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HAPPY DAY: Wished for every 109-Across

Sunday, May 11, 2025 Constructed by Mark McClain 146 clues
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Across

  1. Academic challenge 4 ℓ
  2. Extended tale 4 ℓ
  3. Crumple up, informally 5 ℓ
  4. Embarrass 5 ℓ
  5. Skin specialty, for short 4 ℓ
  6. "__ no place like home" 6 ℓ
  7. "Minute Waltz" composer 6 ℓ
  8. Influential Swedish director 13 ℓ
  9. UV-related rating 3 ℓ
  10. Poor grade 3 ℓ
  11. Messy pile 4 ℓ
  12. Ate late 6 ℓ
  13. Needing laundering 6 ℓ
  14. Mag space seller 5 ℓ
  15. HS student's ritual 4 ℓ
  16. Crab's leg complement 3 ℓ
  17. Southwestern succulent 5 ℓ
  18. Red gemstones 7 ℓ
  19. Strict disciplinarian 6 ℓ
  20. Oceanic flux 4 ℓ
  21. TV screen variety 6 ℓ
  22. Firefighter's visual aid 14 ℓ
  23. Garb in a galley 5 ℓ
  24. __ Geo Wild (cable channel) 3 ℓ
  25. Piece of a pine 6 ℓ
  26. Runner made of fiberglass 3 ℓ
  27. Virtuous person 5 ℓ
  28. Takes off 4 ℓ
  29. Sink, as the sun 3 ℓ
  30. Simple wind instrument 7 ℓ
  31. Pair present in the seven longest answers 4 ℓ
  32. Dia de ano __ (primero de enero) 5 ℓ
  33. Underwater fleets of two world wars 16 ℓ
  34. Spoken out 4 ℓ
  35. Some med. plans 4 ℓ
  36. Solitary sort 5 ℓ
  37. Get-well program 5 ℓ
  38. Lotion ingredient 4 ℓ
  39. Lofty 4 ℓ
  40. Gets ready 5 ℓ
  41. Computer screen typeface 5 ℓ
  42. Purple sorbet flavor 4 ℓ
  43. Facts in files 4 ℓ
  44. Web craft store 4 ℓ
  45. Positive point 5 ℓ
  46. Carbon copy, literally 5 ℓ
  47. Granola ingredient 4 ℓ
  48. Droughts, floods, etc. 16 ℓ
  49. Certain string musician 7 ℓ
  50. Unibody Apples 5 ℓ
  51. Island near Corsica 4 ℓ
  52. Byways and parkways 5 ℓ
  53. Fitness center 3 ℓ
  54. Be finicky 4 ℓ
  55. Take a shot 3 ℓ
  56. Tanzania neighbor 6 ℓ
  57. "School of thought" suffix 3 ℓ
  58. Heart outlet 5 ℓ
  59. Large squirrel 6 ℓ
  60. The World Is Flat author 14 ℓ
  61. Visits for meals 7 ℓ
  62. Confidentiality contracts: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  63. Orate from a pulpit 6 ℓ
  64. Highly principled 5 ℓ
  65. What a builder builds on 3 ℓ
  66. Tax law pros 4 ℓ
  67. Wood-shaping tool 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. RPM gauge 4 ℓ
  2. Tea of India 5 ℓ
  3. Made ends meet 5 ℓ
  4. Blended together 11 ℓ
  5. Hoof protector 4 ℓ
  6. Timecard abbr. 3 ℓ
  7. Vacillate 6 ℓ
  8. Mythical equine 7 ℓ
  9. Grinding tooth 5 ℓ
  10. Close in anger 4 ℓ
  11. First cable film channel 3 ℓ
  12. __ Andreas fault 3 ℓ
  13. "I knew it!" 3 ℓ
  14. Borscht base 4 ℓ
  15. Pretentiously stylish 5 ℓ
  16. Entice 5 ℓ
  17. Parisian evening 4 ℓ
  18. Jazz great Fitzgerald 4 ℓ
  19. Low bow 6 ℓ
  20. Sked. placeholder 3 ℓ
  21. PC scrolling key 4 ℓ
  22. Cows, sheep, goats, etc. 11 ℓ
  23. Well-dressed 5 ℓ
  24. Accelerator, e.g. 5 ℓ
  25. Do a new knot 5 ℓ
  26. Oveja __ (black sheep: Sp.) 5 ℓ
  27. As such 5 ℓ
  28. "Oh, drat!" 4 ℓ
  29. Apples and pears 5 ℓ
  30. What a conductor decides on 5 ℓ
  31. Ore deposit 4 ℓ
  32. Sicilian mount 4 ℓ
  33. Rummy variety 3 ℓ
  34. PD supervisor 3 ℓ
  35. Family nickname 4 ℓ
  36. Fire-breather 6 ℓ
  37. __ Angeles Lakers 3 ℓ
  38. Lengths of service 7 ℓ
  39. Consist of 3 ℓ
  40. Sheets for pantry shelves 6 ℓ
  41. Clobbered, in the Bible 5 ℓ
  42. Gold standard 5 ℓ
  43. City near Phoenix 5 ℓ
  44. Three-note chord 5 ℓ
  45. Jug handle 3 ℓ
  46. Climb up 5 ℓ
  47. Ancient llama herder 4 ℓ
  48. Supportive friend 4 ℓ
  49. Humongous 4 ℓ
  50. Saudi Arabia neighbor 4 ℓ
  51. Well groomed 4 ℓ
  52. Where most people live 4 ℓ
  53. Cul-de-__ 3 ℓ
  54. Book jacket blurb 3 ℓ
  55. USA.gov, for one 3 ℓ
  56. Dean's List no. 3 ℓ
  57. Ambience 3 ℓ
  58. Sum things wrong 6 ℓ
  59. Hostile sound 5 ℓ
  60. Not quite dry 4 ℓ
  61. Arterial insert 5 ℓ
  62. Sch. with a Providence campus 3 ℓ
  63. In favor of 3 ℓ
  64. "__ better be good!" 3 ℓ
  65. Sofa leg leveler 4 ℓ
  66. A third of tri- 4 ℓ
  67. Back, at sea 3 ℓ
  68. Fearful feeling 5 ℓ
  69. Unifying idea 5 ℓ
  70. Earth tone 5 ℓ
  71. Bad-mouth 7 ℓ
  72. Papier-__ 5 ℓ
  73. Stylists' workplaces 6 ℓ
  74. Japanese beer 5 ℓ
  75. Soldier for hire, for short 4 ℓ
  76. Circle starter 4 ℓ
  77. Walks with difficulty 5 ℓ
  78. Not off the trail 7 ℓ
  79. Inert gas in the atmosphere 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, May 11, 2025 is titled “HAPPY DAY: Wished for every 109-Across” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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