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PULLING OUT THE STOPS: With verbs as nouns

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 144 clues
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Across

  1. Presuppose 6 ℓ
  2. Eavesdropping range 7 ℓ
  3. Mississippi River source 6 ℓ
  4. Caviar source 3 ℓ
  5. Mast attachment 4 ℓ
  6. Passport stamp 4 ℓ
  7. Pay stub abbr. 4 ℓ
  8. What nonreflective paint has 10 ℓ
  9. Blossom support 10 ℓ
  10. Demonic computer of film 3 ℓ
  11. Home for protons 4 ℓ
  12. Read digitally 4 ℓ
  13. ''Toodle-oo!'' 4 ℓ
  14. Wedding setting 5 ℓ
  15. ''Where __ smoke . . .'' 6 ℓ
  16. Nautical speed measure 4 ℓ
  17. Stanley Cup org. 3 ℓ
  18. Actress Zellweger 5 ℓ
  19. Texas A&M student 5 ℓ
  20. Dark film genre 7 ℓ
  21. Fragrant white bloom 8 ℓ
  22. Countertop style 12 ℓ
  23. Battleship letters 3 ℓ
  24. ''That's my dream'' 7 ℓ
  25. Brilliant feat 4 ℓ
  26. Locker room fixture 11 ℓ
  27. Predatory marine mammal 4 ℓ
  28. Top-shelf 4 ℓ
  29. Maintain the status __ 3 ℓ
  30. Makeshift doorstop 4 ℓ
  31. Historical period 3 ℓ
  32. Triple-decker cookies 5 ℓ
  33. Dismiss callously 13 ℓ
  34. Naval VIP 7 ℓ
  35. Penetrate slowly 6 ℓ
  36. Star quality 7 ℓ
  37. Mazda models 6 ℓ
  38. ''Exactly'' 7 ℓ
  39. More unpleasant 6 ℓ
  40. Infuriate 6 ℓ
  41. Put together 6 ℓ
  42. All worked up 7 ℓ
  43. Takes a nibble of 6 ℓ
  44. Name for some newspapers 7 ℓ
  45. Divide a bill evenly 13 ℓ
  46. Airport shuttle 4 ℓ
  47. Muscle twitch 5 ℓ
  48. Feathery scarf 3 ℓ
  49. Hinge application 3 ℓ
  50. Legal tender 4 ℓ
  51. Ireland nickname 4 ℓ
  52. Kind of confinement 11 ℓ
  53. Tech school in Troy, NY 3 ℓ
  54. ''Up'' voice actor 7 ℓ
  55. Ever so proper 4 ℓ
  56. Common carton phrase 12 ℓ
  57. Partridge's perch 8 ℓ
  58. Sip slowly 5 ℓ
  59. Habituating 7 ℓ
  60. Gem surface 5 ℓ
  61. Nail polish brand 3 ℓ
  62. Modified mortgage, for short 4 ℓ
  63. Highly ornate 6 ℓ
  64. Necessities 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Trade grp. 5 ℓ
  2. Three, in Sicily 3 ℓ
  3. Not at home 3 ℓ
  4. Fresh from the oven 3 ℓ
  5. Makeup mishap 5 ℓ
  6. Whisker whacker 5 ℓ
  7. Harper Lee, by birth 8 ℓ
  8. Yolk holder 3 ℓ
  9. Invites in, perhaps 6 ℓ
  10. Chocolate source 5 ℓ
  11. Contented sounds 4 ℓ
  12. Brown photo tint 5 ℓ
  13. Vends 5 ℓ
  14. Venerable news agency 3 ℓ
  15. Oven glove 4 ℓ
  16. Implore 7 ℓ
  17. George Harrison memoir 7 ℓ
  18. Eccentricity 3 ℓ
  19. Hoops star Curry 5 ℓ
  20. City near Tahoe 4 ℓ
  21. Fall bloom 5 ℓ
  22. Close by 6 ℓ
  23. Denmark's __ Islands 5 ℓ
  24. Old Testament peak 5 ℓ
  25. Tired-looking 3 ℓ
  26. Latin American dance 5 ℓ
  27. Moral code 5 ℓ
  28. 2018 Oscar actor Rami __ 5 ℓ
  29. List of options 4 ℓ
  30. Black __ cattle 5 ℓ
  31. Rover's restraint 5 ℓ
  32. Sculpted trunk 5 ℓ
  33. Threesomes 5 ℓ
  34. Alien-seeking org. 4 ℓ
  35. Word processor settings 4 ℓ
  36. Bouncing sound 4 ℓ
  37. Bit of toothpaste 4 ℓ
  38. Add to 8 ℓ
  39. ''Heaven forbid!'' 7 ℓ
  40. NASCAR's second A 4 ℓ
  41. Orlando-area attraction 5 ℓ
  42. Arrives at 7 ℓ
  43. ''Sit down!'' 6 ℓ
  44. Stands in line 5 ℓ
  45. White wading bird 5 ℓ
  46. Nikon rival 5 ℓ
  47. Canal components 5 ℓ
  48. Amount to 5 ℓ
  49. Power burst 5 ℓ
  50. Go __ (retire) 5 ℓ
  51. Cliffs of Dover county 4 ℓ
  52. Short parody 4 ℓ
  53. Weep 3 ℓ
  54. Merch table item 3 ℓ
  55. EPA stat 3 ℓ
  56. Bradstreet partner 3 ℓ
  57. Palermo pronoun 3 ℓ
  58. Inexpensive 3 ℓ
  59. Very severe 5 ℓ
  60. Car sticker letters 4 ℓ
  61. Female lobsters 4 ℓ
  62. Spongy ball 4 ℓ
  63. ''Old MacDonald'' refrain 5 ℓ
  64. ''To __ human . . .'' 5 ℓ
  65. Disbursed 5 ℓ
  66. '70s supermodel Cheryl 5 ℓ
  67. Busy person 4 ℓ
  68. Bring up 4 ℓ
  69. Switch words 5 ℓ
  70. Author Jong 5 ℓ
  71. Sgts. and cpls. 4 ℓ
  72. Kind of coffee 5 ℓ
  73. Grapevine story 5 ℓ
  74. Most faithful 6 ℓ
  75. School kid 5 ℓ
  76. Works hard 5 ℓ
  77. Hoops great __ Thomas 5 ℓ
  78. Wicked 4 ℓ
  79. Time machine 5 ℓ
  80. Surfboard stabilizer 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, December 31, 2025 is titled “PULLING OUT THE STOPS: With verbs as nouns” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 144 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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