LOW IMPACT EXERCISE: Without brain strain either
Across
- Organic bandage
- Brother of George W.
- Slide on sleet
- What Sarasota is south of
- Foreshadowing
- Basket material
- Interrogative assent
- Clothesline alternative
- Host a roast
- Medicinal plants
- Job-related move
- Train track beam
- Capital on the Missouri
- Idyllic spots
- Fine sprays
- Drag racing fuel
- Even so
- Sci-fi smuggler hero
- Sturdy places to work
- Sentimental people
- Make the slightest effort
- Brit gent
- Unpartnered
- Corporate coach
- Green Gables girl
- Nero's caviar
- Spanish snack
- When tripled, "et cetera"
- Nissan rival
- Md. neighbor
- Exchange verbal jabs
- Nutmeg St.
- Mongol invaders
- Be feverish
- Nero's 114-Across pair
- Doggie biscuit shape
- __ colada
- Fencing swords
- Folk singer Guthrie
- Farmyard female
- Others of that kind
- Beers for everyone
- Sale advisory
- Small measure of progress
- Sensory organ
- Iowa State's city
- Junior's nickname, perhaps
- Be very careful not to offend
- Baseball great Wade
- Barbell abbr.
- Dozes (off)
- Choir woman
- Dabble in
- Any menu listing
- Poet's sphere
- Nine-__ battery
- British noble
- Historic period
- Capricorn's symbol
- Doctor's orders, briefly
- Twisty-horned antelope
- Very long car, for short
- Seeing red
- Classification with the same genus and species names
- Zealots
- Tic-__-toe
- Temporary tattoo dye
- Stallone commando
- Personal motto
Down
- Snooze loudly
- Chum
- Fencing phrase
- What a reminder might do
- Courtroom VIPs
- Very taken (with)
- Scottish skirt
- Wizard's work
- Stubborn equine
- Tee, e.g.
- Hard drive measures
- Emulated
- Carpentry joint
- __ choy (Chinese cabbage)
- Top athlete
- Crustacean catcher
- Newborn
- "Pencils down"
- Exodus author
- Goalie's wear
- Morsels
- Garlicky mayo
- Campus nickname
- Stick with a binding
- '90s commerce pact
- Enthusiastic about
- Bygone autocrat
- __ legs (quadruped's pair)
- Nothing other than
- French painter of dancers
- Most authentic
- African island paired with Principe
- Chilling for days, say
- Tilted
- Beneficial application
- Participate
- Outer space, essentially
- Chatty birds
- Penta- minus two
- Not on time
- "... promise __ threat?"
- Ivy in Philly
- Told, as a tale
- As soon as
- Brewery product
- Medics' destinations
- Smidgen
- Bovine bellow
- Where Mandela was pres.
- Feathered wrap
- John __ Lennon
- Winfrey's company
- PBJ alternative
- Dallas suburb
- Public speaking skill
- Objectives
- Author Jong
- Short news piece
- Knee neighbor
- Reunion group
- Significant influence
- Water near Carson City
- Tech news site
- Health supplement chain
- In the center of
- Lyft competitor
- Subdue with a zap
- Get-go
- Shakespearean contraction
- Arabian Nights prince
- How the planet renews itself
- Breadbasket contents
- Farm equipment giant
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, January 12, 2025 is titled “LOW IMPACT EXERCISE: Without brain strain either” and was constructed by Gary M. Larson. The puzzle features 142 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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