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B4 NOW: With a befitting letter repeating

Sunday, August 31, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 144 clues
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Across

  1. Roll with a hole 5 ℓ
  2. Shed feathers 4 ℓ
  3. __ boom (jet sound) 5 ℓ
  4. Parakeet's home 4 ℓ
  5. Special flair 6 ℓ
  6. Smile broadly 4 ℓ
  7. Nary a soul 4 ℓ
  8. Auction provision 4 ℓ
  9. Singing syllables 7 ℓ
  10. Clutter-clearing event 7 ℓ
  11. State of servitude 6 ℓ
  12. Salary 4 ℓ
  13. Outward manner 4 ℓ
  14. Doze, with "out" 4 ℓ
  15. Minnie Mouse accessory 7 ℓ
  16. Fred Flintstone catchphrase 13 ℓ
  17. Twofold: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  18. Performing pair 3 ℓ
  19. Ike's WWII domain 3 ℓ
  20. German conjunction 3 ℓ
  21. Astounded 4 ℓ
  22. Rapinoe of soccer fame 5 ℓ
  23. Emeril exclamation 3 ℓ
  24. Big name in bowling centers 3 ℓ
  25. Accesses an account 6 ℓ
  26. "Farewell" song in Sleepless in Seattle 15 ℓ
  27. Zen riddles 5 ℓ
  28. Rustic lodgings 3 ℓ
  29. Great enthusiasm 4 ℓ
  30. Deceives 6 ℓ
  31. Unable to escape 5 ℓ
  32. Disoriented 7 ℓ
  33. Informal acknowledgment 6 ℓ
  34. Fruity deep-dish pie 16 ℓ
  35. Without help 4 ℓ
  36. Flat-box furniture seller 4 ℓ
  37. __-Saxon language 5 ℓ
  38. Squashed circle 4 ℓ
  39. Portion out 5 ℓ
  40. Auctioneer's exclamation 4 ℓ
  41. Roundup rope 5 ℓ
  42. Portion (out) 4 ℓ
  43. Tag in a blouse 5 ℓ
  44. Wipe clean 5 ℓ
  45. Emulated 4 ℓ
  46. Olympic blades 5 ℓ
  47. PO Box, for instance 4 ℓ
  48. Some energetic newborns 16 ℓ
  49. Gator cousin 4 ℓ
  50. Bids "bon voyage!" to 7 ℓ
  51. John Major successor 5 ℓ
  52. __ de Bergerac 6 ℓ
  53. French wine region 6 ℓ
  54. Smartphone ancestors: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  55. Winning tic-tac-toe line 3 ℓ
  56. Deliver disillusionment 15 ℓ
  57. Second Beatle to be knighted 5 ℓ
  58. Clairvoyance, for short 3 ℓ
  59. Italian Almighty 3 ℓ
  60. Second showing 5 ℓ
  61. Marriages 6 ℓ
  62. Peach State sch. 3 ℓ
  63. Lost traction 4 ℓ
  64. Diamond arbiter 3 ℓ
  65. Woolly female 3 ℓ
  66. End of Barnum's century 3 ℓ
  67. Murmuring water 13 ℓ
  68. Germ-free 7 ℓ
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Down

  1. Streisand nickname 4 ℓ
  2. Salsa-topped snack 4 ℓ
  3. Stalin critic Trotsky 4 ℓ
  4. Creole cooking staple 4 ℓ
  5. Tiny organism 7 ℓ
  6. Big Apple suburb in Connecticut 6 ℓ
  7. Affectionate text message 3 ℓ
  8. Intl. Red Cross, for instance 3 ℓ
  9. Consistent with a public image 7 ℓ
  10. Tie the knot 6 ℓ
  11. Mideast airline 4 ℓ
  12. Chatterboxes 7 ℓ
  13. MLB stat 3 ℓ
  14. Informal discussion 6 ℓ
  15. USAF rank above Major 9 ℓ
  16. In the remote past 7 ℓ
  17. Model builder's tube 4 ℓ
  18. Skin cream soother 4 ℓ
  19. Christmas song milker 4 ℓ
  20. Quaint plaint 4 ℓ
  21. Capital NW of Hartford 8 ℓ
  22. Principal role 4 ℓ
  23. Port south of Kyiv 5 ℓ
  24. Glove part 5 ℓ
  25. Trivial Pursuit co-creator Chris 5 ℓ
  26. Mountain chain 5 ℓ
  27. Diminish 3 ℓ
  28. Away from the office 5 ℓ
  29. Contemporary sculptor Jeff 5 ℓ
  30. James __ Space Telescope 4 ℓ
  31. Spill a secret 4 ℓ
  32. Library furniture 9 ℓ
  33. Wide valley 4 ℓ
  34. Kesey nurse Ratched 7 ℓ
  35. Somewhat strange 7 ℓ
  36. Like a fictional falcon 7 ℓ
  37. "TGI" day 3 ℓ
  38. Hershey chocolate "guy" 7 ℓ
  39. Make possible 6 ℓ
  40. Marathoners "load" them 6 ℓ
  41. Midleg joint 4 ℓ
  42. Frost remover 6 ℓ
  43. __-Cone 3 ℓ
  44. Sticky substance 4 ℓ
  45. Whodunit author __ Stanley Gardner 4 ℓ
  46. Parisian pronoun 4 ℓ
  47. Humorist Bombeck 4 ℓ
  48. Actress Jessica 4 ℓ
  49. Snoring symbols 4 ℓ
  50. Barbie actress Rae 4 ℓ
  51. Luxury metaphor 3 ℓ
  52. Since Jan. 1 3 ℓ
  53. Application 3 ℓ
  54. Hypotheticals 3 ℓ
  55. Protestant denom. 4 ℓ
  56. "Pass out the cards, please" 8 ℓ
  57. Signal to speak 3 ℓ
  58. Dos times tres 4 ℓ
  59. Put into effect 5 ℓ
  60. Haul through the door 5 ℓ
  61. Big bully 5 ℓ
  62. Fa followers 4 ℓ
  63. Urge (on) 4 ℓ
  64. Rain clouds 5 ℓ
  65. Ancient South Americans 5 ℓ
  66. Caribbean dance 5 ℓ
  67. "...Sweet Chariot" imperative 8 ℓ
  68. Rhymester 4 ℓ
  69. City on two continents 8 ℓ
  70. Swarm around 3 ℓ
  71. Grandson of Adam 4 ℓ
  72. Rigel's "secondary" classification 5 ℓ
  73. Chew like a squirrel 4 ℓ
  74. Stop, at sea 5 ℓ
  75. Hindu destiny 5 ℓ
  76. City square 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, August 31, 2025 is titled “B4 NOW: With a befitting letter repeating” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 144 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.

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