Newsday Crossword

TALK TO THE ANIMALS: Wolf, lion, etc.

Sunday, April 6, 2025 Constructed by Steve Faiella 146 clues
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Across

  1. Word on oven dials 4 ℓ
  2. Sets as a price 4 ℓ
  3. West African nation 4 ℓ
  4. Latin 101 verb 4 ℓ
  5. 20-Across standards 6 ℓ
  6. Served meals to 3 ℓ
  7. Wintry complaint 3 ℓ
  8. Low grade 3 ℓ
  9. Express elation 17 ℓ
  10. Newly made, as wine 6 ℓ
  11. Batteries for remotes 3 ℓ
  12. What some spouses are called 3 ℓ
  13. Poke fun at 3 ℓ
  14. __-Seltzer 4 ℓ
  15. French article 3 ℓ
  16. Well-phrased 3 ℓ
  17. Brit. lexicon 3 ℓ
  18. Knowledgeable and sensible 4 ℓ
  19. Extreme anxiety 5 ℓ
  20. Stop the auto suddenly 14 ℓ
  21. Tummy muscles 3 ℓ
  22. Essential __ acids 5 ℓ
  23. Get together 4 ℓ
  24. Metal-rich deposits 5 ℓ
  25. Try to upset a person 14 ℓ
  26. Elegant and excellent 6 ℓ
  27. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-__" 3 ℓ
  28. Novelist Tan 3 ℓ
  29. Elevator compartment 3 ℓ
  30. Unsuccessful film 4 ℓ
  31. Espresso server 7 ℓ
  32. Singer Etheridge or actress McCarthy 7 ℓ
  33. Update your status online 16 ℓ
  34. Cameo-shaped 4 ℓ
  35. Horn's sound 4 ℓ
  36. High-minded 5 ℓ
  37. B-school subject 4 ℓ
  38. Pisces follower 5 ℓ
  39. Otter cousin 4 ℓ
  40. Target sport 5 ℓ
  41. Ally (with) 4 ℓ
  42. Fund, as a foundation 5 ℓ
  43. 84-Across mentor 4 ℓ
  44. Pub servings 4 ℓ
  45. Just adequate 4 ℓ
  46. Shoe's back 4 ℓ
  47. Tavern fare 4 ℓ
  48. React to a great joke 16 ℓ
  49. Don't listen to 7 ℓ
  50. Slugger's stats 4 ℓ
  51. Strangely amazing 7 ℓ
  52. Member of la familia 3 ℓ
  53. Shirt with no collar 3 ℓ
  54. Divested (of) 3 ℓ
  55. Notices in the distance 6 ℓ
  56. Stadium's oral approval 14 ℓ
  57. Luau adornments 4 ℓ
  58. Weapon with electrodes 5 ℓ
  59. Stitch up 3 ℓ
  60. Riding horse 5 ℓ
  61. Command like drill sergeants 14 ℓ
  62. "In my view..." 5 ℓ
  63. Smoke detector output 4 ℓ
  64. Contented sound 3 ℓ
  65. Alumnae directory word 3 ℓ
  66. Unspoken assent 3 ℓ
  67. Days before holidays 4 ℓ

Down

  1. Ebenezer exclamation 3 ℓ
  2. Surprisingly agile 4 ℓ
  3. Very perceptive 4 ℓ
  4. Spotted 4 ℓ
  5. Simple rhyme scheme 4 ℓ
  6. Private eyes 7 ℓ
  7. Approx. 3 ℓ
  8. Hardness scale inventor 4 ℓ
  9. Home services website 4 ℓ
  10. Measured two-dimensionally 6 ℓ
  11. Yankee retiree nickname 4 ℓ
  12. Fuzzy fruit 4 ℓ
  13. Snaky swimmers 4 ℓ
  14. Doled (out) 5 ℓ
  15. Feeling sore 4 ℓ
  16. "ur a riot" 3 ℓ
  17. South Korean TVs 3 ℓ
  18. Passports, for short 3 ℓ
  19. Email letters 3 ℓ
  20. Coiled 60-Down 3 ℓ
  21. Diminish 6 ℓ
  22. Have no use for 4 ℓ
  23. Passe but charming 6 ℓ
  24. Threesomes 6 ℓ
  25. Archipelago's parts 5 ℓ
  26. Nickname like Liz 5 ℓ
  27. Sort of sweater 4 ℓ
  28. On __ with (comparable to) 4 ℓ
  29. The Dalai __ 4 ℓ
  30. "Lively" pursuits 4 ℓ
  31. "__ quiet!" 4 ℓ
  32. Steed-stopping shout 4 ℓ
  33. Mediocre mark 3 ℓ
  34. Shrewdly cautious 4 ℓ
  35. Bailiff's directive 7 ℓ
  36. Nose woes 5 ℓ
  37. Iroquois Confederacy group 7 ℓ
  38. Bridge seats 5 ℓ
  39. Surprise attack 6 ℓ
  40. Show concern 4 ℓ
  41. Hunter's garb 4 ℓ
  42. Llama cousin 5 ℓ
  43. Pool path 4 ℓ
  44. Categories 4 ℓ
  45. Buzzers that fly 4 ℓ
  46. Bart's bus driver 4 ℓ
  47. Expressed, as a farewell 4 ℓ
  48. Payroll IDs 4 ℓ
  49. Cry of success 4 ℓ
  50. Avidly eager 4 ℓ
  51. NYC cultural venue 4 ℓ
  52. Diabolical 4 ℓ
  53. Fleece source 3 ℓ
  54. Plastic bag closer 3 ℓ
  55. Job listing letters 3 ℓ
  56. Hemingway nickname 5 ℓ
  57. Avowed 7 ℓ
  58. Wading bird 4 ℓ
  59. Driver-summoning app 4 ℓ
  60. Arizona flora 5 ℓ
  61. Dot on a state map 4 ℓ
  62. Harsh oratory 6 ℓ
  63. Plant firmly 5 ℓ
  64. Italian wine 5 ℓ
  65. Baby food, frequently 6 ℓ
  66. Printer supplies 4 ℓ
  67. Peruse 4 ℓ
  68. Antique, in the past 4 ℓ
  69. Price of admission 3 ℓ
  70. Pungent salad veggie 6 ℓ
  71. __ buco (veal meal) 4 ℓ
  72. Withdraw gradually 4 ℓ
  73. Prohibition supporters 4 ℓ
  74. Warehouse's purpose 7 ℓ
  75. Imaginary 6 ℓ
  76. "That's __ haven't heard" 4 ℓ
  77. Bureaucratic tangle 7 ℓ
  78. Football gear 7 ℓ
  79. Coif 6 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, April 6, 2025 is titled “TALK TO THE ANIMALS: Wolf, lion, etc.” and was constructed by Steve Faiella. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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