REDUNDANCIES
Across
- Nearly boil
- Mitchell's belle
- Some 27-Across works
- Austrian article
- Gain entry
- Time cofounder
- Part of many a chain name
- Speed demon
- New Deal price-setting agcy.
- Sprain soother
- New Deal homebuilding agcy.
- Scoundrel
- Honest course
- Handled the intros
- Monet floral subject
- Intrinsically
- Oscar composer of Skyfall
- Appointed first
- Running late
- Before too long
- Incessantly
- OR pros
- Very energetic
- Gloomy
- It's got five national parks
- Regretful
- At least once
- American inspiration for Verne
- Some 27-Across works
- Off-white shade
- Feeling fine
- Freight cos.
- Per diem performers
- Downright
- Intl. arts promoter
- The Alienist author
- Email button
Down
- Gourmet sprinkle
- Prep school for both Bushes
- Improper entrant
- "Great idea!"
- Colonial firebrand
- Instrumental accessory
- Floor duster
- Southwestern wolves
- Is of help to
- Cooper channel
- Medium's meeting
- Kind of cloud
- Expeditious
- Gains prominence
- Laughter metaphor
- Austrian article
- Nonexistent
- The way we word
- Ersatz bookmark
- What Julius calls his betrayer
- Societal standards
- High-fiber side
- Decoration receiver
- Dressing, for instance
- Held fast
- __-Puf fabric softener
- No nickname for Pasteur
- Be abundant
- Three-digit prefix
- One not taking it sitting down
- Title sharer
- Ultimate inspiration for Survivor
- 87 or so
- Kind of cloud
- Ready anytime
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, August 28, 2025 is titled “REDUNDANCIES” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 72 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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