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LAST CHANCE

Thursday, October 30, 2025 Constructed by Mark McClain 76 clues
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Across

  1. Like tough guys 5 ℓ
  2. Allow antonym 3 ℓ
  3. Weather stat 4 ℓ
  4. Pleasantly lively 12 ℓ
  5. Concurrences 7 ℓ
  6. Poe's autograph, e.g. 6 ℓ
  7. Town near Santa Fe 4 ℓ
  8. __ Vista, CA 5 ℓ
  9. Letters traceable to Greek 15 ℓ
  10. Set at a shop 4 ℓ
  11. Reiterate 4 ℓ
  12. John who's got an EGOT 5 ℓ
  13. Common reuniongoers 3 ℓ
  14. Short-music ending 4 ℓ
  15. Deter 5 ℓ
  16. Studio alert 5 ℓ
  17. Stowed stuff 4 ℓ
  18. Victor's cry 4 ℓ
  19. Gaffe 15 ℓ
  20. Heart's parts 5 ℓ
  21. Perceive from afar 4 ℓ
  22. Address angrily 6 ℓ
  23. Acknowledged silently 7 ℓ
  24. Catherine Parr, for about 19 months 12 ℓ
  25. Argues for 5 ℓ
  26. Betrays fear 5 ℓ
  27. Grammy category 3 ℓ
  28. B-boy connection 4 ℓ
  29. Soft tennis shots 5 ℓ
  30. Cotton quantity 4 ℓ
  31. Head word of a state capital 3 ℓ
  32. Branch of Islam 5 ℓ
  33. German exports 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Soft shoe 3 ℓ
  2. Microsoft Mobile, formerly 5 ℓ
  3. Tangible honor 5 ℓ
  4. Caustic 6 ℓ
  5. Inflation stat. 3 ℓ
  6. Amazon __ Studios 3 ℓ
  7. No hardnose 4 ℓ
  8. Peanut butter amt. 4 ℓ
  9. It's east of Le Mans 7 ℓ
  10. Scurry, old-style 3 ℓ
  11. Freight carrier 3 ℓ
  12. Santa __ Mountains 3 ℓ
  13. Trafalgar Square honoree 6 ℓ
  14. Cast aside 4 ℓ
  15. Open, as oysters 5 ℓ
  16. "Bar" food 5 ℓ
  17. What a lot might be 4 ℓ
  18. __ mater 4 ℓ
  19. Lemonlike 4 ℓ
  20. Very long time 3 ℓ
  21. Horsepower fraction 3 ℓ
  22. Trying to follow 3 ℓ
  23. End up with 3 ℓ
  24. Brutish bruiser 3 ℓ
  25. Cause of many blowups 3 ℓ
  26. Deftly done 4 ℓ
  27. First opened: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  28. Sets aside 5 ℓ
  29. Small military unit 5 ℓ
  30. Consume slowly 5 ℓ
  31. Sponsorship 5 ℓ
  32. Spherical pounder 4 ℓ
  33. Casual patron 6 ℓ
  34. Very long time 4 ℓ
  35. Speculates orally 6 ℓ
  36. "Are ya up for it?" 5 ℓ
  37. Lines on pie charts 5 ℓ
  38. In-crowd 5 ℓ
  39. Hard to ditch 5 ℓ
  40. Conveyer of cool 4 ℓ
  41. Scottish accent 4 ℓ
  42. Red Sea adjoiner 5 ℓ
  43. Ill at ease 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, October 30, 2025 is titled “LAST CHANCE” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 76 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 LAST CHANCE Crossword October 30 2025 Answers