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CAR CHORE

Friday, September 5, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 74 clues
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Across

  1. Widespread 4 ℓ
  2. Hit the __ (decline suddenly) 5 ℓ
  3. South Sudan's capital 4 ℓ
  4. Evaluation symbol 4 ℓ
  5. Prepare for action 5 ℓ
  6. C-suite 4 ℓ
  7. Give refuge to 6 ℓ
  8. Bloke's "first-rate" 6 ℓ
  9. In the dark 5 ℓ
  10. Out of nothing 8 ℓ
  11. Tiny detail 9 ℓ
  12. Anxiety 5 ℓ
  13. Speed demon 5 ℓ
  14. Understand intuitively 4 ℓ
  15. Time Machine people 4 ℓ
  16. Excess 5 ℓ
  17. Burnt, as briquettes 4 ℓ
  18. What Boone 33-Across 4 ℓ
  19. Many an operatic performance 4 ℓ
  20. Heavy duty 4 ℓ
  21. Fjord, essentially 5 ℓ
  22. Ristorante turnover 9 ℓ
  23. Spirited attack 5 ℓ
  24. Bach wrote sonatas for it 8 ℓ
  25. Media mogul moniker 5 ℓ
  26. Precisely correct 6 ℓ
  27. Looped fastener for cables 6 ℓ
  28. Do the numbers 4 ℓ
  29. Brewed beverage 5 ℓ
  30. Ostentatious display 4 ℓ
  31. Has no use for 5 ℓ
  32. Was known as 6 ℓ
  33. Store to improve 3 ℓ
  34. Call conclusion 3 ℓ
  35. '60s ill-fated NASA mission 7 ℓ
  36. Cranial cavity 5 ℓ
  37. Auspices 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Script writers 3 ℓ
  2. Whom Fox replaced in Back to the Future 6 ℓ
  3. Reverent 6 ℓ
  4. Land of Lincoln collegians 6 ℓ
  5. Unprincipled conduct 7 ℓ
  6. Oscar winner as Loretta 5 ℓ
  7. Where eggplant was first eaten 4 ℓ
  8. Narcissus, for instance 4 ℓ
  9. Hour after mezzanotte 3 ℓ
  10. Change positions a lot 6 ℓ
  11. Warehousing 7 ℓ
  12. Treacherous people 8 ℓ
  13. Phone's time saver 8 ℓ
  14. Wool gathering need 6 ℓ
  15. IRS' compliance shortfall 6 ℓ
  16. Botanical balm for bruises 6 ℓ
  17. Courageous 6 ℓ
  18. Aesopian saver 3 ℓ
  19. #5 busiest US airport 5 ℓ
  20. Communally owned 4 ℓ
  21. Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year awarder 4 ℓ
  22. __ change (what the five longest Across answers end with) 3 ℓ
  23. Kin of kabuki 3 ℓ
  24. Seething 3 ℓ
  25. Make sure of 5 ℓ
  26. Joke you haven't heard before 6 ℓ
  27. "We exclusively!" 6 ℓ
  28. Byron's "__ Walks in Beauty" 3 ℓ
  29. Swift's significant other 5 ℓ
  30. Lose momentum 3 ℓ
  31. Grafton's Burglar starter 3 ℓ
  32. Lab dish deviser 5 ℓ
  33. Appraisal abbr. 3 ℓ
  34. Informal initiative 8 ℓ
  35. British Caribbean island 8 ℓ
  36. Tacit 7 ℓ
  37. Person settling disputes 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, September 5, 2025 is titled “CAR CHORE” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 74 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 CAR CHORE Crossword September 5 2025 Answers