OMNIVOWEL ACROSSES
Across
- Percolate
- Smeltery byproduct
- Vodka nickname
- College Football Live airer
- Dickinson preposition
- Hardly a tough course
- Odyssey singers
- Oral comeback
- Approximate miles in Earth's diameter
- More than ready
- Word on maps near Juarez
- Not taken in by
- Direction opposite moonset
- Bring to bear
- Cold feet
- "Not so fast!"
- Betsey portrayer in 2019's ...David Copperfield
- Spill it, with "up"
- Hand (out)
- Pier foundations
- Too smooth-talking
- Hebrew month
- Pattern of pixels
- Metaphor for silence
- End of the Pledge
- Keep busy
- Beethoven masterwork nickname
- Brings up
- W-2 recipient
- Channel for hearings
- '80s album in the Grammy Hall of Fame
- Bedazzle
- Paid-for ink spots
- Meat-and-potatoes
- Fuel source
Down
- Two-sharp scale
- Locker locale
- Emulating
- Literary land of the little
- "Too bad, almost!"
- River through the French Alps
- Big name in bricks
- Norway's patron saint
- "Pencils down"
- Barbecue entree advisory
- Unsettle
- Mississippi's source
- Downsize
- Water in Florida's state song
- Meddlesome people
- Spirited feelings
- Sleep on it
- Ventricle outlet
- Camels in quantity
- Head and Shoulders alternative
- Fleet vehicle
- Service seating
- "What a relief!"
- __ facto
- Structure on Missouri's quarters
- Evita dwelling
- Art sch. course
- Vertical part of a stairway
- Pointless
- Throw barbs (at)
- Pinch hitter's reward
- Ft. Worth campus
- Brown glaze for scones
- Ancient history study
- "Now, where __?"
- Represent falsely
- Fare schedule
- Breathing space
- The least bit
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Friday, June 13, 2025 is titled “OMNIVOWEL ACROSSES” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 74 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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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.