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A CENTURY AGO...: What happened in 1925

Sunday, January 5, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 140 clues
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Across

  1. Good buddies 4 ℓ
  2. Ill-suited 5 ℓ
  3. Thin coin 4 ℓ
  4. Map out 4 ℓ
  5. Elate 6 ℓ
  6. Adolescent, for instance 5 ℓ
  7. Troop groups 8 ℓ
  8. Central idea 5 ℓ
  9. Divers into lakes 5 ℓ
  10. Stirs to action 5 ℓ
  11. Pay tribute to 6 ℓ
  12. Parisian waterway 5 ℓ
  13. Blend together 8 ℓ
  14. Novels' essences 5 ℓ
  15. ...this Gershwin orchestral work premiered 11 ℓ
  16. __ out (get dressed) 3 ℓ
  17. Not doing anything 4 ℓ
  18. Life story. for short 4 ℓ
  19. Successful legislation 4 ℓ
  20. Diva's solo 4 ℓ
  21. Doc bloc: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  22. ...this countrywide grade-schoolers' contest was first held 11 ℓ
  23. Smashing, in show biz 5 ℓ
  24. Busy stores in December 8 ℓ
  25. Feeds, as a fire 6 ℓ
  26. Complained, as cattle 5 ℓ
  27. Stir to action 4 ℓ
  28. Passover feast 5 ℓ
  29. Give a grade to 4 ℓ
  30. Test of strength 8 ℓ
  31. Goblet, for instance 5 ℓ
  32. Charlotte __, VI 6 ℓ
  33. ...this Mexican began to paint 10 ℓ
  34. ...this Odd Couple star was born 10 ℓ
  35. Nary a soul 5 ℓ
  36. Rocks from mines 4 ℓ
  37. 100 cents in Spain 4 ℓ
  38. Feeling sorry for 5 ℓ
  39. Disney's Little Mermaid 5 ℓ
  40. Yuletide trio 4 ℓ
  41. "__ Lang Syne" 4 ℓ
  42. "Old Macdonald" ender 5 ℓ
  43. Package of copy paper 4 ℓ
  44. I Am Woman" singer 5 ℓ
  45. Any tech sch. 4 ℓ
  46. Hinge (on) 4 ℓ
  47. ...she won a Pulitzer for So Big 10 ℓ
  48. ...its Phantom luxury auto was first sold 10 ℓ
  49. Makeshift Frisbee 8 ℓ
  50. Weather map region 5 ℓ
  51. Trattoria courses 6 ℓ
  52. Late afternoon hour 4 ℓ
  53. Fishing vessels 5 ℓ
  54. Inauguration ceremony 4 ℓ
  55. Entices 6 ℓ
  56. Narrow ravine 5 ℓ
  57. Soft hugs 8 ℓ
  58. Rabbit relatives 5 ℓ
  59. ...a science teacher was convicted in what newspapers called this 11 ℓ
  60. Incoming plane stat. 3 ℓ
  61. Patriotic symbol 4 ℓ
  62. Countrywide: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  63. Salmon shade 4 ℓ
  64. Part of 77-Across: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  65. Color of the US 49-Across 3 ℓ
  66. ...this film with Chaplin as a prospector premiered 11 ℓ
  67. Director/screenwriter Coppola 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Map out, for short 4 ℓ
  2. Golf bag supplies 4 ℓ
  3. Ancient Andes dweller 4 ℓ
  4. Auto racing great A.J. 4 ℓ
  5. Lariat loops 6 ℓ
  6. Solve, as a mystery 7 ℓ
  7. Subj. for immigrants 3 ℓ
  8. Defrost 4 ℓ
  9. Smooths, as shirtsleeves 5 ℓ
  10. Toto's owner 7 ℓ
  11. City on Chesapeake Bay 7 ℓ
  12. Consist of 3 ℓ
  13. Oil change, informally 4 ℓ
  14. Western Australian city 5 ℓ
  15. Access, as some purses 8 ℓ
  16. Row of a poem 4 ℓ
  17. Car from Bavaria 4 ℓ
  18. Macbeth title 5 ℓ
  19. Speaks highly of 5 ℓ
  20. Of punishment 5 ℓ
  21. Sheer linen fabric 5 ℓ
  22. Sam who sang "You Send Me" 5 ℓ
  23. Snowball fight sound 5 ℓ
  24. San Antonio shrine 5 ℓ
  25. Potting mixtures 5 ℓ
  26. Needing deciphering 5 ℓ
  27. Toaster waffle brand 5 ℓ
  28. Pancake kin 5 ℓ
  29. Rome's river 5 ℓ
  30. Publishers' trade show 8 ℓ
  31. Orbital high point 6 ℓ
  32. Prospers 7 ℓ
  33. In a harsh-sounding manner 7 ℓ
  34. "You better believe me!" 7 ℓ
  35. Indicates agreement 4 ℓ
  36. Putt, for instance 6 ℓ
  37. Was mopey 6 ℓ
  38. Lengthy tale 4 ℓ
  39. Tough travels 5 ℓ
  40. Caked with wet dirt 5 ℓ
  41. Enough space 4 ℓ
  42. Et __ (and others: Lat.) 4 ℓ
  43. "What fun!" 4 ℓ
  44. Cash drawer 4 ℓ
  45. FBI guy 4 ℓ
  46. Etching liquid 4 ℓ
  47. Not quite shut 4 ℓ
  48. Colt's mother 4 ℓ
  49. Start of this century 3 ℓ
  50. French thoroughfare 3 ℓ
  51. Black piano keys 6 ℓ
  52. Wears away 4 ℓ
  53. Corkscrew shape 6 ℓ
  54. Sprint or dash 4 ℓ
  55. Con game 5 ℓ
  56. Trust in a person 5 ℓ
  57. ...this photo accessory was first used (really!) 11 ℓ
  58. Choreographer Twyla 5 ℓ
  59. Three-legged stand 5 ℓ
  60. ...this Virginia Woolf novel was published 11 ℓ
  61. Cymbals' relatives 5 ℓ
  62. Computer malfunction 5 ℓ
  63. Web commerce 5 ℓ
  64. Katey of Married...With Children 5 ℓ
  65. Demeanors 5 ℓ
  66. Types of bolt fasteners 5 ℓ
  67. What a texter types on 5 ℓ
  68. Gift getter's question 5 ℓ
  69. Ledge for knickknacks 5 ℓ
  70. Trumpet sounds 5 ℓ
  71. Song's words 5 ℓ
  72. Lorna of literature 5 ℓ
  73. More impolite 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, January 5, 2025 is titled “A CENTURY AGO...: What happened in 1925” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 140 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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