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OFF THE GROUND: By various means

Sunday, July 20, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 142 clues
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Across

  1. Sour-tasting 5 ℓ
  2. Fake quarter 4 ℓ
  3. Way of walking 4 ℓ
  4. Longstocking of kid lit 5 ℓ
  5. Impostors 6 ℓ
  6. Refusing payment due to insufficient funds 14 ℓ
  7. Bring on board 4 ℓ
  8. Common Russian female name 4 ℓ
  9. Bath sponge 5 ℓ
  10. On __ (fleeing) 6 ℓ
  11. Berating 14 ℓ
  12. Harry Potter pal 3 ℓ
  13. Anesthetizes 7 ℓ
  14. Deploy 3 ℓ
  15. Bestow upon 4 ℓ
  16. Still to come 5 ℓ
  17. Mine: Fr. 4 ℓ
  18. Faulty firecracker 3 ℓ
  19. No longer fizzy 4 ℓ
  20. Overcoming obstacles 17 ℓ
  21. __-cone (icy treat) 3 ℓ
  22. Incites 6 ℓ
  23. Quick trip to the store 6 ℓ
  24. Faux __ 3 ℓ
  25. Varsity rowers 8 ℓ
  26. Make public 3 ℓ
  27. Operetta composer Franz 5 ℓ
  28. Accepting an offer eagerly 18 ℓ
  29. Synthetic fiber 5 ℓ
  30. Jazz (up) 5 ℓ
  31. Okra portions 4 ℓ
  32. Boyfriend 4 ℓ
  33. Part of USNA 5 ℓ
  34. Light fog 4 ℓ
  35. In the remote past 4 ℓ
  36. Colloquial phrase 5 ℓ
  37. Amenable (to) 4 ℓ
  38. Creme-filled cookie 4 ℓ
  39. Freddy Krueger's addr. 5 ℓ
  40. Some corporate jets 5 ℓ
  41. Minneapolis suburb 5 ℓ
  42. Rhymester 4 ℓ
  43. Stitched line 4 ℓ
  44. Les __-Unis 5 ℓ
  45. Attribute to, as blame 5 ℓ
  46. Strong smell 4 ℓ
  47. Off-ramp 4 ℓ
  48. Climate activist Thunberg 5 ℓ
  49. Treating to supper out 18 ℓ
  50. Contemporary witchcraft 5 ℓ
  51. __ Mahal 3 ℓ
  52. Experiment analysis input 8 ℓ
  53. "Yuck!" 3 ℓ
  54. With slots for quarters 6 ℓ
  55. Half a "You're excused" phrase 6 ℓ
  56. Air Force decoration: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  57. Leaving for work without eating 17 ℓ
  58. Gone with the Wind guy 5 ℓ
  59. Banister 4 ℓ
  60. __ Baba 3 ℓ
  61. Abbr. like mlle. 4 ℓ
  62. Sun. speech 3 ℓ
  63. Steam iron's target 7 ℓ
  64. Moral misstep 3 ℓ
  65. Top-rated 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Fearful feeling 5 ℓ
  2. Figure out 3 ℓ
  3. Commando film weapon 3 ℓ
  4. Hardly attentive 3 ℓ
  5. Old West officers 8 ℓ
  6. Gull cousin 4 ℓ
  7. Much-admired figure 4 ℓ
  8. Me, myself __ 4 ℓ
  9. "Well done!" 7 ℓ
  10. Voicemail phrase 7 ℓ
  11. "And it's gone!" 4 ℓ
  12. Sonar sound 4 ℓ
  13. Menzel of Frozen 5 ℓ
  14. Small songbird 5 ℓ
  15. Least spicy 8 ℓ
  16. Ostrich or kiwi, to zoologists 6 ℓ
  17. Civil rights leader Medgar 5 ℓ
  18. __ diem (seize the day: Lat.) 5 ℓ
  19. IRA alternative 5 ℓ
  20. Grooming tool 4 ℓ
  21. Grad 4 ℓ
  22. Dues recipient 4 ℓ
  23. Reckless speed 5 ℓ
  24. Overhaul 4 ℓ
  25. See the world 6 ℓ
  26. Public tribute 6 ℓ
  27. Sufficient 6 ℓ
  28. Dog show official 5 ℓ
  29. Green dip, briefly 4 ℓ
  30. Is a contender 4 ℓ
  31. Welsh John 4 ℓ
  32. Habit wearer 3 ℓ
  33. Enjoyable 3 ℓ
  34. TV display 3 ℓ
  35. All things considered 8 ℓ
  36. Casablanca heroine 8 ℓ
  37. Frozen dessert brand 7 ℓ
  38. Pulled apart 4 ℓ
  39. Window over a door 7 ℓ
  40. Etymology abbr. 4 ℓ
  41. Proposal detail 4 ℓ
  42. Rubbernecked 6 ℓ
  43. Brainy group 5 ℓ
  44. Oak, formerly 5 ℓ
  45. Mao associate Zhou __ 5 ℓ
  46. Monopoly payments 5 ℓ
  47. Pirate's repository 5 ℓ
  48. Incline a bit 4 ℓ
  49. Creative thought 4 ℓ
  50. Study, with "over" 4 ℓ
  51. Game of Thrones rating 4 ℓ
  52. GI addresses 4 ℓ
  53. Prefix like atmo- 3 ℓ
  54. Short haircut 3 ℓ
  55. MPG rating agency 3 ℓ
  56. Rubberneck 4 ℓ
  57. Pressed a doorbell 4 ℓ
  58. Star Wars series creature 4 ℓ
  59. Rough-textured 6 ℓ
  60. Wedding vow venues 6 ℓ
  61. "Last Stand" general 6 ℓ
  62. Cost-of-living no. 3 ℓ
  63. Dressing ingredient 3 ℓ
  64. Practical joke 5 ℓ
  65. Manicurist's tool 8 ℓ
  66. Nondescript 4 ℓ
  67. Wave off 4 ℓ
  68. List of choices 4 ℓ
  69. Common Russian female name 5 ℓ
  70. Regretful feeling 4 ℓ
  71. Antlered beast 3 ℓ
  72. Operatic voice 5 ℓ
  73. Optimistic assertion 4 ℓ
  74. Modified mortgage, for short 4 ℓ
  75. Defeats soundly 5 ℓ
  76. Registered as a guest 8 ℓ
  77. Countess' husband 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, July 20, 2025 is titled “OFF THE GROUND: By various means” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 142 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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