WHAT'S WHERE
Across
- Be worried (about)
- High-calorie layer cake
- Madrid Mrs.
- Warsaw's country
- __-serif typeface
- Commencement VIPs
- Final stage
- Sneaky plan
- Snobbish demeanor
- Best possible
- Grapelike berry
- Jacob's twin
- Speedy
- Workplace sub
- Circus enclosure
- Look pleased
- Week fraction
- Thin cut
- Taken-back auto
- Give a speech
- Call off a rocket launch
- Very first garden
- On top of
- Informal farewell
- Surveillance by helicopters
- Vacation facility
- Atmospheric prefix
- Fighter jets' HQ
- Disaster aid agcy.
- "Same with me!"
- Hourglass fillers
- Two-tone cookies
- S&L accounts
- Unrealistic state
- __-ops (serious mind games)
- Yale who endowed Yale
- Cake's coating
Down
- Less restricted
- Itinerary abbr.
- Take a stab at
- Sushi eggs
- Follow orders
- Job to do
- Hawaiian greeting
- Fully engrossed
- Film guy doing dangerous feats
- Lotsa
- Sporting swords
- Change the color of again
- __ Moines, IA
- Bed linens
- Tidy
- Chopped into cubes
- Tripod for a canvas
- Southeast Sunshine State city
- Spew lava
- Do perfectly
- Ye __ Shoppe
- Mama's mama
- Treasury Dept. agency
- Water barrier
- Prefix for center
- Elbow counterpart
- Concession in chess
- __ Lanka
- Thoroughly enjoyed
- Salads, sweets, etc.
- Overly assertive
- Starting stake
- Meet at noon, perhaps
- Spanish gold
- Cinco +1
- UPS rival
- Goes to sea
- Interior design
- Salsa scoopers
- Moral purity
- Forensic evidence
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, May 28, 2025 is titled “WHAT'S WHERE” and was constructed by Prasanna Keshava. The puzzle features 78 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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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.