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SEW IT UP

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Constructed by Carolyn Stewart 78 clues
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Across

  1. Bath powder 4 ℓ
  2. Post-office purchase 5 ℓ
  3. Dashboard gauge, for short 4 ℓ
  4. Meal at an army base 4 ℓ
  5. Peculiar 3 ℓ
  6. Pebbles and rocks 6 ℓ
  7. Pantry invader 3 ℓ
  8. Meal in a slow cooker 4 ℓ
  9. Be indecisive 9 ℓ
  10. Sci-fi pioneer Jules 5 ℓ
  11. "That hurts!" 4 ℓ
  12. Zinc __ ointment 5 ℓ
  13. Came in for a landing 4 ℓ
  14. Sealed, as a package 5 ℓ
  15. Ireland or Maui 4 ℓ
  16. "__ Off to See the Wizard" 4 ℓ
  17. Nail-smoothing material 5 ℓ
  18. Oboe accessory 4 ℓ
  19. Russian refusal 4 ℓ
  20. Creme-filled cookie 4 ℓ
  21. "Understood" 4 ℓ
  22. Mischievous sprite 5 ℓ
  23. Bambi, for one 4 ℓ
  24. Heap 4 ℓ
  25. __ of measure (hours and miles) 5 ℓ
  26. Bowling alley button 5 ℓ
  27. "Phooey!" 9 ℓ
  28. Get __ the ground floor 4 ℓ
  29. Inflight announcement, for short 3 ℓ
  30. In the style of 3 ℓ
  31. Give consent (to) 6 ℓ
  32. Lab-maze runners 4 ℓ
  33. Loud slap 5 ℓ
  34. "Steady as __ goes" 3 ℓ
  35. Rental contract 5 ℓ
  36. Moisten, as certain cutlets 15 ℓ
  37. Bronze medalist's place 5 ℓ
  38. Stingless bee 5 ℓ
  39. Employ 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Lincoln in-law 4 ℓ
  2. Annoying person 4 ℓ
  3. Tiny amount 4 ℓ
  4. Graph baseline 4 ℓ
  5. Musical inaptitude 6 ℓ
  6. Sudden gush 5 ℓ
  7. Achilles' weak spot 4 ℓ
  8. Honeycomb section 4 ℓ
  9. From China or India 5 ℓ
  10. Walk very quietly 6 ℓ
  11. Most hokey 8 ℓ
  12. Rude glance 4 ℓ
  13. Vicinity 4 ℓ
  14. Carpenter's smoothing tool 6 ℓ
  15. Declared 6 ℓ
  16. Deserving assistance 5 ℓ
  17. Happy look 5 ℓ
  18. Make sharper 4 ℓ
  19. Land measure 4 ℓ
  20. Donald Duck nephew 4 ℓ
  21. Otherwise 4 ℓ
  22. What mustaches are made of 4 ℓ
  23. Ready to harvest 4 ℓ
  24. Midterm, for instance 4 ℓ
  25. Pick a candidate 4 ℓ
  26. "For sure!" 6 ℓ
  27. Apiece 4 ℓ
  28. Book of photos 5 ℓ
  29. Bring to a halt 5 ℓ
  30. Attorney's workload 5 ℓ
  31. Change, as a law 5 ℓ
  32. Frilly fabric 4 ℓ
  33. Invite to enter 5 ℓ
  34. Way over yonder 5 ℓ
  35. Transmits 5 ℓ
  36. Young tabby 6 ℓ
  37. Wearing footwear 4 ℓ
  38. Have a meal, informally 8 ℓ
  39. Slow running pace 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, February 26, 2025 is titled “SEW IT UP” and was constructed by Carolyn Stewart. 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 SEW IT UP Crossword February 26 2025 Answers