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ACROSSING

Friday, August 22, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 76 clues
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Across

  1. Doubly 5 ℓ
  2. It's west of Tulsa on US-412 4 ℓ
  3. Tangled mess 3 ℓ
  4. Cheap and chintzy 7 ℓ
  5. Beethoven student, a Liszt teacher 6 ℓ
  6. Memory measure 3 ℓ
  7. Lilliputian 4 ℓ
  8. Commands you don't listen to 13 ℓ
  9. Foremost 4 ℓ
  10. Rice paddy laborers 4 ℓ
  11. Academie kin 5 ℓ
  12. Show with demos 4 ℓ
  13. Adopted son of Claudius 4 ℓ
  14. Where else to find words hidden in the three longest answers 5 ℓ
  15. Colorist 4 ℓ
  16. Appraisal abbr. 3 ℓ
  17. __-Loompa (Wonka worker) 5 ℓ
  18. Back again 5 ℓ
  19. Prix __ menu 4 ℓ
  20. It's north of West Palm on I-95 4 ℓ
  21. Broadcast interrupter of a sort 5 ℓ
  22. Server operating system 4 ℓ
  23. Way to go 4 ℓ
  24. White-coated workers 13 ℓ
  25. Fine finish 4 ℓ
  26. Agcy. with a huge photo archive 3 ℓ
  27. NPR's Sunday puzzlemaster 6 ℓ
  28. What Waze watches 7 ℓ
  29. Punk music offshoot 3 ℓ
  30. Athena's weapon 5 ℓ
  31. It's south of Fort Worth on I-35 4 ℓ
  32. Lineman's perch 15 ℓ
  33. Withdraw gradually 4 ℓ
  34. Loses solidity 5 ℓ
  35. Top-10 baby girl name since 2005 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Refrain snippet 3 ℓ
  2. Tiny portion 3 ℓ
  3. Crocus kin 4 ℓ
  4. On deck 4 ℓ
  5. Were it possible that 6 ℓ
  6. Of woven fabric's feel 8 ℓ
  7. Gyroscope piece 4 ℓ
  8. Tiny Oreos 5 ℓ
  9. Still around 6 ℓ
  10. Rein in 4 ℓ
  11. Internal impression 4 ℓ
  12. "Let me think ..." 4 ℓ
  13. E-flat analog 6 ℓ
  14. NBA position 3 ℓ
  15. Louisiana folk music 6 ℓ
  16. Nonreactive 5 ℓ
  17. __ end (incessantly) 4 ℓ
  18. Faux pas 4 ℓ
  19. Breathing space 4 ℓ
  20. Sound in the NATO alphabet 4 ℓ
  21. Former items 4 ℓ
  22. At fruition 4 ℓ
  23. Paraffinic 4 ℓ
  24. Significant age 3 ℓ
  25. Script detail 3 ℓ
  26. Commotion 4 ℓ
  27. Dismantled 5 ℓ
  28. States, as seen in comics 3 ℓ
  29. Mythical pachyderm predator 3 ℓ
  30. Organic coolant 5 ℓ
  31. Bisect 5 ℓ
  32. Vast amount 5 ℓ
  33. Caddy's bags 4 ℓ
  34. Word like less 5 ℓ
  35. Clarification intro 5 ℓ
  36. Trite and tiresome 5 ℓ
  37. Much of deltas 4 ℓ
  38. PD HQ 3 ℓ
  39. Be short 3 ℓ
  40. Call notice 8 ℓ
  41. Sound from a sycamore 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, August 22, 2025 is titled “ACROSSING” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. The puzzle features 76 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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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.

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