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NEEDLE HOLDERS

Monday, April 21, 2025 Constructed by Doug Peterson 78 clues
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Across

  1. Decide not to visit 4 ℓ
  2. Junk email 4 ℓ
  3. Any number in a spreadsheet 4 ℓ
  4. Same-age siblings 5 ℓ
  5. Teaching session 6 ℓ
  6. Large African desert 6 ℓ
  7. Bird in a farm coop 3 ℓ
  8. Suspect's excuse 5 ℓ
  9. Farm heaps where it's hard to find needles 9 ℓ
  10. Turnpike fees 5 ℓ
  11. Finds a purpose for 4 ℓ
  12. Uninteresting, informally 4 ℓ
  13. Small bay 5 ℓ
  14. Not on time 4 ℓ
  15. Lion's hair 4 ℓ
  16. Loch __ monster 4 ℓ
  17. Practice for a bout 4 ℓ
  18. Looked at closely 4 ℓ
  19. Vessel of 1492 4 ℓ
  20. Messy heap 4 ℓ
  21. Charming Southern woman 5 ℓ
  22. Military truant: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  23. Skirt-smoothing appliance 4 ℓ
  24. Look forward to 5 ℓ
  25. From that time 5 ℓ
  26. Tall woody plants with needles (cones also) 9 ℓ
  27. Possesses 3 ℓ
  28. Weight attached to a fishing line 6 ℓ
  29. Mail-related 6 ℓ
  30. Bee attack 5 ℓ
  31. Gambling game like lotto 4 ℓ
  32. Locomotive sound 4 ℓ
  33. Not shortened, as a film 5 ℓ
  34. Collector's __ (sought-after rarity) 4 ℓ
  35. Straighten, as car wheels 5 ℓ
  36. Any Hollywood headliner 4 ℓ
  37. Look without blinking 5 ℓ
  38. Drains, as strength 4 ℓ
  39. Bugle or trumpet 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Break like a twig 4 ℓ
  2. Cab fare calculator 5 ℓ
  3. Wonderland girl 5 ℓ
  4. Thick wooden board 5 ℓ
  5. Mending supplies with needles 10 ℓ
  6. Change for a $20 bill 4 ℓ
  7. __ vera gel 4 ℓ
  8. Becomes fatigued 5 ℓ
  9. Shape of a winding staircase 6 ℓ
  10. Lacking color 4 ℓ
  11. Get __ the ground floor 4 ℓ
  12. Fuzzy brown fruit 4 ℓ
  13. Place to wear a bracelet 5 ℓ
  14. __ of two evils 6 ℓ
  15. Glossy bedsheet fabric 5 ℓ
  16. Without assistance 5 ℓ
  17. Small mountains 5 ℓ
  18. "Laughing" African beast 5 ℓ
  19. Memo's "right away" 4 ℓ
  20. Sings wordlessly 4 ℓ
  21. Well-skilled 4 ℓ
  22. Pottery material 4 ℓ
  23. Middleton married to Prince William 4 ℓ
  24. Building to store tools 4 ℓ
  25. Washbowl 5 ℓ
  26. "You can say __ again!" 4 ℓ
  27. YIELD or ONE WAY 4 ℓ
  28. Record players with needles 10 ℓ
  29. Propel a grocery cart 4 ℓ
  30. Not fooled by 4 ℓ
  31. Lasting mark 4 ℓ
  32. Cruise vessels 5 ℓ
  33. Pulls hard 4 ℓ
  34. Infamous Roman emperor 4 ℓ
  35. Prophetic sight 4 ℓ
  36. Airport landing predictions: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  37. Large family 4 ℓ
  38. South Korea's continent 4 ℓ
  39. Mailed off 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Monday, April 21, 2025 is titled “NEEDLE HOLDERS” and was constructed by Doug Peterson. 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 NEEDLE HOLDERS Crossword April 21 2025 Answers