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FASTEN-ATING

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 78 clues
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Across

  1. Small retail store 4 ℓ
  2. Fruit symbol of Georgia 5 ℓ
  3. Shut loudly, as a door 4 ℓ
  4. Dreadful 6 ℓ
  5. Sales agents, for short 4 ℓ
  6. Wall calendar square 3 ℓ
  7. "The Raven" writer 3 ℓ
  8. Full collection 3 ℓ
  9. Getting every test answer right 14 ℓ
  10. Jab with a finger 4 ℓ
  11. Sheriff's pursuit group 5 ℓ
  12. Prefix for space or nautical 4 ℓ
  13. Barely visible 5 ℓ
  14. Cat's weapon 4 ℓ
  15. Highway turnoff 4 ℓ
  16. Informal conversations 5 ℓ
  17. Recipe amts. 4 ℓ
  18. Many, many, many years 4 ℓ
  19. Surface for surfing 4 ℓ
  20. Hydrant attachment 4 ℓ
  21. Sound of a sneeze 5 ℓ
  22. "That's too bad!" 4 ℓ
  23. Author unknown: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  24. Story's main idea 5 ℓ
  25. Sprinting to score, in baseball 14 ℓ
  26. Nonprofit's URL ender 3 ℓ
  27. Golf peg 3 ℓ
  28. Title for some wives 3 ℓ
  29. Sneaker or sandal 4 ℓ
  30. Reputation stain 6 ℓ
  31. Lazy person 5 ℓ
  32. Helps out 4 ℓ
  33. Moby-Dick captain 4 ℓ
  34. Attention-grabbing story 15 ℓ
  35. More or __ (approximately) 4 ℓ
  36. High-fat, low-carb diet 4 ℓ
  37. Scornful smile 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Ear-cleaning implement 4 ℓ
  2. Weed-chopping farm tool 3 ℓ
  3. Attend a party 4 ℓ
  4. "If I may interrupt..." 4 ℓ
  5. Rebound of a sound 4 ℓ
  6. Highly inadequate 8 ℓ
  7. Forget-__ (flower) 5 ℓ
  8. Dating from 4 ℓ
  9. Time-consuming 4 ℓ
  10. Most populous Chinese city 8 ℓ
  11. Green pasta sauce 5 ℓ
  12. Racetrack shape 4 ℓ
  13. Angel's overhead ring 4 ℓ
  14. "__ have to?" 3 ℓ
  15. Get a look at 3 ℓ
  16. Make into law 5 ℓ
  17. Wigwam relative 5 ℓ
  18. Big Apple baseball team 4 ℓ
  19. Similar (to) 4 ℓ
  20. Hugs-and-kisses symbols in love letters 4 ℓ
  21. Sandy golf hazard 4 ℓ
  22. Gooey hair products 4 ℓ
  23. "Money __ everything" 4 ℓ
  24. Largest continent 4 ℓ
  25. Ark builder 4 ℓ
  26. Rank below cpl. 3 ℓ
  27. Tax-collecting org. 3 ℓ
  28. Second notes of a scale 3 ℓ
  29. Pigpen sound 4 ℓ
  30. Swampy area 5 ℓ
  31. Nose-horned African beast 5 ℓ
  32. Thrifty person 5 ℓ
  33. Lawn-trimming tool 5 ℓ
  34. Role model 4 ℓ
  35. Reattached with sticky liquid 5 ℓ
  36. High-IQ club 5 ℓ
  37. Pretentiously creative 5 ℓ
  38. "On tap" beverage 4 ℓ
  39. Quench fully 4 ℓ
  40. Crime-solving TV programs 8 ℓ
  41. Three born together 8 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, May 6, 2025 is titled “FASTEN-ATING” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. 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 FASTEN-ATING Crossword May 6 2025 Answers