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REWARDING STARTS

Thursday, March 6, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 76 clues
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Across

  1. Eels in sushi bars 5 ℓ
  2. Be bested 4 ℓ
  3. Scale notes 3 ℓ
  4. Part of a karate uniform 3 ℓ
  5. Resolution 11 ℓ
  6. Paganini, by birth 7 ℓ
  7. Sports page column header 3 ℓ
  8. Place for polish 3 ℓ
  9. Vanishing act surprise 12 ℓ
  10. Ending like -ling 4 ℓ
  11. Worshiped Egyptian weaver 4 ℓ
  12. Toys brought to the beach 5 ℓ
  13. Declined gradually 4 ℓ
  14. University of Alaska campus 4 ℓ
  15. Bit of luck 5 ℓ
  16. Spots 4 ℓ
  17. Simpsons neighbor 3 ℓ
  18. Meddlesome person 5 ℓ
  19. Make a skillful change 5 ℓ
  20. Wilson who married Hanks 4 ℓ
  21. Small six-footers 4 ℓ
  22. Time periods 5 ℓ
  23. Words often said while groggy 4 ℓ
  24. Fortitude 4 ℓ
  25. Eminent British portraitist 12 ℓ
  26. Give a little 3 ℓ
  27. Activity record 3 ℓ
  28. Confession start 7 ℓ
  29. Small cream puff 11 ℓ
  30. Mock-laugh syllable 3 ℓ
  31. Tenor tourer Bocelli 6 ℓ
  32. Crumble away 5 ℓ
  33. Barbecue bistro offering 4 ℓ
  34. SEALs' service 3 ℓ
  35. Tango dancer's accessory 4 ℓ
  36. Novelist Allende 6 ℓ
  37. "__ knew that!" 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Elevates 3 ℓ
  2. Book before Job 6 ℓ
  3. Mark of infamy 6 ℓ
  4. Spate 6 ℓ
  5. Spanish lakes 5 ℓ
  6. Difficult to move 8 ℓ
  7. Projects' purposes 4 ℓ
  8. Decorative border 6 ℓ
  9. Dramatic denial 7 ℓ
  10. Percussion instrument 4 ℓ
  11. Director DuVernay 3 ℓ
  12. Defeat narrowly 3 ℓ
  13. She-devil 6 ℓ
  14. Car named for a crawler 6 ℓ
  15. Deadlocked 6 ℓ
  16. Cleared off 6 ℓ
  17. Punditry in print 5 ℓ
  18. James Joyce's homeland 4 ℓ
  19. Coleridge creation 4 ℓ
  20. Have a s'more 3 ℓ
  21. Half a score 3 ℓ
  22. Calypso derivative 3 ℓ
  23. Twin of Artemis 6 ℓ
  24. Trivial amount 4 ℓ
  25. Saxophonist purchase 4 ℓ
  26. Exchange quips 4 ℓ
  27. River near the Leaning Tower 4 ℓ
  28. Pantheon figures 4 ℓ
  29. Ending like -less 4 ℓ
  30. Amber, for instance 5 ℓ
  31. Obi-Wan after Alec 4 ℓ
  32. Irrationality 8 ℓ
  33. "Sure, sure" 4 ℓ
  34. Monterrey money 4 ℓ
  35. Besides that 4 ℓ
  36. Enter with care 6 ℓ
  37. Executive Branch exec 4 ℓ
  38. Novel ID 4 ℓ
  39. Don't desert 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, March 6, 2025 is titled “REWARDING STARTS” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 76 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 REWARDING STARTS Crossword March 6 2025 Answers