPUP
  • 54AOut of nothingEXNIHILO
  • 57AIn the darkUNLIT
  • 58AAnxietyAGITA
  • 59ATiny detailPUNCTILIO
  • 62ASpeed demonRACER
  • 63AUnderstand intuitivelyGROK
  • 64ATime Machine peopleELOI
  • 65AExcessSPARE
  • 66ABurnt, as briquettesASHY
  • 67AWhat Boone 33-AcrossDANL
  • 1DScript writersMDS
  • 2DPhone's time saverAUTODIAL
  • 3DTreacherous peopleSERPENTS
  • 4DWarehousingSTORAGE
  • 5DChange positions a lotJOBHOP
  • 6DHour after mezzanotteUNO
  • 7DNarcissus, for instanceBULB
  • 8DWhere eggplant was first eatenASIA
  • 9DOscar winner as LorettaSISSY
  • 10DUnprincipled conductKNAVERY
  • 11DLand of Lincoln collegiansILLINI
  • 12DReverentDEVOUT
  • 13DWhom Fox replaced in Back to the FutureSTOLTZ
  • 18DSeethingMAD
  • 22DMake sure ofSEETO
  • 24DJoke you haven't heard beforeNEWONE
  • 26DByron's "__ Walks in Beauty"SHE
  • 28DSwift's significant otherKELCE
  • 29D"We exclusively!"ONLYUS
  • 32DLose momentumSAG
  • 34DGrafton's Burglar starterBIS
  • 37DLab dish deviserPETRI
  • 38DBritish Caribbean islandANGUILLA
  • 39DInformal initiativeGUMPTION
  • 40DAppraisal abbr.EST
  • 41DPerson settling disputesARBITER
  • 43DTacitIMPLIED
  • 44DWool gathering needSHEARS
  • 45DIRS' compliance shortfallTAXGAP
  • 46DBotanical balm for bruisesARNICA
  • 48DCourageousPLUCKY
  • 51D#5 busiest US airportOHARE
  • 53DAesopian saverANT
  • 55DLouise Suggs Rookie of the Year awarderLPGA
  • 56DCommunally ownedOURS
  • 60DKin of kabukiNOH
  • 61D__ change (what the five longest Across answers end with)OIL

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