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CREATURE COINAGES: Metaphorically speaking

Sunday, July 6, 2025 Constructed by Mark McClain 146 clues
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Across

  1. Walgreens rival 3 ℓ
  2. "Huh?" 4 ℓ
  3. Racial equality org. 5 ℓ
  4. Avidly anxious 4 ℓ
  5. Part of a tuxedo 8 ℓ
  6. Complete a flight 4 ℓ
  7. German conjunction 3 ℓ
  8. Superlative vision 13 ℓ
  9. That lady 3 ℓ
  10. PD investigator 3 ℓ
  11. Exceed, as authority 8 ℓ
  12. Turn into cash 4 ℓ
  13. Strong cleaner 3 ℓ
  14. Give a holler 4 ℓ
  15. Rice or fries 4 ℓ
  16. Norse war god 4 ℓ
  17. Spread out 5 ℓ
  18. Gullible person 4 ℓ
  19. Pre-college, for short 4 ℓ
  20. Lawful, informally 5 ℓ
  21. Loses vigor 4 ℓ
  22. Be a shirker 5 ℓ
  23. Dropped in the mail 4 ℓ
  24. South American capital 8 ℓ
  25. Initials in invitations 4 ℓ
  26. Authoritative source 14 ℓ
  27. Above, in verse 3 ℓ
  28. GPS reading 3 ℓ
  29. Sandwich shop 4 ℓ
  30. Have on 4 ℓ
  31. Girder fastener 5 ℓ
  32. Asks earnestly 4 ℓ
  33. Field of flying 8 ℓ
  34. Very hard to find 15 ℓ
  35. Pal of Pooh 5 ℓ
  36. Big bucks, briefly 4 ℓ
  37. Awning offering 5 ℓ
  38. In advance 5 ℓ
  39. Rip (apart) 4 ℓ
  40. Lawn tool 5 ℓ
  41. Big name in broth 5 ℓ
  42. "Trillion" prefix 4 ℓ
  43. Builder's spot 4 ℓ
  44. Cloister dweller 3 ℓ
  45. Suffix for still 4 ℓ
  46. Made lumber 5 ℓ
  47. Nation on the Arabian Sea 4 ℓ
  48. Rut-bound 15 ℓ
  49. Strangely scary 5 ℓ
  50. Stellar phenomena 5 ℓ
  51. Transport, as freight 4 ℓ
  52. Adolescent age 8 ℓ
  53. Believe, so to speak 3 ℓ
  54. Point opposite 112-Across 3 ℓ
  55. Call a halt to 4 ℓ
  56. HMO personnel 4 ℓ
  57. One craving media mentions 14 ℓ
  58. __ before (no later than) 4 ℓ
  59. Parcel out 8 ℓ
  60. Parts of 69-Across 5 ℓ
  61. Batteries for remotes 4 ℓ
  62. Hidden obstacles 5 ℓ
  63. Pedigree cat's origin 4 ℓ
  64. Admin. __ 4 ℓ
  65. Letter-shaped fastener 4 ℓ
  66. Very strict 5 ℓ
  67. Chore list heading 4 ℓ
  68. "Are you out __?" 4 ℓ
  69. Peruvian ancestor 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Encouraging contraction 4 ℓ
  2. Very small 5 ℓ
  3. French farewell 5 ℓ
  4. Overly reckless 11 ℓ
  5. Sharpen 4 ℓ
  6. Air race marker 5 ℓ
  7. Music symbol 4 ℓ
  8. "__ we there yet?" 3 ℓ
  9. Sound of contentment 3 ℓ
  10. Result of a makeover 7 ℓ
  11. Overly flattering 6 ℓ
  12. Sworn statement 4 ℓ
  13. Some appliances, shortly 3 ℓ
  14. S&L device 3 ℓ
  15. Serb or Czech 4 ℓ
  16. Ristorante bottle 4 ℓ
  17. Luau instruments 4 ℓ
  18. Proofreader's "take it out" 4 ℓ
  19. Transferred, as real estate 6 ℓ
  20. ZzzQuil alternative 5 ℓ
  21. Misdirections 11 ℓ
  22. Vacuum cleaner part 4 ℓ
  23. Wicked ways 5 ℓ
  24. Faucet 6 ℓ
  25. Tell-__ (candid stories) 4 ℓ
  26. Harness straps 5 ℓ
  27. Close by, in verse 4 ℓ
  28. Experimentation stations 4 ℓ
  29. Small monasteries 8 ℓ
  30. Amazing thing 4 ℓ
  31. Not much 4 ℓ
  32. Casual assent 4 ℓ
  33. Expanded 4 ℓ
  34. Invitation insert 4 ℓ
  35. Going into overtime 4 ℓ
  36. Emmy candidate 6 ℓ
  37. Shakespearean nickname 7 ℓ
  38. Stylish 5 ℓ
  39. Tire pressure no. 3 ℓ
  40. Informal assent 6 ℓ
  41. Fiesta cheers 4 ℓ
  42. Made of sturdy wood 5 ℓ
  43. Get out of 5 ℓ
  44. Gets a job done 5 ℓ
  45. At a later time 4 ℓ
  46. Caesarean rebuke 4 ℓ
  47. Layer of ore 4 ℓ
  48. Appear to be 4 ℓ
  49. Mom's mom 4 ℓ
  50. Long time 4 ℓ
  51. __ Jose, CA 3 ℓ
  52. FDR-era agency 3 ℓ
  53. Before, in verse 3 ℓ
  54. Word on a stadium ticket 3 ℓ
  55. Tennis great Williams 6 ℓ
  56. Onion cousins 8 ℓ
  57. Jellied garnish 5 ℓ
  58. __ Bader Ginsburg 4 ℓ
  59. Juan's "one" 3 ℓ
  60. Gridiron kick 4 ℓ
  61. Occupies a bench 4 ℓ
  62. University sports org. 4 ℓ
  63. Hiking route 4 ℓ
  64. Forearm bone 4 ℓ
  65. Unclear image 4 ℓ
  66. Try out 4 ℓ
  67. Legendary infamous emperor 4 ℓ
  68. Desert green spot 5 ℓ
  69. Scarce supply 6 ℓ
  70. Shape of some staircases 6 ℓ
  71. Holy: Fr. 5 ℓ
  72. Sail's support 4 ℓ
  73. Suitable for sledding 5 ℓ
  74. Cost of a crossing 4 ℓ
  75. Palette display 4 ℓ
  76. Speaker's platform 4 ℓ
  77. Properly tuned 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, July 6, 2025 is titled “CREATURE COINAGES: Metaphorically speaking” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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