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TIME OFF

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 78 clues
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Across

  1. Crisp ginger cookie 4 ℓ
  2. Commercial for a sedan, say 5 ℓ
  3. Identical 4 ℓ
  4. Inactive state 8 ℓ
  5. Increases, as a bet 3 ℓ
  6. Any precious stone 3 ℓ
  7. Person giving a talk 7 ℓ
  8. Metallic mineral 3 ℓ
  9. Saturday-to-Monday time off 11 ℓ
  10. "You win" 5 ℓ
  11. Four-star review 4 ℓ
  12. Pickle containers 4 ℓ
  13. Office messages 5 ℓ
  14. Trebek of Jeopardy! 4 ℓ
  15. Very often 4 ℓ
  16. Actor's negotiator 5 ℓ
  17. Mailed out 4 ℓ
  18. Fourth planet from the sun 4 ℓ
  19. Signals "yes" with one's head 4 ℓ
  20. In a group with 4 ℓ
  21. Fully informed 5 ℓ
  22. Keep __ (persevere) 4 ℓ
  23. a la __ (topped with ice cream) 4 ℓ
  24. Cooks cakes in an oven 5 ℓ
  25. Time off in March for college students 11 ℓ
  26. Adversary 3 ℓ
  27. Luau instrument 7 ℓ
  28. Help out 3 ℓ
  29. Chimp or gorilla 3 ℓ
  30. Pining for a sweetheart 8 ℓ
  31. Remove, as an apple peel 4 ℓ
  32. Edgar Allan __ 3 ℓ
  33. "Me too" 5 ℓ
  34. Year off for a professor 15 ℓ
  35. __ days (days of yore) 5 ℓ
  36. Back part of a shoe 4 ℓ
  37. Make a knot in 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Chaotic mess 5 ℓ
  2. Writing table 4 ℓ
  3. Neighborhood 4 ℓ
  4. Leaf-gathering tool 4 ℓ
  5. Emmys and Oscars 6 ℓ
  6. Taxi driver 6 ℓ
  7. Genesis garden 4 ℓ
  8. Calf-length skirt 4 ℓ
  9. Strong affection, in Italy 5 ℓ
  10. Take a small taste of 6 ℓ
  11. Seattle winter clock setting: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  12. French farewell 5 ℓ
  13. Unacceptable 5 ℓ
  14. Prods into action 6 ℓ
  15. Most recent 6 ℓ
  16. Scheduled right after this 6 ℓ
  17. Snow White and the __ Dwarfs 5 ℓ
  18. Aussie bearlike animal 5 ℓ
  19. Takes a breather 5 ℓ
  20. Mistake 5 ℓ
  21. Curly-leafed cabbage 4 ℓ
  22. Chapters of history 4 ℓ
  23. Alaskan port city 4 ℓ
  24. Designer Cassini 4 ℓ
  25. Capital of Peru 4 ℓ
  26. Fruity bread spread 3 ℓ
  27. Judge's hammer 5 ℓ
  28. Brown photo tint 5 ℓ
  29. Young sheep 4 ℓ
  30. Taken by mouth 4 ℓ
  31. Shoestrings 5 ℓ
  32. Apple's tablet 4 ℓ
  33. Small sheltered bay 4 ℓ
  34. Razor-sharp 4 ℓ
  35. Crusty desserts 4 ℓ
  36. Eve's second son 4 ℓ
  37. Stated 4 ℓ
  38. __ spumante wine 4 ℓ
  39. Main idea 5 ℓ
  40. Queen in Frozen 4 ℓ
  41. Ran with ease 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, January 7, 2025 is titled “TIME OFF” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. 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 TIME OFF Crossword January 7 2025 Answers