TWO AT A TIME
Across
- Cooler brand with a "hairy" name
- Lesser track locale
- Condescender
- Emotionally, in music
- First name of the "Queen of Soul"
- Time-honored
- Post-merger pair
- Committee runner
- Sky archer follower
- What fills Brazilian snack bowls
- Hail or hoot, for instance
- Rule of thumb
- Opposite of "That's clever!"
- Minutemen's school
- Sleep spot for sloths
- Pairs in the four longest answers
- Ancient outcast
- Creditably
- Spookily visible
- Metric "trillionth"
- Treat with cocoa
- Really gets to
- Westminster coronation artifact
- CSI regulars
- Kid's argument comeback
- '60s communication innovation
- J's position
- "In my humble opinion..."
- Air Marshal employer
- Tartan designations
- Paris-area hub
- Land on the Caspian
- Fell over, as oatmeal
- Japanese game developer
- Address for a guru
Down
- Is nattering
- Staples in sci-fi mags
- Dotted cube
- Improperly
- Jordan of the PGA Tour
- Really get to
- Ad-hoc alliance
- Futbol cheers
- Name on spongy toys
- Rustling sound
- "It's my shift"
- Food truck fare
- Mark up to improve
- Business school class
- Warm weather wear
- Allay
- Video game trials
- Kudos-quartet acronym
- On-mark connection
- Pumpkin pie spice
- B-school class
- Unusually fine
- High-grade vineyard
- Delay deciding
- 1.5-volt power source
- Individually
- Goes along
- Advil alternative
- Lower temporarily
- Not accidental
- Having logged in
- Big brat
- Grout user
- Missouri river
- Family nicknames
- Puccini heroine
- Apple's Mini successor
- It covers the House
- Isolated department
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Friday, July 4, 2025 is titled “TWO AT A TIME” and was constructed by Kevin Christian. 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.