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OBSERVATIONS

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 78 clues
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Across

  1. Is adjacent to 5 ℓ
  2. Fashionable 4 ℓ
  3. Checkbook remnant 4 ℓ
  4. Twig home in a tree 4 ℓ
  5. Invite on a date 6 ℓ
  6. Of rural life 6 ℓ
  7. Apex 4 ℓ
  8. __ time (very quickly) 4 ℓ
  9. Plan on for the near future 10 ℓ
  10. Sgts. and cpls. 4 ℓ
  11. Halfway to tomorrow 4 ℓ
  12. Moat without water 5 ℓ
  13. Fully certain 4 ℓ
  14. How words function 5 ℓ
  15. "Put a lid __!" 4 ℓ
  16. Suffix with luncheon 4 ℓ
  17. Alphabet enders, in Britain 4 ℓ
  18. Easily fooled person 5 ℓ
  19. Cocoa/coffee blend 5 ℓ
  20. Approximately 4 ℓ
  21. Eyelid hair 4 ℓ
  22. Drained of color 5 ℓ
  23. Chauffeur-driven car 4 ℓ
  24. Norway's capital 4 ℓ
  25. Hollywood headliner 4 ℓ
  26. Perform sentry duty 10 ℓ
  27. Handed-down knowledge 4 ℓ
  28. "Do as I say!" 6 ℓ
  29. Rain hard 4 ℓ
  30. Salt's partner on a table 6 ℓ
  31. Shuts loudly 5 ℓ
  32. Three-person band 4 ℓ
  33. Above average in height 4 ℓ
  34. Square footage 4 ℓ
  35. Prophetic sign 4 ℓ
  36. Corridors 5 ℓ
  37. Prefix meaning "all" 4 ℓ
  38. Snow-removal vehicle 4 ℓ
  39. Slow-moving creature in a shell 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Concert's sound boosters 4 ℓ
  2. Any household task 5 ℓ
  3. Muslim's faith 5 ℓ
  4. Overly quick 5 ℓ
  5. More thorough inspection 10 ℓ
  6. "What a shame!" 6 ℓ
  7. "Semper Fi" force: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  8. Heard too often, as a phrase 5 ℓ
  9. Of the sun 5 ℓ
  10. Jockey's seat 6 ℓ
  11. At that time 4 ℓ
  12. Sch. near Hollywood 4 ℓ
  13. Canoe or kayak 4 ℓ
  14. Nose, slangily 6 ℓ
  15. Parody 6 ℓ
  16. Remove soap from 5 ℓ
  17. Not shortened 5 ℓ
  18. Nasal sound of scorn 5 ℓ
  19. Stay clear of 5 ℓ
  20. Pennies 5 ℓ
  21. First-rate 4 ℓ
  22. Passport stamp 4 ℓ
  23. "Let's leave __ that" 4 ℓ
  24. Heart charts, for short 4 ℓ
  25. Part of Miss Muffet's meal 4 ℓ
  26. Monetary value 5 ℓ
  27. Vehicle for school kids 3 ℓ
  28. School support grps. 4 ℓ
  29. Deserve to receive 4 ℓ
  30. Appeal for help 4 ℓ
  31. Obvious 10 ℓ
  32. Sport on horseback 4 ℓ
  33. Restaurant list 4 ℓ
  34. Sour mood 4 ℓ
  35. Bullets and grenades 4 ℓ
  36. Not feeling well 3 ℓ
  37. Totally engrossed 4 ℓ
  38. Hindu guru 5 ℓ
  39. Hawaiian necklace 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, July 22, 2025 is titled “OBSERVATIONS” 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 OBSERVATIONS Crossword July 22 2025 Answers