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AT THE PLAYGROUND

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 78 clues
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Across

  1. Flooded (with) 5 ℓ
  2. Nickname for Dallas 4 ℓ
  3. Army outpost 4 ℓ
  4. Destroy slowly 5 ℓ
  5. Cruise ship stop 4 ℓ
  6. Actor Rogen or Meyers 4 ℓ
  7. Noteworthy period 3 ℓ
  8. Clairvoyance, for short 3 ℓ
  9. Sports match where the leader keeps changing 13 ℓ
  10. Strike, as with hailstones 4 ℓ
  11. Alps topper 4 ℓ
  12. Transplant, as a houseplant 5 ℓ
  13. Paintballs, for instance 4 ℓ
  14. Adolescent 4 ℓ
  15. Wise saying 5 ℓ
  16. Wild feline 4 ℓ
  17. Says further 4 ℓ
  18. Female grownup 5 ℓ
  19. Not yet familiar with 5 ℓ
  20. At any time 4 ℓ
  21. Triple-decker cookie 4 ℓ
  22. Embellish, as clothing 5 ℓ
  23. Actress Headey or Dunham of TV 4 ℓ
  24. Military sector 4 ℓ
  25. Long brass instrument 13 ℓ
  26. River blocker 3 ℓ
  27. Tel Aviv's land: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  28. Bottom of a statue 4 ℓ
  29. Strong smell 4 ℓ
  30. Online periodicals 5 ℓ
  31. Not quite shut 4 ℓ
  32. Without favoritism 6 ℓ
  33. Had for lunch 3 ℓ
  34. Get started quickly 15 ℓ
  35. Formed a lap 3 ℓ
  36. __-browned potatoes 4 ℓ
  37. Accepters of offers 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Get __ for effort 3 ℓ
  2. Female deer 3 ℓ
  3. Bit of heredity 4 ℓ
  4. Anvil metal 4 ℓ
  5. Foolish fellow 4 ℓ
  6. Theme park shuttle vehicles 5 ℓ
  7. French Impressionist artist 6 ℓ
  8. Higher than 4 ℓ
  9. Pool table fabric 4 ℓ
  10. Automaker of the Civic 5 ℓ
  11. Make long steps 6 ℓ
  12. No-show soldier: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  13. Gets married 4 ℓ
  14. Sold to a hock shop 6 ℓ
  15. Stretchy swimsuit brand 6 ℓ
  16. Dreadlocks wearer, for short 5 ℓ
  17. Tube in a milk shake 5 ℓ
  18. Sheet worn by Caesar 4 ℓ
  19. Junk email 4 ℓ
  20. Has bought 4 ℓ
  21. Admitting both sexes 4 ℓ
  22. British prep school 4 ℓ
  23. Ticklish red Muppet 4 ℓ
  24. Prefix for final or circle 4 ℓ
  25. Midmorning hour 3 ℓ
  26. Chum 3 ℓ
  27. Text-message faces 6 ℓ
  28. Violation of rules 6 ℓ
  29. Football great Marino 3 ℓ
  30. Moisten in an oven 5 ℓ
  31. In combat 5 ℓ
  32. Casio watch competitor 5 ℓ
  33. Prefix meaning "straight" 5 ℓ
  34. School near Harvard 3 ℓ
  35. Get out of bed 5 ℓ
  36. Brag about winning 5 ℓ
  37. Moog instrument, for short 5 ℓ
  38. Connect, as a seat belt 6 ℓ
  39. Thinks alike 6 ℓ
  40. Rowboat implement 3 ℓ
  41. Homer's toon neighbor 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, May 14, 2025 is titled “AT THE PLAYGROUND” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. 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.

Newsday AT THE PLAYGROUND Crossword May 14 2025 Answers