TRIVIAL PURSUIT: In which we split 128-Acrosses
Across
- Actor Pitt
- Pics on pecs
- Tall guys' sports league
- Comical quality
- Convergence points
- Navigation screen display
- "Have a taste!"
- Vietnamese holiday
- Quixote title
- Running speed
- NNW's opposite
- Grapelike berry
- Nevada resort
- 35mm camera type
- Ancient artifacts
- On the __ (fleeing)
- "Now you're talking!"
- Tricolor cat
- You, right now
- Significant time frames
- Chewy, gooey candy
- Stubborn equine
- Flight tracker stat
- Kiwi's huge long-gone relative
- Golfer's gouge
- Any fam. member
- Atlanta-based channel
- Be dictatorial
- Maine college town
- Justice Kagan
- Ice cream cone topper
- 007's cocktail request
- Softball glove
- Lively flair
- Indonesian tourist isle
- Piano piece with movements
- Part of a parka
- Top of the head
- Subtle glow
- Marsh waders
- Meadow measure
- Bisected word in the eight longest answers
- Sporting sneakers, say
- Showery
- Challenge authority
- Keep making turns
- Actress Jessica
- Hogwarts potions professor
- Royal tenure
- Good natured parody
- Much-sung party song
- Hospital hookups, for short
- Nest egg acronym
- Very proficient
- The Granite State
- NFL distances
- Charitable TV spot
- Dessert with crumbled cookies
- Brain cell-related
- Door knocks
- Inconsistent
- Best Picture Oscar film on the Olympics
Down
- Telly network
- Major muddle
- Forbidden thing
- Brass or bronze
- Stovetop vessel
- Broadcast breaks
- __ voyage party
- 12 hours after midnight
- Dash entrant
- Comic Cheri
- Scratch up
- A third of tri-
- Tray for bricks
- Wonderland cat
- Alda of M*A*S*H
- Old-school cheers
- Overly hasty
- In itself
- Being broadcast
- Tip of a plane
- Frat letters
- Chocolatier's equipment
- Bitter-tasting
- Read quickly
- Mideast money
- Research facility
- Airport safety agcy.
- Watery Roman attraction
- "Historic" starter
- Creative pursuit
- Bovine baby
- Feathery farm female
- Preschooler
- In essence
- Quid __ quo
- __ Jima (WWII battle site)
- Slightly banged-in
- Hebrew holy text
- What "fi" may follow
- Followers: Suffix
- Singer's extent
- Deeply felt
- Originally called
- __-Seltzer
- State's ball game
- Dickensian clerk
- Frolics
- Prefix for scope
- Predatory dolphin
- Poetic sphere
- Color subtlety
- Witnessed
- Shirt with a slogan
- MO city
- Austrian article
- Elevated
- Flow gradually
- Pride of an MIT VIP
- __ for tat
- Gas-line liquid brand
- Many mos.
- Two-choice question
- Go on to say
- Scroogean shout
- Water conduit
- Two-way, as a door
- Captain Nemo creator
- Great bargains
- Carpool lane designation
- Baboon or gorilla
- Coin factory
- Teheran resident
- Almost never seen
- Prefix for center
- The most you can pay
- Mumbai attire
- Pub serving
- Airborne saucers
- Failing grades
- Horn of Africa language
- Design detail
- Travel by bike
- Raspy-voiced
- Unsaid yet understood
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, June 1, 2025 is titled “TRIVIAL PURSUIT: In which we split 128-Acrosses” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 146 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.