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FANCIFUL TRANSPORT

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 Constructed by Prasanna Keshava 78 clues
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Across

  1. Mentions one-by-one 5 ℓ
  2. Home for protons 4 ℓ
  3. Sunbeam 3 ℓ
  4. Shorthand pro 5 ℓ
  5. __ Romeo (Italian auto) 4 ℓ
  6. Superlative suffix 3 ℓ
  7. Pirate flag symbol 5 ℓ
  8. Court prosecutors: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  9. Belly muscles 3 ℓ
  10. Device for traveling to the future 11 ℓ
  11. Increase, as weight 4 ℓ
  12. Song sung alone 4 ℓ
  13. Comfy and cozy 5 ℓ
  14. Woodwind instrument 4 ℓ
  15. Wipe clean 5 ℓ
  16. Subtle "Hey you!" 4 ℓ
  17. Polite guy 4 ℓ
  18. Golf peg 3 ℓ
  19. Fender bumps 5 ℓ
  20. Served from a keg 5 ℓ
  21. Don't include 4 ℓ
  22. Neither __ nor there 4 ℓ
  23. Central Florida city 5 ℓ
  24. Act moody 4 ℓ
  25. Prayer's last word 4 ℓ
  26. Green holder for peas 3 ℓ
  27. Arabian Nights flying rug 11 ℓ
  28. Prefix like atmo- 3 ℓ
  29. Pass into law 5 ℓ
  30. School lunch sandwich initials 3 ℓ
  31. Speck of land in the sea 4 ℓ
  32. Ziti or spaghetti 5 ℓ
  33. Exxon's former name 4 ℓ
  34. Try to achieve 6 ℓ
  35. Keogh plan alternative 3 ℓ
  36. Spherical vehicle for Cinderella 15 ℓ
  37. Light brown color 3 ℓ
  38. Octet of an octopus 4 ℓ
  39. Happens next 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Weaver's device 4 ℓ
  2. Repair, as a blouse 4 ℓ
  3. Three-layer cookie 4 ℓ
  4. Asks for trouble 10 ℓ
  5. "Now I get it!" 3 ℓ
  6. "Hooray!" 6 ℓ
  7. Love, in Spain 4 ℓ
  8. Italy's capital, to natives 4 ℓ
  9. Parking lot slot 5 ℓ
  10. Rocky actress Shire 5 ℓ
  11. Male deer 4 ℓ
  12. Ancient Andes native 4 ℓ
  13. Not quite 6 ℓ
  14. Speak like Daffy Duck 4 ℓ
  15. Had sore muscles 5 ℓ
  16. Land by the sea 5 ℓ
  17. Other than that 4 ℓ
  18. Extremely eager 4 ℓ
  19. Like a __ in the woods 4 ℓ
  20. Speck of dust 4 ℓ
  21. "Ask me, __ expert" 4 ℓ
  22. Sparrow's home 4 ℓ
  23. Looks at closely 4 ℓ
  24. After-tax 3 ℓ
  25. Adolescent 4 ℓ
  26. Emergency situation 6 ℓ
  27. Piglike mammals 6 ℓ
  28. Female undershirt, briefly 4 ℓ
  29. Informal jazz performance 10 ℓ
  30. Tubes under sinks 5 ℓ
  31. Main impact of a blow 5 ℓ
  32. Nine-digit ID 3 ℓ
  33. In the neighborhood 5 ℓ
  34. Robes in ancient Italy 5 ℓ
  35. "__ we all?" 5 ℓ
  36. Barely sustain 6 ℓ
  37. Warship fleet 6 ℓ
  38. Comics canine's comment 3 ℓ
  39. Young hoodlum 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, October 8, 2025 is titled “FANCIFUL TRANSPORT” and was constructed by Prasanna Keshava. 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.

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