PLANTINGS
Across
- High point
- School support org.
- Czech's neighbor
- La La Land Oscar winner
- Star Trek role
- Uncivilized person
- Nation bordering Vietnam
- Elongated circle
- "O Canada," e.g.
- Both-the-same score
- High-ranking tennis match pro
- Right-angle shape
- More meddlesome
- Gentle, as a horse
- Courtroom questioners, for short
- Distribute into groups
- Onion's exterior
- Good garden soil
- Italian grilled sandwich
- Sounds of contentment
- Place to cook ribs
- DVR remote button
- Tailor's implement
- Unsuccessful candidate
- '70s dance clubs
- Bugs Bunny or Bart Simpson
- Ham __ (sandwich order)
- Person serious about nutrition
- Overly
- Auto trip
- Greediness
- Formal glassware
- Panther or puma
- __ up (in a queue)
Down
- Film actress Jessica
- Upward climb
- Gateway Arch city, informally
- "Excuse me"
- Windy day toy
- Have __ with (know well)
- Bigwig, for short
- Washington's bill
- Cape Canaveral event
- Animal welfare orgs.
- Be the best example of
- "The Red Planet"
- Fuel from a mine
- Extremely happy
- Philippines' capital
- Inns near interstates
- More uniform
- Hostile, as a crowd
- Caper film crimes
- Fully attentive
- Genesis paradise
- Prefix for sweet
- High point
- Bovine bellows
- Volcano in Sicily
- Any Mexican river
- Letters for a battleship
- Lake bordering Ohio
- Old-time anesthetic
- UK lexicon
- __ Lee cakes
- Singer Orbison
- Nonprescription: Abbr.
- Neither fish __ fowl
- 54 in Roman numerals
- Rural power agcy.
- Sedan or SUV
- Post-op area
- Landing-hr. approximation
- People born in early August
- Industrious insect
- "__ the season to be jolly..."
- Reduce greatly, as prices
- Double-helix molecule
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, March 19, 2025 is titled “PLANTINGS” and was constructed by AuthorName. The puzzle features 78 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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