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YOUR CHOICE

Friday, May 2, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 74 clues
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Across

  1. Criticize strongly 4 ℓ
  2. Rt. hands 5 ℓ
  3. Aeneid setting 4 ℓ
  4. Where South Africa's foreign embassies are 8 ℓ
  5. Bigger copy, briefly 3 ℓ
  6. Source of oil and seeds 6 ℓ
  7. Fifty Shades of Grey author 7 ℓ
  8. End of the quote 13 ℓ
  9. Creative formation 4 ℓ
  10. Hot and bubbling 5 ℓ
  11. Ship of myth 4 ℓ
  12. Cafe handout 5 ℓ
  13. Cake cross-section 4 ℓ
  14. Big name in astrophysics 4 ℓ
  15. "Sample this" 5 ℓ
  16. Decoration recipient 4 ℓ
  17. Liverpool lockup 4 ℓ
  18. Wrap alternative 4 ℓ
  19. Sedan seizure 4 ℓ
  20. Change slightly 5 ℓ
  21. Short-music suffix 4 ℓ
  22. Be compliant 4 ℓ
  23. Be a nuisance to 5 ℓ
  24. Start of a quote 13 ℓ
  25. Parodies 7 ℓ
  26. How soccer games may end 6 ℓ
  27. HP products 3 ℓ
  28. Start a type of flight 8 ℓ
  29. Shade of purple 5 ℓ
  30. Stagecoach pullers 4 ℓ
  31. Zilch 3 ℓ
  32. Middle of quote 7 ℓ
  33. Hue and cry 3 ℓ
  34. A Rocky Mtn. state 3 ℓ
  35. "Alternatively..." 5 ℓ
  36. Apropos of 4 ℓ
  37. Dallas cager 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Shoots forth 5 ℓ
  2. Sun's setting 3 ℓ
  3. Pothole filler 3 ℓ
  4. Mood-stabilizing hormone 9 ℓ
  5. Attempt to smack 6 ℓ
  6. Plato's hometown 6 ℓ
  7. Fluctuate repeatedly 4 ℓ
  8. Austrian-based trade group 4 ℓ
  9. Puzzle with drawings 5 ℓ
  10. Military might 6 ℓ
  11. Proprietor pair, perhaps 7 ℓ
  12. Possible brunch starting time 5 ℓ
  13. Loose of limb 5 ℓ
  14. South Pacific resort isle 6 ℓ
  15. Scramble cousin 6 ℓ
  16. Animal del zodiaco 6 ℓ
  17. Landscaping tool 5 ℓ
  18. Mythical sorceress 5 ℓ
  19. "Farm" follower of song 5 ℓ
  20. Farmers market booth 5 ℓ
  21. R&B singer India.__ 4 ℓ
  22. Solemn statement 4 ℓ
  23. Pretense 3 ℓ
  24. Shut out 3 ℓ
  25. New Mexico state flower 5 ℓ
  26. "Cruise Capital of the World" 5 ℓ
  27. "Don't mind __" 5 ℓ
  28. Key near D 5 ℓ
  29. Trout habitat 4 ℓ
  30. Baseball great who spoke the quote 5 ℓ
  31. Room brighteners 5 ℓ
  32. Challenge intro 5 ℓ
  33. Romance reading 9 ℓ
  34. Novelist Morrison 4 ℓ
  35. Masked warrior 5 ℓ
  36. Kiln operator 5 ℓ
  37. Starting to peel off 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, May 2, 2025 is titled “YOUR CHOICE” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 74 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 YOUR CHOICE Crossword May 2 2025 Answers