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PAY DAY

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 78 clues
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Across

  1. Job-related move, for short 4 ℓ
  2. Pasture measure 4 ℓ
  3. Olympic sledder 5 ℓ
  4. Payment for owning a home 11 ℓ
  5. Dampen 3 ℓ
  6. Soup beans 5 ℓ
  7. Widens, as pupils 7 ℓ
  8. Vehicle for hire 3 ℓ
  9. Meat in an omelet 3 ℓ
  10. Payment for crossing a river 10 ℓ
  11. Creme-filled cookie 4 ℓ
  12. Talk host O'Brien 5 ℓ
  13. Chain-__ fence 4 ℓ
  14. Ticklish red Muppet 4 ℓ
  15. Ingests 4 ℓ
  16. Convinces to decide 5 ℓ
  17. Park bench plank 4 ℓ
  18. Diabolical 4 ℓ
  19. "All kidding __..." 5 ℓ
  20. Casual discussion 4 ℓ
  21. Payment for a business intermediary 10 ℓ
  22. Tex-Mex food truck serving 4 ℓ
  23. Farm enclosure 3 ℓ
  24. 20 Across' org. 3 ℓ
  25. Pittsburgh footballer 7 ℓ
  26. Made a goof 5 ℓ
  27. Expert pilot 3 ℓ
  28. Payment for entering a nightclub 11 ℓ
  29. Aid in criminality 4 ℓ
  30. Cheer for a team 4 ℓ
  31. Sports shoe attachment 5 ℓ
  32. __ around (loiter) 4 ℓ
  33. Singles in wallets 4 ℓ
  34. Latches (onto) 5 ℓ
  35. Manicurist's abrasive 5 ℓ
  36. Name meaning "born again" 4 ℓ
  37. Verdi opera 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Boxing arbiters 4 ℓ
  2. British prep school 4 ℓ
  3. Speed contest 4 ℓ
  4. Escort for a date 9 ℓ
  5. Stop stalling 3 ℓ
  6. Coral ridge 4 ℓ
  7. Genesis paradise 4 ℓ
  8. Photo file format 3 ℓ
  9. UN member until '91 4 ℓ
  10. Texas border city 6 ℓ
  11. Of earlier vintage 5 ℓ
  12. Trash-can insert 5 ℓ
  13. Paperless party announcement 5 ℓ
  14. List-shortening abbr. 3 ℓ
  15. Makes even 6 ℓ
  16. Wives or husbands 5 ℓ
  17. Ring-shaped 9-Down 5 ℓ
  18. Historic Alabama city 5 ℓ
  19. Space on a schedule 4 ℓ
  20. WWII turning point 4 ℓ
  21. Forehead 4 ℓ
  22. First-learned fundamentals 4 ℓ
  23. Operatic solo 4 ℓ
  24. Rabbit's hideaway 4 ℓ
  25. Signs off on 3 ℓ
  26. Tempest __ teapot 3 ℓ
  27. Choose by ballot 5 ℓ
  28. __-di-dah 3 ℓ
  29. Billiards bounce 5 ℓ
  30. Euro fractions: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  31. Person paid to park 5 ℓ
  32. Fine black wood 5 ℓ
  33. Convened again 5 ℓ
  34. Suffix meaning "attendee" 4 ℓ
  35. Crafts etailer 4 ℓ
  36. Visibly awed 5 ℓ
  37. Substantial gift to a college 9 ℓ
  38. Place to hibernate 4 ℓ
  39. British bloke 4 ℓ
  40. Canine warning 3 ℓ
  41. Banish 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, September 3, 2025 is titled “PAY DAY” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. 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.

Newsday PAY DAY Crossword September 3 2025 Answers