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NOTHING TO IT

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 76 clues
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Across

  1. Refuse to do something 4 ℓ
  2. Fruit that becomes a prune 4 ℓ
  3. Phony deals 5 ℓ
  4. Pay for everyone's meal 5 ℓ
  5. In a crafty way 5 ℓ
  6. Hot medicinal beverage 7 ℓ
  7. Book of maps 5 ℓ
  8. Insincere ultimatum 12 ℓ
  9. "Scat!" 4 ℓ
  10. Bugs Bunny foe Fudd 5 ℓ
  11. Spherical hairdo 4 ℓ
  12. Bartlett or Bosc 4 ℓ
  13. "Believe __ not..." 4 ℓ
  14. Apartment that's owned 5 ℓ
  15. Boats like Noah's 4 ℓ
  16. Novel plot surprise 5 ℓ
  17. Envelope letters for Manhattan 4 ℓ
  18. Cleveland's lake 4 ℓ
  19. __ Carlo, Monaco 5 ℓ
  20. Simplify 4 ℓ
  21. Win by a wide margin 4 ℓ
  22. Ahead by a pair of points 5 ℓ
  23. Gush out 4 ℓ
  24. Meaningless show of support 12 ℓ
  25. Sample of food 5 ℓ
  26. Woodwind musician 7 ℓ
  27. With no skill 5 ℓ
  28. Exodus miracle food 5 ℓ
  29. Shortened "sir" counterpart 4 ℓ
  30. Underwater research site 6 ℓ
  31. __ Jones Industrial Average 3 ℓ
  32. Guess not based on facts 15 ℓ
  33. Like Cheerios 4 ℓ
  34. Sign up formally 6 ℓ
  35. Go bad, as vegetables 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. French flat hat 5 ℓ
  2. Kitten's sound 3 ℓ
  3. Find a purpose for 3 ℓ
  4. Once around a track 3 ℓ
  5. Pre-euro Spanish coin 6 ℓ
  6. South Korean capital 5 ℓ
  7. Weekday initials 5 ℓ
  8. Hill-building insects 4 ℓ
  9. Manage challenges well 4 ℓ
  10. Overly confident 4 ℓ
  11. Maintained a steady beat 8 ℓ
  12. Walks unsteadily 5 ℓ
  13. Fragrance 5 ℓ
  14. Despises 6 ℓ
  15. "Well, __-di-dah!" 3 ℓ
  16. Vote into office 5 ℓ
  17. Give permission for 5 ℓ
  18. Southpaw's nickname 5 ℓ
  19. Brother of Moses 5 ℓ
  20. Newspaper article 5 ℓ
  21. Marries 4 ℓ
  22. Prefix meaning "all" 4 ℓ
  23. Jogging gait 4 ℓ
  24. Pampering resort 3 ℓ
  25. __ Majesty (queenly title) 3 ℓ
  26. Acorn producer 3 ℓ
  27. Japanese money 3 ℓ
  28. Cuban dance 5 ℓ
  29. New Delhi's nation 5 ℓ
  30. Nose, slangily 5 ℓ
  31. Yellow-brown lion color 5 ℓ
  32. Look intently (at) 4 ℓ
  33. Airer of NFL games 4 ℓ
  34. Tortillas that are filled 5 ℓ
  35. Merriment 5 ℓ
  36. Like very much 5 ℓ
  37. Modify 5 ℓ
  38. Pause in the action 4 ℓ
  39. Partner in war 4 ℓ
  40. Child's choo-choo 8 ℓ
  41. Brief quarrel 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, September 2, 2025 is titled “NOTHING TO IT” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. 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 NOTHING TO IT Crossword September 2 2025 Answers