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VERBAL VOYAGE

Thursday, May 1, 2025 Constructed by Gary Larson 76 clues
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Across

  1. Rush job notation 4 ℓ
  2. Swedish tennis great 4 ℓ
  3. Editor's accumulation: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  4. Spree of streaming 5 ℓ
  5. Great significance 6 ℓ
  6. Serve as a connection 12 ℓ
  7. Home builder's purchase 3 ℓ
  8. Norse pantheon 5 ℓ
  9. Lorna of fiction 5 ℓ
  10. Paragons 6 ℓ
  11. Have great power 8 ℓ
  12. Word like danke 5 ℓ
  13. A, as in Austria 4 ℓ
  14. Noisy distraction 3 ℓ
  15. Masquerade (as) 4 ℓ
  16. __-Mex 3 ℓ
  17. Salty septet 4 ℓ
  18. Islamic mystic sect 4 ℓ
  19. Potato skins, for instance 3 ℓ
  20. Con artist 5 ℓ
  21. Crumple suddenly 8 ℓ
  22. Sushi condiment 6 ℓ
  23. Too costly 5 ℓ
  24. Inner urge 3 ℓ
  25. Garb for many superheroes 5 ℓ
  26. "Fa la la la la" song 12 ℓ
  27. Freudian drive 6 ℓ
  28. Think out loud 5 ℓ
  29. Court proceedings 5 ℓ
  30. Animal park barrier 4 ℓ
  31. Large Mideast nation 4 ℓ
  32. Decided on 3 ℓ
  33. Show great respect 7 ℓ
  34. Soft shoe, for short 3 ℓ
  35. Oppressive person 4 ℓ
  36. Spot for mascara 4 ℓ
  37. What's under a sock 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Calls upon 4 ℓ
  2. Beams broadly 5 ℓ
  3. Defy authority 5 ℓ
  4. "Fine, I'll grab my coat." 10 ℓ
  5. Lit degrees 3 ℓ
  6. Husband favoring lean cuisine 5 ℓ
  7. Dot of dirt 5 ℓ
  8. Dallas hoopster 3 ℓ
  9. Entered en masse 7 ℓ
  10. For __ (not gratis) 4 ℓ
  11. Birdseed ingredient 4 ℓ
  12. Many C-notes 4 ℓ
  13. "Designate a driver" sponsor 4 ℓ
  14. Skycam carrier 5 ℓ
  15. Colorado competition 5 ℓ
  16. Foot-powered cymbals 5 ℓ
  17. Eat away 5 ℓ
  18. Toddler's boo-boo 4 ℓ
  19. Peter Pan pooch 4 ℓ
  20. Needle holes 4 ℓ
  21. Top gun 3 ℓ
  22. Brunch fish 3 ℓ
  23. The world of wear 7 ℓ
  24. Page for pundits 4 ℓ
  25. Have a bawl 4 ℓ
  26. Album contents 6 ℓ
  27. Hernando's "how" 4 ℓ
  28. Get __ (pass easily) 3 ℓ
  29. Malicious critics 10 ℓ
  30. Andean capital 4 ℓ
  31. Flatten on a board 4 ℓ
  32. Don't remove 4 ℓ
  33. Haus husband 4 ℓ
  34. Producer of Toothflix DVDs 3 ℓ
  35. Little barn babies 6 ℓ
  36. Fillmore's party 4 ℓ
  37. Official language of Bangladesh 7 ℓ
  38. Is against 7 ℓ
  39. Part of a shoebox 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, May 1, 2025 is titled “VERBAL VOYAGE” and was constructed by Gary Larson. The puzzle features 76 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.

Newsday VERBAL VOYAGE Crossword May 1 2025 Answers