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PUZZLE OVER

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 78 clues
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Across

  1. Dog's shrill bark 4 ℓ
  2. Arrived at 5 ℓ
  3. Trade-__ (compromises) 4 ℓ
  4. Boys in blended families 8 ℓ
  5. Reply 6 ℓ
  6. Gets a look at 4 ℓ
  7. Curved part of a foot 4 ℓ
  8. Take a chair 3 ℓ
  9. __ over (consider a decision carefully) 11 ℓ
  10. Look forward to 5 ℓ
  11. Bull, in Spain 4 ℓ
  12. With no clutter 4 ℓ
  13. Compel 5 ℓ
  14. Trade show, for short 4 ℓ
  15. "Hurry up!" 4 ℓ
  16. Go into a room 5 ℓ
  17. Barnyard birds 4 ℓ
  18. Slow cooker dinner 4 ℓ
  19. Shaped like a zero 4 ℓ
  20. Untidy heap 4 ℓ
  21. Rosebush pest 5 ℓ
  22. Bit of DNA 4 ℓ
  23. Student's test 4 ℓ
  24. High-spirited horse 5 ℓ
  25. Aves. or blvds. 3 ℓ
  26. Over __ (all finished) 11 ℓ
  27. Courage, informally 4 ℓ
  28. Civil rights icon Parks 4 ℓ
  29. Rather bumpy 8 ℓ
  30. Is __ (can) 6 ℓ
  31. "The Raven" writer 3 ℓ
  32. Make into a fillet 6 ℓ
  33. "__ honor" ("I promise") 4 ℓ
  34. State-run numbers game 5 ℓ
  35. ID scanned by cashiers 3 ℓ
  36. Style of jazz 5 ℓ
  37. West Point sch. 4 ℓ
  38. Where Athens is capital 6 ℓ
  39. Metal-bearing rock 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Meditative exercise 4 ℓ
  2. __ and ends (miscellany) 4 ℓ
  3. Made a knot in 4 ℓ
  4. "Over __ " (Wizard of Oz song) 10 ℓ
  5. Don't participate, with "out" 3 ℓ
  6. Not a fuel-efficient car 6 ℓ
  7. "Half" prefix for circle 4 ℓ
  8. Imperfection 4 ℓ
  9. Makes repairs to 5 ℓ
  10. Feature of a flip-flop sandal's tip 7 ℓ
  11. Formal promise 6 ℓ
  12. Touch down on a runway 4 ℓ
  13. __ so (nevertheless) 4 ℓ
  14. "Irish" family dog 6 ℓ
  15. Glistens brightly 6 ℓ
  16. Ohio tire city 5 ℓ
  17. Alaskan port 4 ℓ
  18. Out of danger 4 ℓ
  19. "You didn't defeat me" 4 ℓ
  20. Urge to scratch 4 ℓ
  21. Adjacent (to) 4 ℓ
  22. Stare in amazement 4 ℓ
  23. Pack away, as cargo 4 ℓ
  24. Winter skating surface 3 ℓ
  25. Factually correct 4 ℓ
  26. Perform better than 5 ℓ
  27. Loafer or sneaker 4 ℓ
  28. Outstanding school grade 5 ℓ
  29. Helpful upward push 5 ℓ
  30. "__ over" ("I'll begin again") 10 ℓ
  31. Lassos 5 ℓ
  32. A single time 4 ℓ
  33. Gooey campfire treat 5 ℓ
  34. Overactive, informally 5 ℓ
  35. Overcook, as a steak 4 ℓ
  36. Sticky roll of cellophane 4 ℓ
  37. Seat in a park 5 ℓ
  38. "Golly!" 4 ℓ
  39. Cardboard milk containers 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, April 8, 2025 is titled “PUZZLE OVER” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. 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.

Newsday PUZZLE OVER Crossword April 8 2025 Answers