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VARIATIONS: A five-language name game

Sunday, March 30, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 144 clues
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Across

  1. Paradise Lost villain 5 ℓ
  2. Pub pastime 5 ℓ
  3. Fairway cry 4 ℓ
  4. With, in France 4 ℓ
  5. Arena level 4 ℓ
  6. The Kindle, for instance 7 ℓ
  7. Craving 3 ℓ
  8. Decameron author 17 ℓ
  9. Traveled with a trailer 4 ℓ
  10. Well-organized 7 ℓ
  11. Letter before omega 3 ℓ
  12. Southeast Asian capital 5 ℓ
  13. "You __ mouthful" 5 ℓ
  14. Closest star 3 ℓ
  15. Swindler 5 ℓ
  16. Redcap's reward 3 ℓ
  17. Take a dive 6 ℓ
  18. Makes corrections in 6 ℓ
  19. GPS direction 3 ℓ
  20. Baseball great Gehrig 3 ℓ
  21. It's far from 71-Across 4 ℓ
  22. Med. insurance plans 4 ℓ
  23. Ship's debris 7 ℓ
  24. Curator's concern 3 ℓ
  25. French antimonarchist 13 ℓ
  26. Marvel movie superhero 4 ℓ
  27. First X or O 3 ℓ
  28. Big Apple theater award 4 ℓ
  29. Carrier with an LAX hub 3 ℓ
  30. Zilch 3 ℓ
  31. Seventh century starter 3 ℓ
  32. "__ just take a minute" 4 ℓ
  33. Come to terms 5 ℓ
  34. Cornell's city 6 ℓ
  35. Little Mermaid author 21 ℓ
  36. Maytag alternative 5 ℓ
  37. Not moving 5 ℓ
  38. Airshow stunt 4 ℓ
  39. Marlon Oscar role 4 ℓ
  40. What Germans call Merkel 5 ℓ
  41. Parisienne pal 4 ℓ
  42. Weighty book 4 ℓ
  43. Assail 5 ℓ
  44. Freezing temperatures 5 ℓ
  45. Small stingers 5 ℓ
  46. Pre-schoolers 4 ℓ
  47. Exxon's ex-name 4 ℓ
  48. "Barefoot Boy" poet 21 ℓ
  49. Stir to action 6 ℓ
  50. South Pacific microstate 5 ℓ
  51. Email notification 4 ℓ
  52. "Tell __ story" 3 ℓ
  53. Mare hair 4 ℓ
  54. "Sting like a bee" boxer 3 ℓ
  55. __ Francisco (river of Brazil) 3 ℓ
  56. Delivery vehicle 3 ℓ
  57. Ship's spine 4 ℓ
  58. "Blue Danube" composer 13 ℓ
  59. Tonic partner 3 ℓ
  60. Burger flipper 7 ℓ
  61. Extra-wide shoe 3 ℓ
  62. Pretext 4 ℓ
  63. Movie theater 4 ℓ
  64. Innate gift 6 ℓ
  65. Word pioneer 6 ℓ
  66. Scorching 3 ℓ
  67. Joke around 3 ℓ
  68. Grape crusher 5 ℓ
  69. 1,000,000, mostly 5 ℓ
  70. Any birthstone 3 ℓ
  71. Without assistance 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Former Wheel of Fortune host 5 ℓ
  2. Sieves and colanders 9 ℓ
  3. Timberland limits 9 ℓ
  4. Consider in a new light 9 ℓ
  5. Pantry pest 3 ℓ
  6. Marks of repetition 6 ℓ
  7. Turkish tourist town 7 ℓ
  8. Propels with oars 4 ℓ
  9. Comics cry of distress 3 ℓ
  10. Show off 6 ℓ
  11. Supported like the Parthenon 8 ℓ
  12. Sicilian spewer 4 ℓ
  13. 38-Across' hometown 6 ℓ
  14. Urban rd. 3 ℓ
  15. Asks repeatedly 4 ℓ
  16. Invalidate 5 ℓ
  17. Lake near Reno 5 ℓ
  18. Italian love 5 ℓ
  19. Frost-covered 3 ℓ
  20. Part of LED 5 ℓ
  21. Genesis exile 3 ℓ
  22. Smooths, as skirts 5 ℓ
  23. Roman poet 4 ℓ
  24. Element in atomic clocks 6 ℓ
  25. Wheat or soybeans 4 ℓ
  26. Bets first 5 ℓ
  27. Epic tale 4 ℓ
  28. Short news piece 4 ℓ
  29. Smithsonian artifacts 9 ℓ
  30. Be indecisive 9 ℓ
  31. Baby birds 9 ℓ
  32. Soon, in verse 4 ℓ
  33. Role model, for short 5 ℓ
  34. Curdle 4 ℓ
  35. Crude dwelling 3 ℓ
  36. Put up with 8 ℓ
  37. Tranquil 6 ℓ
  38. Sword holder 6 ℓ
  39. Food court regular 7 ℓ
  40. One of the Mario Brothers 5 ℓ
  41. End of many work wks. 3 ℓ
  42. Breakfast buffet array 6 ℓ
  43. Tapers off 6 ℓ
  44. Starting squads 6 ℓ
  45. Salty expanse 5 ℓ
  46. Carries on verbally 5 ℓ
  47. Impulsive speed 5 ℓ
  48. Afternoon hour 5 ℓ
  49. "Stretch" vehicle 4 ℓ
  50. Grandson of 60-Down 4 ℓ
  51. Trial run 4 ℓ
  52. It means "recent" 3 ℓ
  53. Plop down 3 ℓ
  54. Taste of tea 3 ℓ
  55. Rebellion 6 ℓ
  56. Wipe clean 5 ℓ
  57. "Be right with you" 6 ℓ
  58. Miscalculation 5 ℓ
  59. Cry of discovery 3 ℓ
  60. D-Day's month 4 ℓ
  61. Retail partner of Marcus 6 ℓ
  62. Prefix for graph 4 ℓ
  63. Spend some time 4 ℓ
  64. Nearly colorless 4 ℓ
  65. "Moving right __..." 5 ℓ
  66. Till bill 3 ℓ
  67. Wispy clouds 5 ℓ
  68. Fuel cartel 4 ℓ
  69. New Testament king 5 ℓ
  70. Very perceptive 4 ℓ
  71. Safari sighting 5 ℓ
  72. Alumni 5 ℓ
  73. Street market booth 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, March 30, 2025 is titled “VARIATIONS: A five-language name game” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 144 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.

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