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HOW'S THE TEAM?

Thursday, February 27, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 78 clues
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Across

  1. Towel term 3 ℓ
  2. Any of the Vatican's 109 4 ℓ
  3. Bellyached 6 ℓ
  4. More, in El Salvador 3 ℓ
  5. Showing trust 7 ℓ
  6. Loathsome 3 ℓ
  7. Doubtless 4 ℓ
  8. Cut out 3 ℓ
  9. Sudden outpouring 5 ℓ
  10. Brings dinner to 7 ℓ
  11. Relevant, in law 5 ℓ
  12. Another name for the mayflower 15 ℓ
  13. Comics bulldog 4 ℓ
  14. Strong-arm 6 ℓ
  15. Bring to bear 3 ℓ
  16. Colon in an emoticon 4 ℓ
  17. Physicist Rutherford 6 ℓ
  18. According to 3 ℓ
  19. Prefix for tourist 3 ℓ
  20. At some point 6 ℓ
  21. Wave away 4 ℓ
  22. It might cause an objection 15 ℓ
  23. Reservoir fillers 5 ℓ
  24. Seafarer 7 ℓ
  25. Former flames 4 ℓ
  26. Tarzan creator's monogram 3 ℓ
  27. Boiling over 5 ℓ
  28. What many Edwards are called 3 ℓ
  29. Uncultivated 7 ℓ
  30. Figure out 3 ℓ
  31. Jamaican cooking style 4 ℓ
  32. Keep out 3 ℓ
  33. Apple cofounder, casually 3 ℓ
  34. Very nervous 13 ℓ
  35. Suffix for invent 3 ℓ
  36. Deteriorate 3 ℓ
  37. Figures out 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Lacrosse wear 6 ℓ
  2. Vast time period 3 ℓ
  3. Vane designs 8 ℓ
  4. Good dishes 8 ℓ
  5. On the go 5 ℓ
  6. Salon specialist 4 ℓ
  7. __ Claire, WI 3 ℓ
  8. Without delay 3 ℓ
  9. Contrition 6 ℓ
  10. Henry's 2nd or 4th 4 ℓ
  11. Slot insert 4 ℓ
  12. Skyrocketed 6 ℓ
  13. Mountaineering tool 6 ℓ
  14. Stagger 4 ℓ
  15. Producer of pop-ups 6 ℓ
  16. Totally destroy 6 ℓ
  17. Fire up 6 ℓ
  18. More opaque 6 ℓ
  19. Alphabetic threesome 3 ℓ
  20. Threesomes 5 ℓ
  21. Skeptical comment 4 ℓ
  22. Javelin paths 4 ℓ
  23. Runners of rhyme 4 ℓ
  24. X, Y or Z preceder 3 ℓ
  25. Clause connector 3 ℓ
  26. Golf club part 3 ℓ
  27. Talk trash to 3 ℓ
  28. Shove off 4 ℓ
  29. Overdo the gloating 7 ℓ
  30. Component of brown rice 4 ℓ
  31. Cartoon squeal 3 ℓ
  32. Doze (off) 3 ℓ
  33. Blue hue 5 ℓ
  34. Film producer in Argo 5 ℓ
  35. Garfield's owner 3 ℓ
  36. NBA great Unseld 3 ℓ
  37. Gondolier's implement 4 ℓ
  38. Wonderland event 8 ℓ
  39. "We'll meet then!" 8 ℓ
  40. "Like it" alternative 3 ℓ
  41. MLB execs 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, February 27, 2025 is titled “HOW'S THE TEAM?” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. 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 HOW'S THE TEAM? Crossword February 27 2025 Answers