MORE TIME
Across
- Big co. designation
- Timepiece with a strap
- Electrical cord's end
- Most triumphant occasion
- Reason to scratch
- Tease meanly
- Sleep noisily
- Sounded frightened
- Sound of a snake
- "So what __ is new?"
- Large pig
- Go-getter's motto
- Main dinner course
- Sisters in a convent
- Pub serving
- Goals of negotiations
- How takeout meals are ordered
- Actor Danson
- Sound of a dove
- Nobleman below duke
- Slanted typeface
- Flightless Australian bird
- Brief moment
- Racetrack stats
- Software revision, for short
- The universe
- Operatic solos
- Satirical piece
- Philly's Ivy League school
- Just before a deadline
- No longer sleeping
- Appointed to a job
- Kitchen's scouring tool
- Perfect example
- Blackboard accessory
- Solitary person
Down
- North Pole covering
- Dog's __ legs
- Clumsy person
- Filled tortilla
- Devoured
- Sensible thinking
- Quick look
- Web address ID
- Swimmer's back-and-forth distances
- Mexican coins
- Aunt's kid
- "That's enough!"
- Takes a nibble of
- "Quiet down!"
- Uncle Sam headgear
- New Orleans cuisine
- Evaded commitment
- Authority to decide
- Bunch of pals
- Poet Pound
- Location
- Let use for a while
- Opposite of WNW
- Long, thin fish
- Musical twosome
- S&L accounts
- Trumpet sound
- Large marine mammal
- "For goodness __!"
- End-of-term test
- On the __ (fleeing)
- Table linens
- Baseball official
- Brew from a kettle
- Teacher's deg.
- Least satisfactory
- Rural hotel
- Close securely
- Rowing implement
- Luau side dish
- North Pole worker
- Give permission
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, October 22, 2025 is titled “MORE TIME” and was constructed by Lin Josephson. 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.