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HIGH SPOTS

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Constructed by Bruce Venske 78 clues
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Across

  1. Atoms with a charge 4 ℓ
  2. Stadium walkways 5 ℓ
  3. Easy task 4 ℓ
  4. Common urban tree 3 ℓ
  5. Mouth, informally 3 ℓ
  6. 007 author Fleming 3 ℓ
  7. __-med student 3 ℓ
  8. White gem 4 ℓ
  9. Punishes Junior, old-style 6 ℓ
  10. Conference of world leaders 13 ℓ
  11. Roughly 5 ℓ
  12. Resurface, as a road 4 ℓ
  13. Place for a keyhole 4 ℓ
  14. Line on a book jacket 5 ℓ
  15. Tech-support client 4 ℓ
  16. Successor of the German mark 4 ℓ
  17. Scornful look 5 ℓ
  18. Ivy League school, for short 4 ℓ
  19. Meal in a slow cooker 4 ℓ
  20. Bit of wit 4 ℓ
  21. Rabbit relative 4 ℓ
  22. Onetime At the Movies cohost 5 ℓ
  23. Building's location 4 ℓ
  24. Therefore 4 ℓ
  25. Unusual knickknack 5 ℓ
  26. Optimal health 13 ℓ
  27. Little bit 6 ℓ
  28. Russian refusal 4 ℓ
  29. Take a taste of 3 ℓ
  30. DC lobbying group 3 ℓ
  31. Half-square shape 3 ℓ
  32. Vigor 3 ℓ
  33. Be durable 4 ℓ
  34. Skeptical comment 4 ℓ
  35. Little Miss Sunshine actor Alan 5 ℓ
  36. Venerable oral-care cream 15 ℓ
  37. Print-shop gadget 5 ℓ
  38. Wraps up 4 ℓ
  39. Bronte heroine 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Smartness stats 3 ℓ
  2. Covered with rocks 5 ℓ
  3. Earlier 5 ℓ
  4. Be worthy of 5 ℓ
  5. Be beside 4 ℓ
  6. Say from memory 6 ℓ
  7. Showy flower 5 ℓ
  8. Inert gas in the air 5 ℓ
  9. Certain undercover cop 4 ℓ
  10. Israeli coin 6 ℓ
  11. Swiftness 5 ℓ
  12. Fussy person 9 ℓ
  13. French assent 3 ℓ
  14. Mill around 6 ℓ
  15. Toward the rear of a ship 6 ℓ
  16. Exams for HS juniors 5 ℓ
  17. Apply, as ointment 5 ℓ
  18. Be overtheatrical 5 ℓ
  19. South American range 5 ℓ
  20. Office copier contract 5 ℓ
  21. Intensify 5 ℓ
  22. Make level 4 ℓ
  23. Stubborn equine 4 ℓ
  24. Propel with oars 3 ℓ
  25. Metal-filled rock 3 ℓ
  26. Insurance seller 5 ℓ
  27. Profundity 5 ℓ
  28. Place to park 5 ℓ
  29. Join in wedlock 5 ℓ
  30. Big cat 4 ℓ
  31. Arrange in advance 4 ℓ
  32. Migratory seabirds 5 ℓ
  33. Barbecued food 5 ℓ
  34. Inviting to dinner 9 ℓ
  35. Handicraft Web store 4 ℓ
  36. Physique, so to speak 3 ℓ
  37. "Understood" 4 ℓ
  38. Kid lit Longstocking 5 ℓ
  39. Entice 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 is titled “HIGH SPOTS” and was constructed by Bruce Venske. 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 HIGH SPOTS Crossword February 12 2025 Answers