STARTUP MONEY
Across
- Polish Nobelist Walesa
- Appropriate rhyme for "paws"
- What a minimum might be
- NASDAQ news
- Unspecified people
- Astronomical observances
- Some guitars or motorcycles
- Encouraging word
- Impersonate
- Strikingly effective
- Dot follower
- Employment history with ups and downs
- Port of Iraq
- Botanical balm
- Rice the novelist
- Spread awkwardly
- Heads of ranches
- Disoriented
- Nivea competitor
- Poker declaration
- Drive away
- Shirt surrounder with buttons
- Take care of
- Strike sharply
- Fewest-letter zodiac sign
- Sushi staple
- Convent contingent
- NCAA game broadcaster
- Fruitcake tidbit
- Sorority letter
- Embrace, as a cause
- Land of the banshees
- Chinese takeout order
- Much larger than large
- Situates
Down
- Venue
- 35mm device
- Elf-sized
- On point
- Bounded (over)
- What an iron often presses
- Sci-fi figures
- __-Tahoe Airport
- Wind down
- Elaborate celebration
- Literary bad side
- Place for some cargo carriers
- Makes proud
- Reluctant assent
- Be a naysayer
- Sci-fi figures
- Something not to spill
- West African capital
- Exhibited anxiety
- Emotional fire
- Depleted Eurasian sea
- Proofreader's direction
- Prefix for hazard
- Old school encouragement
- NCIS airer
- YMCA class
- Sudden surge
- Ballot marker's option
- 2010s First Daughter
- French 101 infinitive
- Barbecue spoiler
- Faraway power source
- Suffix for still
- Heat carriers
- Honey, for instance
- Tot's scrapes
- Kitchen gadget brand
- Picture house
- 20-year home for Hemingway
- Nuclear physics study
- Practice, as a profession
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, June 12, 2025 is titled “STARTUP MONEY” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 76 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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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.