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TAKE YOUR CHANCES

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Constructed by Prasanna Keshava 78 clues
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Across

  1. Muscular twinge 5 ℓ
  2. Firm hold 4 ℓ
  3. Feeling happy 4 ℓ
  4. Frankfurters, informally 7 ℓ
  5. Meat in an omelet 3 ℓ
  6. With regard to 5 ℓ
  7. British title below duke 4 ℓ
  8. __ Moines, IA 3 ℓ
  9. Card-taking chance 13 ℓ
  10. Discontinue 5 ℓ
  11. Influence unfairly 4 ℓ
  12. "You know how __" 4 ℓ
  13. Pastureland measure 4 ℓ
  14. Parcel (out) 4 ℓ
  15. Wild West Show structure 5 ℓ
  16. Affirmative votes 4 ℓ
  17. __ butter (cosmetics ingredient) 4 ℓ
  18. Refine, as metal 5 ℓ
  19. Acknowledge silently 5 ℓ
  20. Short skirt 4 ℓ
  21. Senior citizens advocate 4 ℓ
  22. Parcel out 5 ℓ
  23. FBI operatives 4 ℓ
  24. Podium device 4 ℓ
  25. Quarter-tossing chance 13 ℓ
  26. Flash-drive port 3 ℓ
  27. Sit down for a bit 4 ℓ
  28. Lower than 5 ℓ
  29. Paper-folding craft 7 ℓ
  30. Lower a lawn 3 ℓ
  31. Sgt. or Cpl. 3 ℓ
  32. Designer Chanel 4 ℓ
  33. Three in German 4 ℓ
  34. Cube-throwing chance 13 ℓ
  35. "That makes sense now" 4 ℓ
  36. Slightly, in music 4 ℓ
  37. Spanish aunt 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Major mix-up 5 ℓ
  2. Set of safety wear: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  3. Annoy 3 ℓ
  4. Native American weather-changing ritual 9 ℓ
  5. Video arcade activity 6 ℓ
  6. Hockey puck's shape 4 ℓ
  7. Poker payment 4 ℓ
  8. Easy to lift 5 ℓ
  9. Exams for would-be MBAs 5 ℓ
  10. Auto lubricant 8 ℓ
  11. DVD player button 4 ℓ
  12. Speak off-script 5 ℓ
  13. Opinion surveys 5 ℓ
  14. Real estate listings 6 ℓ
  15. Tolkien monster 3 ℓ
  16. Royal initials 3 ℓ
  17. Submit to the IRS online 5 ℓ
  18. Far from shore 5 ℓ
  19. Sugary 5 ℓ
  20. Three-legged stand 5 ℓ
  21. Window curtain 5 ℓ
  22. Consider to be 4 ℓ
  23. Texter's "Then again..." 4 ℓ
  24. Is just joking 4 ℓ
  25. Sheep's remark 3 ℓ
  26. Frost-covered 3 ℓ
  27. Not very many 3 ℓ
  28. Parisian affirmative 3 ℓ
  29. Host an event 5 ℓ
  30. __ de Janeiro 3 ℓ
  31. Gibson or Brooks of film 3 ℓ
  32. Cuatro doubled 4 ℓ
  33. Sushi eggs 3 ℓ
  34. Nonprescription: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  35. Corporate money mgrs. 4 ℓ
  36. Driver's emergency illumination 9 ℓ
  37. Towels off 5 ℓ
  38. Language variants 8 ℓ
  39. __ for (select) 3 ℓ
  40. "School of thought" suffix 3 ℓ
  41. __ la la 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 is titled “TAKE YOUR CHANCES” and was constructed by Prasanna Keshava. 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 TAKE YOUR CHANCES Crossword June 18 2025 Answers