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MUSICAL GROUPS

Monday, February 17, 2025 Constructed by Gail Grabowski 78 clues
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Across

  1. Minor quarrel 4 ℓ
  2. Group of students 5 ℓ
  3. Sis' sibling 3 ℓ
  4. Feeling mopey 3 ℓ
  5. Four-door car 5 ℓ
  6. Takes a bus or train 5 ℓ
  7. Small-size batteries 3 ℓ
  8. Three, on a sundial 3 ℓ
  9. Small classical-music group 15 ℓ
  10. Desertlike 4 ℓ
  11. Coffee + hot milk 5 ℓ
  12. Appliance for baking 4 ℓ
  13. Knight's iron suit 5 ℓ
  14. Vegan's taboo 4 ℓ
  15. Pushed, as a doorbell 4 ℓ
  16. Mexican coins 5 ℓ
  17. Elbow's location 3 ℓ
  18. Leg's middle joint 4 ℓ
  19. Fast-food beverage 4 ℓ
  20. Tells a fib 4 ℓ
  21. New person on the payroll 5 ℓ
  22. Pub beverages 4 ℓ
  23. Word-of-mouth 4 ℓ
  24. "Let me explain..." 5 ℓ
  25. The Beatles or the Beach Boys 15 ℓ
  26. Luau necklace 3 ℓ
  27. Letters after kays 3 ℓ
  28. Opinion piece 5 ℓ
  29. Lead or zinc 5 ℓ
  30. Not working today 3 ℓ
  31. "Absolutely!" 3 ℓ
  32. Writer of "The Raven" 3 ℓ
  33. Banish 5 ℓ
  34. Musical group with violins, cellos, etc. 15 ℓ
  35. Standing straight 5 ℓ
  36. Yale student 3 ℓ
  37. Exist 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Lasting impression 4 ℓ
  2. Drop in the mail 4 ℓ
  3. Actor Penn or Connery 4 ℓ
  4. Region 4 ℓ
  5. Tree branches 5 ℓ
  6. Rather cold 6 ℓ
  7. Capital of Norway 4 ℓ
  8. Raise, as a child 4 ℓ
  9. One under par, on a golf hole 6 ℓ
  10. Chore to do 4 ℓ
  11. Actor Baldwin 4 ℓ
  12. Sport on horseback 4 ℓ
  13. Cavalry swords 6 ℓ
  14. Hour when many start work 6 ℓ
  15. Response to "Are not!" 5 ℓ
  16. "Money __ everything" 4 ℓ
  17. Outer boundary 4 ℓ
  18. Sign on the dotted __ 4 ℓ
  19. High fiber cereal 4 ℓ
  20. Grade on an exam 4 ℓ
  21. Hardly __ (rarely) 4 ℓ
  22. Italy's capital, to Italians 4 ℓ
  23. 24-hour cash sources: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  24. Rabbit relative 4 ℓ
  25. Applaud 4 ℓ
  26. Unaccompanied 4 ℓ
  27. Colonial patriot Ethan 5 ℓ
  28. Dog-walking strap 5 ℓ
  29. Western plateaus 5 ℓ
  30. Available for an added cost 5 ℓ
  31. Ready for a nap 5 ℓ
  32. "__ Baba and the Forty Thieves" 3 ℓ
  33. Damascus' country 5 ℓ
  34. Fraction of a minute: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  35. Chose, with "for" 5 ℓ
  36. The "F" in USAF 5 ℓ
  37. Notable accomplishments 5 ℓ
  38. Duck cousins that honk 5 ℓ
  39. __ Lanka (Asian nation) 3 ℓ
  40. Spooky 5 ℓ
  41. __-fashioned (quaint) 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Monday, February 17, 2025 is titled “MUSICAL GROUPS” and was constructed by Gail Grabowski. The puzzle features 78 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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