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NOT SO HOT

Thursday, March 27, 2025 Constructed by Lin Josephson 74 clues
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Across

  1. Cardinal point 4 ℓ
  2. Uncommon sense 3 ℓ
  3. Spot with springs 3 ℓ
  4. Loose ground 4 ℓ
  5. Profusion 4 ℓ
  6. Mischief makers 4 ℓ
  7. High hope 5 ℓ
  8. Purposely excluded 9 ℓ
  9. Apply leverage to 3 ℓ
  10. Royal Navy weapons 6 ℓ
  11. Authorize 3 ℓ
  12. Venerable breakfast box 13 ℓ
  13. Metaphorical founders 7 ℓ
  14. Part of LED 5 ℓ
  15. Bracket shapes 3 ℓ
  16. Tactile encouragement 3 ℓ
  17. "Regrettably..." 4 ℓ
  18. Novel's need 5 ℓ
  19. In name only 7 ℓ
  20. Something completely different 13 ℓ
  21. Rankle 3 ℓ
  22. California neighbor 6 ℓ
  23. Scurried off 3 ℓ
  24. Hostile looks 9 ℓ
  25. Emergency signal 5 ℓ
  26. It means "averse to" 4 ℓ
  27. Note to self 4 ℓ
  28. Fair attraction 4 ℓ
  29. Coral habitat 3 ℓ
  30. Bit of change 4 ℓ
  31. __ chi class 3 ℓ
  32. Far from a consolation 11 ℓ
  33. Have yet to pay 3 ℓ
  34. Play first 4 ℓ
  35. Medical record datum 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Term from a name 6 ℓ
  2. Come before 7 ℓ
  3. Jonathan Swift, e.g. 8 ℓ
  4. Magic medicine 6 ℓ
  5. Energy source 4 ℓ
  6. Remarkable thing 3 ℓ
  7. Auto products brand 3 ℓ
  8. Latin land 5 ℓ
  9. Slow mover 5 ℓ
  10. Be under par 3 ℓ
  11. Mystical cards 6 ℓ
  12. Coyote cousin 4 ℓ
  13. Noisy bikes 6 ℓ
  14. Prize money 5 ℓ
  15. Muddy place 3 ℓ
  16. Fit well together 4 ℓ
  17. Mrs. Fitzgerald 5 ℓ
  18. Net sales 5 ℓ
  19. Instructional bit 4 ℓ
  20. What a coup could end 3 ℓ
  21. What ends every Nov. 3 ℓ
  22. RV stopover franchise 3 ℓ
  23. Elbowroom 5 ℓ
  24. Capitalizes on 4 ℓ
  25. Southern fried fare 4 ℓ
  26. First floor apartment, perhaps 4 ℓ
  27. Glass border 3 ℓ
  28. Head for 4 ℓ
  29. Person writing cryptograms 7 ℓ
  30. Apple topper 4 ℓ
  31. Data 4 ℓ
  32. Get a glider started 3 ℓ
  33. "Et tu" time 4 ℓ
  34. Best effort 3 ℓ
  35. Apt rhyme for "restrain" 4 ℓ
  36. Young whale 4 ℓ
  37. Brainy 8 ℓ
  38. Treetop nibbler 7 ℓ
  39. Mixes in 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, March 27, 2025 is titled “NOT SO HOT” and was constructed by Lin Josephson. The puzzle features 74 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 NOT SO HOT Crossword March 27 2025 Answers