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MAXIM-IZING

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 78 clues
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Across

  1. Unruly crowd 3 ℓ
  2. Open-handed hit 4 ℓ
  3. Book of maps 5 ℓ
  4. Words from Confucius 14 ℓ
  5. Acorn producers 4 ℓ
  6. Prefix for cycle 3 ℓ
  7. Ghastly, as Poe tales 7 ℓ
  8. New Delhi's country 5 ℓ
  9. Admired celebrity 4 ℓ
  10. Adage in Poor Richard's Almanack 10 ℓ
  11. Extremely hard to find 4 ℓ
  12. Doily fabric 4 ℓ
  13. Battery terminal 5 ℓ
  14. MasterCard rival 4 ℓ
  15. Crosses off 5 ℓ
  16. Young fellow 3 ℓ
  17. Smallest bills 4 ℓ
  18. Molar, for instance 5 ℓ
  19. Grow wearisome 4 ℓ
  20. "Eureka," for California 10 ℓ
  21. __ spumante wine 4 ℓ
  22. Sir Walter Scott novel 7 ℓ
  23. "Guided" vacations 5 ℓ
  24. Egyptian snake 3 ℓ
  25. "Cool" rapper 4 ℓ
  26. "I Like Ike," in the '50s 14 ℓ
  27. Needless fuss 3 ℓ
  28. Thumbs-up votes 4 ℓ
  29. "Mass" news sources 5 ℓ
  30. Letters before sigmas 4 ℓ
  31. Curry or nutmeg 5 ℓ
  32. Computer pro, for short 4 ℓ
  33. Cotton footwear 5 ℓ
  34. Physicians, for short 4 ℓ
  35. Field for grazing 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. MVP part 4 ℓ
  2. Ballet bend 4 ℓ
  3. Voice above tenor 4 ℓ
  4. Eyelid hair 4 ℓ
  5. Reach across 4 ℓ
  6. Snow removal tool 6 ℓ
  7. House's top stories 6 ℓ
  8. Land parcel 3 ℓ
  9. In addition 3 ℓ
  10. 24-hr. cash source 3 ℓ
  11. Boyfriend 4 ℓ
  12. Not fooled by 4 ℓ
  13. Auditory canal buildup 6 ℓ
  14. Yarn packages 6 ℓ
  15. Linoleum material 5 ℓ
  16. Lessen, with "down" 4 ℓ
  17. Oscar actress Sorvino 4 ℓ
  18. Eden guy 4 ℓ
  19. Apple's center 4 ℓ
  20. Haley who wrote Roots 4 ℓ
  21. Ancient Andean 4 ℓ
  22. Stored before selling 4 ℓ
  23. Extended "Anyway..." 3 ℓ
  24. End of MIT's URL 3 ℓ
  25. Harden, as concrete 3 ℓ
  26. Handbag handle 5 ℓ
  27. Opinion piece 5 ℓ
  28. Place for protons 4 ℓ
  29. Crusty desserts 4 ℓ
  30. What x-rays reveal 7 ℓ
  31. Empty interval 3 ℓ
  32. Elevator compartments 4 ℓ
  33. Temporary, as a committee 5 ℓ
  34. Be a freeloader 5 ℓ
  35. See the point of 3 ℓ
  36. British singing star 5 ℓ
  37. More congenial 5 ℓ
  38. Melville whaler 4 ℓ
  39. Glide down slopes 3 ℓ
  40. Person on patrol 3 ℓ
  41. Light brown 4 ℓ
  42. Snooty person 4 ℓ
  43. Justice Sotomayor 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, August 6, 2025 is titled “MAXIM-IZING” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. 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 MAXIM-IZING Crossword August 6 2025 Answers