NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
Across
- Tiny troublemakers
- Assist in wrongdoing
- Country in the Andes
- Letters after kays
- Lo-cal, on food packages
- Elegant and excellent
- Was introduced to
- Uni- times three
- Totally confident
- Corkscrew's shape
- Motorist's reversal
- Largest continent
- Sheriff's metallic ID
- Allows
- Rural hotels
- Follow, as advice
- Elm or oak
- Portion of medicine
- 100%, as gold
- Strong smell
- Lassos
- Part of a molecule
- Tops of jars
- Banish
- "The," grammatically
- Donkey
- "Wow, am __ a roll!"
- Just adequate
- Small, and prone to pranks
- Wood-cutting tool
- Kitchen drain's locale
- Stand up
- Mrs. George W. Bush
- Unquestionably correct
- Old-time anesthetic
- Seagoing fighting force
- Adolescent
Down
- Apple's tablet computer
- Blab a secret
- Long heroic tale
- Keep confined
- Childish response to "Am not!"
- __ Major (bear constellation)
- Went by bike or bus
- Revises a manuscript
- Shoe-shining liquid
- "Half" prefix for circle
- College teacher nickname
- "Sound off" remote button
- Tilted
- Fabric fold
- Combine, as companies
- Overly spoken, as a phrase
- Otherwise
- Storage containers
- Prohibited thing
- Corrosive liquid
- Software customer
- Condiment in shakers
- Impolite
- State north of New Mexico
- Undersea vessel
- Meet with
- Spoken with a twang
- Not safe to do
- Make very happy
- Tag inside a blouse
- Melts together, as metals
- Clothes-pressing appliance
- Kitchen strainer
- Nothing more than
- Sounds of regret
- Barbecues' residues
- Humble answer to "Good work, folks!"
- Number in a spreadsheet
- Tequila cocktail, for short
- Ancient artifact
- __ of measure (quart and ounce)
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, March 4, 2025 is titled “NO UNCERTAIN TERMS” and was constructed by Sally R. Stein. 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.