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TENS & ELEVENS: Of matching lengths

Sunday, August 17, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 140 clues
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Across

  1. Countrified 5 ℓ
  2. Antsy feeling 5 ℓ
  3. Border on 4 ℓ
  4. Backpack burden 4 ℓ
  5. Like crooked cards 6 ℓ
  6. Keep entertained 5 ℓ
  7. Brazilian slitherer 8 ℓ
  8. Type of tea 5 ℓ
  9. Literary twist 5 ℓ
  10. Nautical "Halt!" 5 ℓ
  11. Banquet nibble 6 ℓ
  12. Main idea 5 ℓ
  13. Avoid skillfully 8 ℓ
  14. Smallest pups of a litter 5 ℓ
  15. City coded 11 on currency 11 ℓ
  16. __ la la 3 ℓ
  17. Train track 4 ℓ
  18. Noble deed 4 ℓ
  19. Garfield's canine pal 4 ℓ
  20. Unwitting victim 4 ℓ
  21. Take first 3 ℓ
  22. Eagle, for Apollo 11 11 ℓ
  23. Talk formally 5 ℓ
  24. Where spaniels socialize 8 ℓ
  25. Fill with love 6 ℓ
  26. Off-target 5 ℓ
  27. Watches closely 4 ℓ
  28. Editorial perspective 5 ℓ
  29. Be boastful 4 ℓ
  30. "Time to go!" 8 ℓ
  31. Eeyore's creator 5 ℓ
  32. Photograph finishes 6 ℓ
  33. 2010's occupant of 10 Downing Street 10 ℓ
  34. 10 through L.A. and Mobile 10 ℓ
  35. Seuss' tree protector 5 ℓ
  36. Young woman 4 ℓ
  37. Roof edge 4 ℓ
  38. "Grand" production 5 ℓ
  39. Nasal noise 5 ℓ
  40. Very often 4 ℓ
  41. Fabric flaw 4 ℓ
  42. Waist-high concavity 5 ℓ
  43. Starts to waken 5 ℓ
  44. Tasty 5 ℓ
  45. Confines, as cattle 4 ℓ
  46. Spot in the distance 4 ℓ
  47. FBI's list of 10 10 ℓ
  48. Sport with 10 playing at one time 10 ℓ
  49. Caribbean island group 8 ℓ
  50. Absolute 5 ℓ
  51. Muss, as hair 6 ℓ
  52. Sorority letters 4 ℓ
  53. Security worker 5 ℓ
  54. Boardroom VIPs 4 ℓ
  55. Ultimatum ender 6 ℓ
  56. Raise with a crane 5 ℓ
  57. Container kept near brushes 8 ℓ
  58. Non-pedigreed pets 5 ℓ
  59. Nation with 11 official spoken languages 11 ℓ
  60. Spaniard's river 3 ℓ
  61. Drapery holders 4 ℓ
  62. Main idea 4 ℓ
  63. Guilty feeling 4 ℓ
  64. Bldg.'s rental units 4 ℓ
  65. Yonder yacht 3 ℓ
  66. Figures with 11 vertexes 11 ℓ
  67. Repeated series 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Pear-shaped tomato 4 ℓ
  2. Car bar 4 ℓ
  3. Statuesque 4 ℓ
  4. S&L nest eggs 4 ℓ
  5. Lose it all 6 ℓ
  6. Pennsylvania city 7 ℓ
  7. Sound of scolding 3 ℓ
  8. WWII ally 4 ℓ
  9. Emulated a ram 5 ℓ
  10. A Prairie Province 7 ℓ
  11. Diamonds, for instance 7 ℓ
  12. Wide urban st. 3 ℓ
  13. Erodes 4 ℓ
  14. Trait carriers 5 ℓ
  15. Anarchic 7 ℓ
  16. Constitution components 8 ℓ
  17. Conclude a case 4 ℓ
  18. Fully aware of 4 ℓ
  19. Olympian's reward 5 ℓ
  20. Grapefruit box 5 ℓ
  21. Surfer since the '90s 5 ℓ
  22. Tiny troublemaker 5 ℓ
  23. Poetic muse 5 ℓ
  24. Stadium attendees 5 ℓ
  25. Video complement 5 ℓ
  26. Family men 5 ℓ
  27. Waterproofs 5 ℓ
  28. British dad 5 ℓ
  29. Dips a donut 5 ℓ
  30. Depend on 5 ℓ
  31. Sweet-smelling 8 ℓ
  32. Undue force 6 ℓ
  33. Breakfast nook 7 ℓ
  34. Like lasagna 7 ℓ
  35. Polo equipment 7 ℓ
  36. Nation on the Arabian Sea 4 ℓ
  37. Jacqueline Kennedy __ 7 ℓ
  38. "Great" czar 6 ℓ
  39. Art Deco illustrator 4 ℓ
  40. Occupy, as a bench 5 ℓ
  41. Currant, for instance 5 ℓ
  42. Strong drain cleaners 4 ℓ
  43. Wild animal's home 4 ℓ
  44. Prefix meaning "all" 4 ℓ
  45. Giant hop 4 ℓ
  46. Stag or stallion 4 ℓ
  47. Sporty auto roof 4 ℓ
  48. Fail to see 4 ℓ
  49. Tolstoy title character 4 ℓ
  50. Draw from 3 ℓ
  51. Fathers and uncles 3 ℓ
  52. __ vera lotion 4 ℓ
  53. Business school course 6 ℓ
  54. Breakfast fare 4 ℓ
  55. Sudden incursions 5 ℓ
  56. Scooping tool 5 ℓ
  57. Midwest metropolis 5 ℓ
  58. Achieve peak flavor 5 ℓ
  59. 11, on a baseball scoreboard 11 ℓ
  60. Hyundai rival 5 ℓ
  61. Face-down 5 ℓ
  62. Wedding path 5 ℓ
  63. Eminent 5 ℓ
  64. 11 people, for a British sport 11 ℓ
  65. Shade of blonde 5 ℓ
  66. Wintry coating 5 ℓ
  67. Greek sandwiches 5 ℓ
  68. Pasta with furrows 5 ℓ
  69. 25-Across, informally 5 ℓ
  70. Be nitpicky 5 ℓ
  71. Maytag alternative 5 ℓ
  72. Windy bursts 5 ℓ
  73. Soaps near sinks 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, August 17, 2025 is titled “TENS & ELEVENS: Of matching lengths” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 140 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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