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BEDSPREAD

Friday, August 1, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 74 clues
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Across

  1. What many a Ben & Jerry's flavor name is 3 ℓ
  2. Capital on the Persian Gulf 4 ℓ
  3. Budgetary concern 4 ℓ
  4. Far from a walk in the park 15 ℓ
  5. Day preceder or follower 3 ℓ
  6. Dollars, so to speak 4 ℓ
  7. Institution near Windsor 4 ℓ
  8. Recent delivery 7 ℓ
  9. Master multitasker 15 ℓ
  10. First Mark Twain Prize playwright 5 ℓ
  11. As soon as 4 ℓ
  12. It's about a tenth as high as Quito 4 ℓ
  13. "Correct!" 4 ℓ
  14. Ill-gotten haul 4 ℓ
  15. Bed "spread" across the four longest answers 3 ℓ
  16. The works 4 ℓ
  17. Duck 5 ℓ
  18. Israel's first UN delegate 4 ℓ
  19. Antigua or Aruba 15 ℓ
  20. Place for a monitor 4 ℓ
  21. Sushi bar supply 7 ℓ
  22. "Stubborn" guy 4 ℓ
  23. Cousteau milieu 3 ℓ
  24. Pre-nuptial rituals 15 ℓ
  25. Prep 5 ℓ
  26. Numerical pair 5 ℓ
  27. End of a dean's address 3 ℓ
  28. Broad hollow 4 ℓ
  29. Rodeo Drive retailer 5 ℓ
  30. JRRT claim to fame 4 ℓ
  31. Novelist Deighton 3 ℓ
  32. Tactic reversal 5 ℓ
  33. Philosophy in brief 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Fundraising org. 3 ℓ
  2. Saver of fable 3 ℓ
  3. Granitelike 4 ℓ
  4. Slim instrument 4 ℓ
  5. Without people 8 ℓ
  6. Sharp part of a trident 4 ℓ
  7. Feathery accessories 4 ℓ
  8. Temporal brink 3 ℓ
  9. Apply gently 3 ℓ
  10. "...__ lender be" 4 ℓ
  11. Beehive State 4 ℓ
  12. Browses (through) 5 ℓ
  13. Obstetric adjective 5 ℓ
  14. Sub boss of fiction 4 ℓ
  15. Like lyrical lines 4 ℓ
  16. Red Muppet 4 ℓ
  17. Be behind 4 ℓ
  18. Danish boot brand 4 ℓ
  19. Micro- fraction 4 ℓ
  20. Wasn't playing 3 ℓ
  21. What fills some shells 3 ℓ
  22. Wimbledon facility 3 ℓ
  23. Gentle pace 3 ℓ
  24. Nothing 5 ℓ
  25. Emmy category 5 ℓ
  26. More down 5 ℓ
  27. Porcelain pieces 5 ℓ
  28. Critical comment 4 ℓ
  29. "Correct!" 6 ℓ
  30. More huggable 5 ℓ
  31. Eject violently 5 ℓ
  32. Treasure 5 ℓ
  33. Rawhide product 5 ℓ
  34. Nowheresville 6 ℓ
  35. European-origin prefix 5 ℓ
  36. Calculus pioneer 5 ℓ
  37. Depleted 5 ℓ
  38. Territory 4 ℓ
  39. Servable again 8 ℓ
  40. Ram or rival 5 ℓ
  41. "Beats me" 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, August 1, 2025 is titled “BEDSPREAD” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 74 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 BEDSPREAD Crossword August 1 2025 Answers