FREEBIES
Across
- Initial phase
- Speak unclearly
- "Love __ neighbor"
- Ararat lander
- EMT's destinations
- __-med student
- Probability stat
- Any employee
- Naval engineer
- Name on elevators
- "To a..." verse
- Included free
- Prefix for national
- Spurred, with "on"
- Make inquiries
- Banquet platform
- "Annabel Lee" poet
- In run-down condition
- "Laughing" African beast
- Weed chopper
- Make amends
- Totally free, as a vacation
- City surrounding the Vatican
- Wasn't honest with
- Caviar
- Catch in a trap
- Difference of opinion
- Dutch cheese
- List-ending abbr.
- Small fragment
- Inventor Whitney
- Free, from a bartender
- Second-largest Hawaiian island
- Large family
- Rapper Dr. __
- Free of cost
- __ Arbor, MI
Down
- Chicago hub
- Perform again
- Self-storage rental
- Washer batch
- Tampa neighbor, for short
- "Thumbs up!"
- Sharpen, as skills
- Sitcom intro music
- Paycheck deduction percentage
- U-turn from WSW
- Tennis great Monica
- Parachute fabric
- Freight train riders
- Woodland grazer
- Amount bet
- Sign fraudulently
- Narrowly defeated
- Sounding like oboes
- Italian erupter
- Uttered
- Prefix for virus
- Roughly
- Soft knock
- Era
- "In your dreams!"
- Place for a rocking chair
- Exclusive group
- M*A*S*H soda brand
- Gotten up
- Scottish accents
- Local food shop
- Rickman or Alda
- Chinese dynasty known for vases
- Scents
- Common casserole contents
- Prefix meaning "billionth"
- Persian Gulf nation
- Wearer of a high white hat
- Criticizes as worthless
- Of vision
- UPS alternative
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, April 30, 2025 is titled “FREEBIES” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. The puzzle features 78 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.
The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.