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FREE FRIDAY

Friday, August 29, 2025 Constructed by Prasanna Keshava 74 clues
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Across

  1. Predicament 4 ℓ
  2. Like a well-__ machine 5 ℓ
  3. NYC NBA venue 3 ℓ
  4. Christen anew 6 ℓ
  5. Well-planned 4 ℓ
  6. Medium power 3 ℓ
  7. Got the gold in 5 ℓ
  8. Rae in Barbie 4 ℓ
  9. Tannery output 6 ℓ
  10. '70s arcade success 4 ℓ
  11. "I'm amazed!" 3 ℓ
  12. FREE 14-Down 15 ℓ
  13. Get around 5 ℓ
  14. For __ (not free) 4 ℓ
  15. Local conveyance, for short 4 ℓ
  16. Where tweets come from 5 ℓ
  17. USPS designation 3 ℓ
  18. "...__ the custom" 4 ℓ
  19. Cry of dismay 4 ℓ
  20. Croqueta, for instance 4 ℓ
  21. "I wanna play, coach!" 5 ℓ
  22. FREE 14-Down 15 ℓ
  23. Money that sounds musical 6 ℓ
  24. Drill boss, briefly 3 ℓ
  25. ASAP imperative 4 ℓ
  26. Scots "ago" 4 ℓ
  27. Golf commentator's cry 5 ℓ
  28. Mobile home 4 ℓ
  29. Letters on Valvoline bottles 3 ℓ
  30. Most of Kiribati 6 ℓ
  31. Stand-up standout 4 ℓ
  32. Visibly amazed 5 ℓ
  33. How muesli tastes 4 ℓ
  34. FREE 14-Down 15 ℓ
  35. ...Hungry Caterpillar author 5 ℓ
  36. Short Instagram video 4 ℓ
  37. "That said...," initially 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. School supt.'s realm 4 ℓ
  2. Frat letter, familiarly 4 ℓ
  3. Cyberzine 4 ℓ
  4. Mutiny on the Bounty costuming 4 ℓ
  5. Olympic nation abbr. four above JAM alphabetically 3 ℓ
  6. Bat better than 6 ℓ
  7. Full series 5 ℓ
  8. FREE 14-Down 15 ℓ
  9. Follower of beer or bath 3 ℓ
  10. Very little 5 ℓ
  11. Unrestricted period 10 ℓ
  12. Type of tubing 4 ℓ
  13. Powered bikes 6 ℓ
  14. Kind of corridor 5 ℓ
  15. Camp David Accords VIP 5 ℓ
  16. Company founded as Sleeper, Inc. 5 ℓ
  17. S&L IDs 4 ℓ
  18. Morales in La Bamba 4 ℓ
  19. Youngest Olympian 4 ℓ
  20. What Christmas lights may be clipped to 4 ℓ
  21. Gangster film good guy 4 ℓ
  22. Director who didn't like "Spike TV" 3 ℓ
  23. Box with parts 3 ℓ
  24. Number of words in the four longest answers 5 ℓ
  25. Pivot point 6 ℓ
  26. Emerson output 6 ℓ
  27. Designer Kamali 5 ℓ
  28. Tastiness 5 ℓ
  29. Multicolored mineral 5 ℓ
  30. Slim to __ (poor odds) 4 ℓ
  31. They see what you're saying 10 ℓ
  32. Is idling 5 ℓ
  33. Exorbitant 5 ℓ
  34. Silas Marner "Shucks!" 5 ℓ
  35. Latter-day prefix for health 4 ℓ
  36. Steps out of line 6 ℓ
  37. "Things __ what they seem" 6 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, August 29, 2025 is titled “FREE FRIDAY” and was constructed by Prasanna Keshava. 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 FREE FRIDAY Crossword August 29 2025 Answers