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GETTING TO YES: A gradual change of mind

Sunday, July 13, 2025 Constructed by Winston Emmons 144 clues
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Across

  1. US alliance 4 ℓ
  2. FM station employees 3 ℓ
  3. French fashion mag 4 ℓ
  4. Sasha and Malia's dad 6 ℓ
  5. Nickname for Dolores 4 ℓ
  6. "I'd like to see it" 6 ℓ
  7. Athenians' rivals 8 ℓ
  8. Golf great's nickname 5 ℓ
  9. Sharp bark 3 ℓ
  10. Marseilles Mrs. 3 ℓ
  11. Cornfield pest 5 ℓ
  12. Deck officer, briefly 4 ℓ
  13. Total strangers, lately 6 ℓ
  14. Selling point of no-iron shirts 8 ℓ
  15. 55-Across continued 18 ℓ
  16. Never, in Berlin 3 ℓ
  17. Yoko __ 3 ℓ
  18. Perpetual bumbler 3 ℓ
  19. __ tai cocktail 3 ℓ
  20. Had something 3 ℓ
  21. Ensnare 4 ℓ
  22. 79-Across continued 14 ℓ
  23. Capital of Cyprus 7 ℓ
  24. Crosses (out) 3 ℓ
  25. Antagonists 4 ℓ
  26. Spacious 5 ℓ
  27. 79-Across continued 15 ℓ
  28. Young food court regular 7 ℓ
  29. Kemper of ...Kimmy Schmidt 5 ℓ
  30. Versifier 4 ℓ
  31. The ultimate decision 11 ℓ
  32. Gal pal, in Grenoble 4 ℓ
  33. Caviar fish 4 ℓ
  34. Twenty Questions category 6 ℓ
  35. Oohs and __ 4 ℓ
  36. Country singer McCoy 4 ℓ
  37. Become unfocused 4 ℓ
  38. Veal or venison 4 ℓ
  39. Fey or Turner 4 ℓ
  40. Director's cry 6 ℓ
  41. Celibate sisters 4 ℓ
  42. "Within" prefix 4 ℓ
  43. GPS lines 3 ℓ
  44. Stick around 4 ℓ
  45. Must 6 ℓ
  46. A skeptical question 11 ℓ
  47. March Madness org. 4 ℓ
  48. Greek Stoic philosopher 4 ℓ
  49. Many, many years 4 ℓ
  50. How an oboe sounds 5 ℓ
  51. Descend a bit 7 ℓ
  52. Initial response to 23-Across 15 ℓ
  53. Frustration exclamation 5 ℓ
  54. Sonnet, for instance 4 ℓ
  55. "__ favor, senora" 3 ℓ
  56. Observational ability 7 ℓ
  57. Slight improvement over 34-Across 14 ℓ
  58. Study hard 4 ℓ
  59. __ in "Norman" 3 ℓ
  60. German exclamation 3 ℓ
  61. Ballpoint brand 3 ℓ
  62. Simpsons neighbor 3 ℓ
  63. Harden, as cement 3 ℓ
  64. Reconsideration starter of 40-Across 18 ℓ
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Down

  1. SNL broadcaster 3 ℓ
  2. Shoulder warmer 5 ℓ
  3. Old Testament patriarch 5 ℓ
  4. More marvelous 7 ℓ
  5. Plaza Hotel girl of fiction 6 ℓ
  6. Arrive at, in Monopoly 6 ℓ
  7. Jamie __ Curtis 3 ℓ
  8. Organic food processors 7 ℓ
  9. Swiss abstract works 5 ℓ
  10. Cave __ (beware of dog: Lat.) 5 ℓ
  11. Italian affection 5 ℓ
  12. Freed (of) 3 ℓ
  13. Hydrocarbon suffix 3 ℓ
  14. Streisand nickname 4 ℓ
  15. Paper craft 7 ℓ
  16. Grilled sandwich 8 ℓ
  17. Menu phrase 3 ℓ
  18. Get back to 6 ℓ
  19. Monetary gain 6 ℓ
  20. Salk colleague 5 ℓ
  21. Via plane 5 ℓ
  22. It's w. of Montana 3 ℓ
  23. Poker prize 3 ℓ
  24. Operated 3 ℓ
  25. "I'll take that as __" 3 ℓ
  26. Tandem twosome 5 ℓ
  27. Troop groups 6 ℓ
  28. Graham Bell, by birth 4 ℓ
  29. Office machine 6 ℓ
  30. Japanese assent 3 ℓ
  31. Instrumentalists' org. 3 ℓ
  32. The others 4 ℓ
  33. Site for woodworkers' wares 4 ℓ
  34. Broadway producer's goal 8 ℓ
  35. What cashiers often wish you 7 ℓ
  36. Short socks 7 ℓ
  37. Siri's AI technology 3 ℓ
  38. Wonka creator 4 ℓ
  39. Program file suffix 3 ℓ
  40. Opinion introducer 7 ℓ
  41. Shorelines 6 ℓ
  42. Do better than in batting 6 ℓ
  43. UK fliers 3 ℓ
  44. This: Fr. 5 ℓ
  45. Sibling's daughter 5 ℓ
  46. Poe preceder 5 ℓ
  47. Homeric epic 5 ℓ
  48. Debussy sea piece 5 ℓ
  49. Muslim cleric 4 ℓ
  50. Irish singer/philanthropist 4 ℓ
  51. General on Chinese menus 3 ℓ
  52. Ft. Wayne's locale 3 ℓ
  53. Acquired 3 ℓ
  54. Science Kid of TV 3 ℓ
  55. Get __ for effort 3 ℓ
  56. Clearheaded 4 ℓ
  57. Not quite a dozen 3 ℓ
  58. Flood barrier 4 ℓ
  59. Hitchcock masterwork 6 ℓ
  60. Gerbil or goldfish 3 ℓ
  61. Suffix for green or bean 3 ℓ
  62. Convinced about 6 ℓ
  63. Improve gradually 4 ℓ
  64. Numbered musical work 4 ℓ
  65. Hunger Games competitor 5 ℓ
  66. Workout targets 3 ℓ
  67. Trash bag accessory 3 ℓ
  68. Secret email inclusions 4 ℓ
  69. Fine wool 6 ℓ
  70. Austrian symphonic composer 6 ℓ
  71. Football legend Rockne 5 ℓ
  72. $$$ dispenser 3 ℓ
  73. Look unblinkingly 5 ℓ
  74. Revolutionary Guevara 3 ℓ
  75. Salty water 5 ℓ
  76. Timberlake's former boy band 5 ℓ
  77. Electrical measure 3 ℓ
  78. __ de plume 3 ℓ
  79. Uncool person 5 ℓ
  80. Shackle for a bike 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, July 13, 2025 is titled “GETTING TO YES: A gradual change of mind” and was constructed by Winston Emmons. The puzzle features 144 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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