TRAINING DAY
Across
- Swallow suddenly
- Soup-cooking vessels
- Thick carpet
- Make a mistake
- Multiyear savings accts.
- Updates, as a clock
- Buddy
- Wet forecast
- DNA researcher
- Needing a bath
- Mine extracts
- Main idea
- Shopping trip sheet
- Detest
- Kept chilled, as wine
- __ up (admit the truth)
- Soft throw
- Walesa of Poland
- Discussion group
- Office message
- Money in Italy
- Lauder of makeup
- Three-decker cookie
- Largest continent
- Vocal group leader
- __ Fifth Avenue (retail chain)
- NNW opposite
- "Now I get it!"
- Dined at a restaurant
- Baby beagle
- Hesitant denial
- Folded Mexican food
- Charity contributor
- Making excellent progress
- Come next
- Fencing blade
- Buzzing insects
Down
- Swordplay injury
- Fly high
- Performing threesome
- Remove from power
- Nobel Prize category
- Compliment to an archer
- Prayer's conclusion
- Submarine sandwiches
- Art class attire
- Enjoyment
- Rude look
- "Do __ others..."
- Lynx or leopard
- Prearrange illegally
- Bothersome people
- Poker hand fees
- Relaxes for a bit
- Whole wheat alternative
- Engrave deeply
- Guitarist Clapton
- Highest digit in sudoku
- Italian farewell
- Loch __ monster
- Cleveland's lake
- Sport with clubs and greens
- Chest muscle, for short
- Back muscle, for short
- Letters on Forever Stamps
- Southwestern building brick
- Powder in a printer
- Go onstage
- __ and aahs
- Muscle soreness
- Step of a project
- Not shortened
- Finger jabs
- Helpful pointers
- Historic time
- Large coffee dispensers
- Performer admired by adolescents
- Traffic stopper
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, March 26, 2025 is titled “TRAINING DAY” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. 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.