Newsday Crossword

SEW WHAT?: Not just clothing

Sunday, June 15, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 142 clues
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Across

  1. Open a __ worms 5 ℓ
  2. Beer, slangily 7 ℓ
  3. Water faucet 6 ℓ
  4. Go out with 3 ℓ
  5. Invites 4 ℓ
  6. E pluribus __ 4 ℓ
  7. Meeting outline 6 ℓ
  8. Generous severance package 15 ℓ
  9. More, in Mexico 3 ℓ
  10. Balkan native 4 ℓ
  11. Relate 4 ℓ
  12. Upper limits 6 ℓ
  13. Skilled 4 ℓ
  14. Bit of antiquity 5 ℓ
  15. Buzzers in the air 4 ℓ
  16. Romulus' twin 5 ℓ
  17. Topographical details 7 ℓ
  18. Prim and proper person 13 ℓ
  19. Bygone office copies 6 ℓ
  20. Painter Gauguin 4 ℓ
  21. Sharp knock 3 ℓ
  22. Newbie 4 ℓ
  23. "Moving right __..." 5 ℓ
  24. Baking amts. 5 ℓ
  25. Director Kazan 4 ℓ
  26. Pompous person 12 ℓ
  27. Big Apple's Arthur __ Stadium 4 ℓ
  28. G major analog 6 ℓ
  29. Be positioned 3 ℓ
  30. Rugged cliff 4 ℓ
  31. Multiple choice quartet 4 ℓ
  32. Urban race participant 14 ℓ
  33. "Hakuna __" (Lion King song) 6 ℓ
  34. Perfumery staple 7 ℓ
  35. Sound of little feet 6 ℓ
  36. Climate-changing current 6 ℓ
  37. Georgia neighbor 7 ℓ
  38. Equally scarce 6 ℓ
  39. Attached by pressurized heat 6 ℓ
  40. Weaver in rattan 5 ℓ
  41. "We'd better skip it" 7 ℓ
  42. Quaint pet name 6 ℓ
  43. Any system's esoterica 14 ℓ
  44. Macbeth prop 6 ℓ
  45. Welcomes warmly 6 ℓ
  46. __ de Janeiro 3 ℓ
  47. Marshlands 4 ℓ
  48. Dudes 4 ℓ
  49. Stinging insect 12 ℓ
  50. Tweak, as manuscripts 4 ℓ
  51. Christmas song 4 ℓ
  52. Windblown pile of snow 5 ℓ
  53. Vine-covered 5 ℓ
  54. "And another thing..." 4 ℓ
  55. Treasure Island monogram 3 ℓ
  56. Acquisition 4 ℓ
  57. Ladybug, e.g. 6 ℓ
  58. Angry dispute 7 ℓ
  59. Former Asian political demarcation 13 ℓ
  60. Loosen, as laces 5 ℓ
  61. Common blood type, briefly 4 ℓ
  62. __ the side of caution 5 ℓ
  63. Henry Ford contemporary 4 ℓ

Down

  1. County north of Limerick 5 ℓ
  2. Travails 4 ℓ
  3. Metric prefix 4 ℓ
  4. Skyrocket 4 ℓ
  5. James __ Space Telescope 4 ℓ
  6. Nationality suffix 3 ℓ
  7. Martini's partner 5 ℓ
  8. '70s German chancellor 6 ℓ
  9. Nutritionally not kosher 4 ℓ
  10. Volkswagen compact sedan 3 ℓ
  11. Divine guardian 5 ℓ
  12. Austin Powers' father 5 ℓ
  13. About 900,000 grams 6 ℓ
  14. Renounced under oath 8 ℓ
  15. Corkscrew shapes 7 ℓ
  16. High anxiety 5 ℓ
  17. "Not to worry" 5 ℓ
  18. UK lexicon 3 ℓ
  19. First-born Beatle 5 ℓ
  20. See 90-Down 3 ℓ
  21. Tips off 6 ℓ
  22. Sketched 4 ℓ
  23. Challenge authority 5 ℓ
  24. Taproom choices 4 ℓ
  25. Put forth 5 ℓ
  26. Sierra Club cofounder 4 ℓ
  27. Underground molten rock 5 ℓ
  28. Bring to __ (start bubbling) 5 ℓ
  29. Sports replay speed 5 ℓ
  30. Noncommittal reply 4 ℓ
  31. "It will come __ surprise..." 4 ℓ
  32. Genesis paradise 4 ℓ
  33. AOL and rivals 4 ℓ
  34. British 28-Across 5 ℓ
  35. Timeworn 5 ℓ
  36. Overthrow 4 ℓ
  37. Extremely prevalent 8 ℓ
  38. With 63-Down, meditation accessory 4 ℓ
  39. Sports arbiter 7 ℓ
  40. Larynx location 6 ℓ
  41. Vegetable soup morsel 4 ℓ
  42. Capital of Eritrea 6 ℓ
  43. Part of many an urban bus system name 4 ℓ
  44. Helicopter blade 5 ℓ
  45. Foolish 5 ℓ
  46. Discover serendipitously 5 ℓ
  47. TV chef Guy 5 ℓ
  48. __ nerve (funny-bone part) 5 ℓ
  49. Hapless person 5 ℓ
  50. Diploma recipient 4 ℓ
  51. Clooney married to George 4 ℓ
  52. Hay bundle 4 ℓ
  53. Ending meaning "ruler" 4 ℓ
  54. Bits of paint 4 ℓ
  55. Color close to beige 3 ℓ
  56. Do something with 3 ℓ
  57. Hunters' org. 3 ℓ
  58. Boundary-pushing 4 ℓ
  59. Steakhouse serving 4 ℓ
  60. See-through dessert 5 ℓ
  61. Dutch cheese 4 ℓ
  62. Large family 5 ℓ
  63. Stadium level 4 ℓ
  64. "Are you __ out?" 4 ℓ
  65. Refuse to approve 4 ℓ
  66. Slanted letters, for short 5 ℓ
  67. Skip over vocally 5 ℓ
  68. Jam-packed 5 ℓ
  69. Anatomical air bag 4 ℓ
  70. Pastel hue 4 ℓ
  71. Quench fully 4 ℓ
  72. Rubber gasket 5 ℓ
  73. Prepare for a road trip 5 ℓ
  74. Baloney 6 ℓ
  75. British blackjack 4 ℓ
  76. Second chances 5 ℓ
  77. Beethoven's German birthplace 4 ℓ
  78. Prophet 6 ℓ
  79. City south of Denver 6 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, June 15, 2025 is titled “SEW WHAT?: Not just clothing” 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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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.

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