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BOX LUNCH

Friday, January 3, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 72 clues
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Across

  1. Important Lufthansa supplier 6 ℓ
  2. Winter Olympian 6 ℓ
  3. Kernel, essentially 4 ℓ
  4. Your buds 5 ℓ
  5. Badgers or hounds 4 ℓ
  6. Box lunch, 3 traP 9 ℓ
  7. How Juliet said "Step on it" 3 ℓ
  8. Compressed transmission 7 ℓ
  9. Iceberg destination, often 3 ℓ
  10. Be a quibbler 7 ℓ
  11. Chemistry datum 7 ℓ
  12. Nuclear reactor tube 7 ℓ
  13. Where a ballerina hits the floor 7 ℓ
  14. Name associated with ties 6 ℓ
  15. Apparel store activities 6 ℓ
  16. Possible pasta pairing 7 ℓ
  17. Of an apostle 7 ℓ
  18. Shelter selection 7 ℓ
  19. They're highly experienced 7 ℓ
  20. LAA's spring home 7 ℓ
  21. Appraiser's no. 3 ℓ
  22. UV Index app provider 3 ℓ
  23. Box lunch, Part 1 9 ℓ
  24. Emperor equivalent 4 ℓ
  25. Exxon buy of '99 5 ℓ
  26. Apparel 4 ℓ
  27. Gray matter 7 ℓ
  28. Something heard in 6-Down 7 ℓ
  29. Conductor's place 5 ℓ
  30. How beets may be boiled 5 ℓ
  31. Boiling 7 ℓ
  32. Any Wednesday 7 ℓ
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Down

  1. Five-or-so major league infields 4 ℓ
  2. Unclassified group 4 ℓ
  3. Grandson of Eve 4 ℓ
  4. Wear down 4 ℓ
  5. High spot 3 ℓ
  6. Invasive vine 5 ℓ
  7. Good enough to offer 7 ℓ
  8. Online entertainment 7 ℓ
  9. Become one 5 ℓ
  10. Snow White witch's shout 3 ℓ
  11. Versifier Dove 4 ℓ
  12. Chain serving links 4 ℓ
  13. Santa, per Clement Moore 3 ℓ
  14. Shade seen above 5 ℓ
  15. Only 20-year Yankee player 5 ℓ
  16. Barely beats, with "by" 4 ℓ
  17. Enduring symbol 4 ℓ
  18. Cheerful greeting 4 ℓ
  19. Wizard of Oz apple thrower 4 ℓ
  20. Boor 4 ℓ
  21. Closest 44-Across 4 ℓ
  22. XI years before Hastings 3 ℓ
  23. __ D. (what some analysts have) 3 ℓ
  24. Indignant denial 6 ℓ
  25. What some licenses are 6 ℓ
  26. Place often haunted 3 ℓ
  27. Box lunch, 4 traP 7 ℓ
  28. Box lunch, Part 2 7 ℓ
  29. Digs 5 ℓ
  30. Seems to whirl 5 ℓ
  31. Norwegian 7-Across with three Olympic golds 5 ℓ
  32. First POTUS on Twitter 5 ℓ
  33. Ibsen composer collaborator 5 ℓ
  34. Time metaphor 5 ℓ
  35. Highway sign abbr. 3 ℓ
  36. Fall pumpkin-flavored product 3 ℓ
  37. Name atop "Naming of Cats" sheet music 7 ℓ
  38. Limb support 6 ℓ
  39. Calculator component 6 ℓ
  40. Frat letter 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, January 3, 2025 is titled “BOX LUNCH” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 72 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 BOX LUNCH Crossword January 3 2025 Answers