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DOUBLE DACTYLS: With the same meter reading

Sunday, February 16, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 142 clues
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Across

  1. Strike, as with snowballs 4 ℓ
  2. Headquartering 6 ℓ
  3. __-Cola (Pepsi rival) 4 ℓ
  4. Sound scared 4 ℓ
  5. Outback predator 5 ℓ
  6. Drinks with fizz 5 ℓ
  7. You, south of the border 5 ℓ
  8. "The Little Mermaid" author 21 ℓ
  9. Keep __ to the ground 5 ℓ
  10. Freezing temperatures 5 ℓ
  11. Sleep disturber 5 ℓ
  12. Disentangles 7 ℓ
  13. Sgt. subordinate 3 ℓ
  14. House Hunters cable channel 4 ℓ
  15. Den seating 4 ℓ
  16. Prepared 6 ℓ
  17. Convent resident 3 ℓ
  18. Acorn, essentially 3 ℓ
  19. Tomasso's "thanks" 6 ℓ
  20. Bath powder ingredient 4 ℓ
  21. "First Lady of the World" 16 ℓ
  22. UFO pilots 3 ℓ
  23. Jacuzzis 4 ℓ
  24. Army medic's procedure 6 ℓ
  25. Gravity-powered vehicle 4 ℓ
  26. Put a match to 6 ℓ
  27. Social gathering 5 ℓ
  28. Hairy, as an 82-Down 5 ℓ
  29. Cloner's material 3 ℓ
  30. Heavy mists 4 ℓ
  31. Cleaner scent 4 ℓ
  32. SEAL's employer 3 ℓ
  33. Director __ Lee 3 ℓ
  34. Accord 4 ℓ
  35. A Beautiful Mind Oscar winner 16 ℓ
  36. World's largest peninsula 6 ℓ
  37. Wally of cookies 4 ℓ
  38. Choir voice 4 ℓ
  39. Big name in tablets 4 ℓ
  40. Fit for plowing 6 ℓ
  41. Pick a candidate 4 ℓ
  42. Look to be 4 ℓ
  43. Peace Nobelist Wiesel 4 ℓ
  44. Lumber along 4 ℓ
  45. Spin around 6 ℓ
  46. GNP or RBI 4 ℓ
  47. Monitors before flat-screens 4 ℓ
  48. Russian-born pianist 16 ℓ
  49. Name of 12 popes 4 ℓ
  50. Leaving guess: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  51. Quick look 4 ℓ
  52. Solemn act 4 ℓ
  53. Trio on older phones 3 ℓ
  54. Poor grade 3 ℓ
  55. More sore 6 ℓ
  56. Himalayan land 5 ℓ
  57. Rhett Butler spouse 5 ℓ
  58. "For __ a jolly good..." 3 ℓ
  59. Send back 6 ℓ
  60. Bruins of the Pac-12 4 ℓ
  61. Ring of light 4 ℓ
  62. Aroma 4 ℓ
  63. Anderson Cooper's heiress mom 16 ℓ
  64. Make known 3 ℓ
  65. Lab garments 6 ℓ
  66. Field of work 6 ℓ
  67. Expected 3 ℓ
  68. Spree 3 ℓ
  69. Greatly impresses 4 ℓ
  70. All those against 4 ℓ
  71. On the way up 7 ℓ
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Down

  1. Church fixture 9 ℓ
  2. Stare intently 4 ℓ
  3. Marquee time 4 ℓ
  4. Bibliography abbr. 4 ℓ
  5. Tool with teeth 3 ℓ
  6. Come up smelling like __ 5 ℓ
  7. British attorney 9 ℓ
  8. Wood in bats 3 ℓ
  9. Jazz pianist Chick 5 ℓ
  10. Decide to leave out 4 ℓ
  11. Composer Saint-Saens 7 ℓ
  12. Okra portion 3 ℓ
  13. Amount bet 5 ℓ
  14. Paul who cofounded Microsoft 5 ℓ
  15. Handed over 4 ℓ
  16. Super Bowl scores 3 ℓ
  17. Praiseful 9 ℓ
  18. Skin cells 9 ℓ
  19. Serenaded 6 ℓ
  20. Justice succeeded by Kagan 7 ℓ
  21. Very thin person 5 ℓ
  22. Favorite hangouts 6 ℓ
  23. Flower category 6 ℓ
  24. Get cozy 6 ℓ
  25. Dark brown 5 ℓ
  26. Wrong 5 ℓ
  27. Rid (of) 6 ℓ
  28. Chowder cracker 7 ℓ
  29. Cost to play a round 9 ℓ
  30. Polo participant 5 ℓ
  31. Everybody 9 ℓ
  32. Castro foe Batista 9 ℓ
  33. Came before 9 ℓ
  34. Second Commandment word 6 ℓ
  35. Contractual details 5 ℓ
  36. Gusto 4 ℓ
  37. Traveling through 3 ℓ
  38. Start of the fifth century 3 ℓ
  39. Scoring opportunity in hockey 7 ℓ
  40. Jury's determination 5 ℓ
  41. Part of Disney World 5 ℓ
  42. Any Super Bowl athlete 5 ℓ
  43. Landlord's sign 5 ℓ
  44. Where boxers train 4 ℓ
  45. Slightest amount 4 ℓ
  46. Small fly 4 ℓ
  47. Not quite shut 4 ℓ
  48. Emperor after Claudius 4 ℓ
  49. Campers, for short 3 ℓ
  50. Gusto 3 ℓ
  51. PC key 3 ℓ
  52. Hoop group 3 ℓ
  53. S&L offerings 6 ℓ
  54. Hamlet's love 7 ℓ
  55. Helen of Troy's abductor 5 ℓ
  56. Play about robots 3 ℓ
  57. Frat letter 3 ℓ
  58. IOU 4 ℓ
  59. Young hoodlums 5 ℓ
  60. "Broadway Joe" of football 6 ℓ
  61. Naval fleets 7 ℓ
  62. Computer accessories 6 ℓ
  63. Waiting room 6 ℓ
  64. Crater Lake locale 6 ℓ
  65. Took the first step 5 ℓ
  66. Nailed an exam 6 ℓ
  67. Party to a promise 5 ℓ
  68. Travels on 5 ℓ
  69. Shared equally 5 ℓ
  70. Fathers of colts 5 ℓ
  71. Scottish singer Boyle 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, February 16, 2025 is titled “DOUBLE DACTYLS: With the same meter reading” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 142 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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