MUTUAL ADMIRERS
Across
- Half of some suits
- All-encompassing
- Longtime Indian leader
- Fixed
- How most don't like their crossword answers
- Domains
- 25-Across, concluded
- Microloan agcy.
- Was furious
- Debater of 1992
- Send forth
- Eminent pop artist
- Small wooden platforms
- Asian League of Nations member
- Zero folks
- Crafters' outlet
- Towel term
- Venues
- Screen-gaming trailblazer
- Fivers
- Agra attire
- Eminent Brandywine School artist
- As opposed to
- Eroded
- Plaster for canvases
- Twist to dry
- Wetlands bird
- What 17- and 59-Across once did, part 1
- Keeps from spreading
- More smooth-talking
- Chocolate/toffee bar brand
- Sword-holding statuette
- 25-Across, continued
- CVS insurance subsidiary
- Sound of surf
Down
- Sleepwear pair
- Barbed remark
- Orioles, in part
- Greek bread spread
- Of faraway suns
- "...but not necessarily exactly"
- Rehab ritual
- Falstaffian
- Giant among Giants
- Drawn-out attacks
- Dodeca- fraction
- Flaunt one's famous friends
- Image on Ankara cash
- The Rays' address
- Big Apple cultural landmark
- Lofty quarters
- What fills a bootie
- Cook up
- Typical taxies
- Tracker's tool
- Hemingway, to pals
- School rooms
- Monarque masculin
- Silver-gray
- Left
- Sounds from fans
- Long lunch
- Half of some suits
- Kind of person
- __ Gabriel Mountains
- Florentine farewell
- 2024 Kennedy Center Honors singer
- Hardware expert
- Deep-sea predator
- Court action
- Flipper's successes
- Radius, e.g.
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Friday, July 25, 2025 is titled “MUTUAL ADMIRERS” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 72 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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