SQUARE ROOTS
Across
- Kindergarten basics
- Prefix for final
- Agile as a gymnast
- Pizzeria's baked snack
- Farm enclosure
- Acorn bearer
- Not as iffy
- Bracelet ornament
- Most swanky
- Bunch of buffaloes
- Dessert with orange morsels
- Lake bordering Cleveland
- Admit, with "to"
- On an __ keel
- Feeling of dread
- Architect's drawings
- Dark-colored wines
- Just hang around
- Spanish farewell
- Shakespeare's river
- Fried circular side dish
- Allow to borrow
- Wander off
- Tennis tourney favorite
- Got a visit from
- "In what way?"
- Sci. of farming
- Picnic side dish
- Waiter's reward
- Garment worn by Nero
- __ moss (garden mulch)
- Peruvian ancestor
- Superior beef rating
- Biblical paradise
- Rip to shreds
- ET's vehicle
- Christmas song
Down
- All the time
- Annual May car contest, for short
- __ Lisa
- At any time
- What fills oceans
- Double-twist letter
- 49-Across resident
- Soft metal
- Cry of accomplishment
- Texas city on the Rio Grande
- Walk through puddles
- Short movie excerpt
- Lawyer's pro __ work
- "Unaccustomed as __..."
- Defeat in a dash
- Boy Scout groups
- Shipped away
- Vegetable gadget
- Till bills
- Timetable, informally
- Spot for an icicle
- Soprano solo
- Roll call reply
- Food Network demonstrator
- Hole-punching tool
- Radar user
- Molecule used for vaccines
- Type of tide
- Mariner's call for help
- Olympic team assemblers
- Be optimistic
- 13-Down participant
- Imitating
- Port of Italy
- A Christmas Carol kid
- Rich mine deposits
- Commission collector
- Fine and __ (wonderful)
- Formidable task
- Disk on ice
- '60s presidential brother
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, July 30, 2025 is titled “SQUARE ROOTS” 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.