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CHOICE WORDS: Explained at 123-Across

Sunday, July 12, 2026 Constructed by Billie Truitt 140 clues
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Across

  1. A lot, in Lima 5 ℓ
  2. Walk heavily 5 ℓ
  3. Recline face-up 8 ℓ
  4. Trivet kin 6 ℓ
  5. Witness 8 ℓ
  6. Title for un monarque 5 ℓ
  7. Seems sensible 14 ℓ
  8. Prayer candle 6 ℓ
  9. Expert 3 ℓ
  10. Airport convenience 3 ℓ
  11. Eleven, in Lourdes 4 ℓ
  12. Choral clinker 8 ℓ
  13. French couturier 13 ℓ
  14. Biathlon need 3 ℓ
  15. 2028 L.A. Games group 3 ℓ
  16. Subtle distinctions 7 ℓ
  17. Major mess 5 ℓ
  18. Spanish hero El __ 3 ℓ
  19. Chance to play 4 ℓ
  20. Next-to-last syllable 6 ℓ
  21. Buttonhole, e.g. 4 ℓ
  22. Squidlike 8 ℓ
  23. Bespoke, as a suit 12 ℓ
  24. Shows remorse 6 ℓ
  25. Treadless 4 ℓ
  26. Sherbet flavor 4 ℓ
  27. Needless fuss 3 ℓ
  28. Ad's "easy to clean" 6 ℓ
  29. Marching musician's outfit 11 ℓ
  30. Snowman accessory 5 ℓ
  31. Stretched tight 4 ℓ
  32. Gift-wrapper's need 4 ℓ
  33. Rembrandt contemporary 5 ℓ
  34. Central positions 6 ℓ
  35. Result of good shuffling 11 ℓ
  36. High-strung 6 ℓ
  37. Kid-vid explorer 4 ℓ
  38. Pledge in court 4 ℓ
  39. Regret 3 ℓ
  40. What businessmen must often do 8 ℓ
  41. Aruba or Tahiti 12 ℓ
  42. Squad 4 ℓ
  43. Loan guarantor 6 ℓ
  44. Unmannerly guy 3 ℓ
  45. Subdued green 4 ℓ
  46. Improvise orally 5 ℓ
  47. Jargon suffix 3 ℓ
  48. Baby food dessert 7 ℓ
  49. Got hitched 3 ℓ
  50. Require 13 ℓ
  51. Former OPEC state 3 ℓ
  52. Neth. neighbor 3 ℓ
  53. Shredded, with "up" 4 ℓ
  54. Victorian prime minister 8 ℓ
  55. Pictures' proverbial worth 14 ℓ
  56. Nissan sedan 6 ℓ
  57. Tour of duty 5 ℓ
  58. Panic 8 ℓ
  59. Pete of folk music 6 ℓ
  60. Composer Carmichael 5 ℓ
  61. Stop sign shade 8 ℓ
  62. What the eight longest answers share 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Scrounger 5 ℓ
  2. Knotty wood 4 ℓ
  3. Not worth discussing 4 ℓ
  4. Approximately 4 ℓ
  5. Embrace, as inconvenience 8 ℓ
  6. Store staff 6 ℓ
  7. Suffix for smack 4 ℓ
  8. Mosquito stoppers 4 ℓ
  9. Gives approval for 3 ℓ
  10. Infamous investment fraudster 5 ℓ
  11. Spiral-horned antelopes 6 ℓ
  12. Chanted 7 ℓ
  13. Part of UCLA 3 ℓ
  14. Single-named folk singer 6 ℓ
  15. Lake __ City, AZ 6 ℓ
  16. Cost-of-living no. 3 ℓ
  17. Come out with 5 ℓ
  18. Bull-riding venue 5 ℓ
  19. Climate control, for short 4 ℓ
  20. Toys __ (store chain) 3 ℓ
  21. Cut up finely 5 ℓ
  22. Side by side 8 ℓ
  23. Battery fluid 4 ℓ
  24. Orange exterior 4 ℓ
  25. Audibly 7 ℓ
  26. Annul 4 ℓ
  27. Stone Age toon 4 ℓ
  28. Eerie ambience 4 ℓ
  29. Lay __ (assert ownership of) 7 ℓ
  30. "Pencils down!" 4 ℓ
  31. Goal 3 ℓ
  32. Tropical tree 4 ℓ
  33. Hole __ (golfer's dream) 5 ℓ
  34. Unleash upon 5 ℓ
  35. Wild guesses 5 ℓ
  36. Learning experiences 7 ℓ
  37. Also-ran of fable 4 ℓ
  38. Yahoo! rival 3 ℓ
  39. Family gathering 7 ℓ
  40. Knocks on the noggin 4 ℓ
  41. Bawl out 8 ℓ
  42. Granny 4 ℓ
  43. "No kidding!" 7 ℓ
  44. June honorees 7 ℓ
  45. Sets loose 5 ℓ
  46. Philbin of TV 5 ℓ
  47. Expand on 5 ℓ
  48. Pucker-inducing 4 ℓ
  49. June honorees 4 ℓ
  50. Golfer McIlroy 4 ℓ
  51. Homer's bartender 3 ℓ
  52. Israeli carrier 4 ℓ
  53. 105-Down counterpart 3 ℓ
  54. Pre-owned 4 ℓ
  55. Tequila cocktail, for short 4 ℓ
  56. Spanish appetizer 4 ℓ
  57. Picking from a lineup 5 ℓ
  58. Appear to be 4 ℓ
  59. "Do you doubt me?" 8 ℓ
  60. Was now payable 7 ℓ
  61. Big brat 6 ℓ
  62. Black Sea port 6 ℓ
  63. Lurch 6 ℓ
  64. Aesthete's appreciation 6 ℓ
  65. __ Moines, IA 3 ℓ
  66. Doing battle 5 ℓ
  67. Eccentric 5 ℓ
  68. Money spent 5 ℓ
  69. Harder to find 5 ℓ
  70. Number on class rings 4 ℓ
  71. Guffaw, informally 4 ℓ
  72. Cross inscription 4 ℓ
  73. Branch of Islam 4 ℓ
  74. "So what's __ you?" 4 ℓ
  75. Telegraphy symbol 4 ℓ
  76. Low grade 3 ℓ
  77. Norm: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  78. Homer's neighbor 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, July 12, 2026 is titled “CHOICE WORDS: Explained at 123-Across” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 140 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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Newsday CHOICE WORDS: Explained at 123-Across Crossword July 12 2026 Answers