SKILLET SET
Across
- Wood-cutting tools
- Extends across
- Eve's second child
- Make simpler
- Feeling glum
- Take a chair
- Aviator Earhart
- Takes a train or bus
- Northwest Florida's shape
- Blue jeans brand
- Colorful eye part
- "Who's there?" reply
- Outer border
- Flat-topped mountain
- Wedding cake layer
- Slightly moist
- "No bid"
- A sight for __ eyes
- Auction website
- Throw hard
- Former TV host Jay
- Fortune-teller's __ cards
- Sandwich cookie
- Pre-owned
- Right __ (90-degree shape)
- Path to travel
- Silent performance
- Like beach surfaces
- Actress Meryl
- Elegant party
- Tummy muscles
- All-even score
- Very difficult choices
- Farmers harvest them
- Make a tally of
- "Look, I did it!"
- Up to a task
- Sir __ Newton
- Pacific __ Time (L.A. winter setting)
Down
- Hunt for bargains
- Sharply sloped
- Actor Nick
- Bicker
- Scenic views
- Scare suddenly
- Mine's rich vein
- Foe
- Right next to
- College grads
- Mail chute openings
- Small songbird
- Mysterious glow
- Soprano or tenor
- Stick (to)
- Suspect's story
- Got together
- Scornful, as remarks
- AM/FM device
- Musical about Mrs. Peron
- Catch a glimpse of
- Capital of Peru
- Dull-colored
- Parakeets and poodles
- Granola grains
- Condiment in a shaker
- Performs in a play
- Unruly child
- Any carbonated beverage
- Martini liquor
- Religious faction
- Jai __ (ball game)
- Degs. in finance
- Faulty firecracker
- Discussion group members
- Metallic mineral
- House, in Mexico
- Creative spark
- Many-petaled flowers with yellow centers
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, November 4, 2025 is titled “SKILLET SET” 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.