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OFF THE GRID: Not exactly football

Sunday, November 2, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 144 clues
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Across

  1. Castaways' vehicles 5 ℓ
  2. Fearless and daring 4 ℓ
  3. Basics 4 ℓ
  4. Pin blame on 5 ℓ
  5. Human being 7 ℓ
  6. Increases 3 ℓ
  7. Carne __ (burrito filling) 5 ℓ
  8. What pillow stuffers do 9 ℓ
  9. Fruit-filled pastries 9 ℓ
  10. Of ocular coverings 7 ℓ
  11. Unfortunate 3 ℓ
  12. Wolverine cousin 5 ℓ
  13. Persian faith 5 ℓ
  14. Red-__ (franks) 4 ℓ
  15. Early 11th-century date 3 ℓ
  16. Viking language 5 ℓ
  17. Coming home in a hurry 11 ℓ
  18. "It's my opinion..." 5 ℓ
  19. Texter's #1 pal 3 ℓ
  20. Confine 6 ℓ
  21. Tidy up 6 ℓ
  22. Ballet footwear 7 ℓ
  23. Brightly colored Tupperware 10 ℓ
  24. Ambulance crew: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  25. Lhasa __ dog 4 ℓ
  26. Offend 4 ℓ
  27. Brief swim 3 ℓ
  28. Soldier's break, for short 5 ℓ
  29. Boomboxes, e.g. 13 ℓ
  30. Name of some dailies 7 ℓ
  31. San __ (Palo Alto neighbor) 5 ℓ
  32. Nonsense 5 ℓ
  33. Bring up the __ (trail) 4 ℓ
  34. Pizzeria appliance 4 ℓ
  35. Akron's home 4 ℓ
  36. Alphabetize, say 4 ℓ
  37. Of a forearm born 5 ℓ
  38. Be patient for 5 ℓ
  39. Frog's kin 4 ℓ
  40. L. Frank Baum princess 4 ℓ
  41. Cast member 5 ℓ
  42. Gain access 5 ℓ
  43. Amount bet 5 ℓ
  44. Hogwarts messengers 4 ℓ
  45. Type of tide 4 ℓ
  46. Belgian port 5 ℓ
  47. Bunch of, casually 5 ℓ
  48. Attention-seeking sound 4 ℓ
  49. Europe's longest river 5 ℓ
  50. Tasting like lemons 4 ℓ
  51. Daybreak 7 ℓ
  52. What can't be proposed in a parliament 13 ℓ
  53. Oscar de la __ 5 ℓ
  54. In-flight stat. 3 ℓ
  55. Errand list heading 4 ℓ
  56. Free movie ticket 10 ℓ
  57. Conflicts "declared" 4 ℓ
  58. Web access cos. 4 ℓ
  59. LPGA great Patty 7 ℓ
  60. What browns and grays are 6 ℓ
  61. Shower sponge 6 ℓ
  62. Director Coppola 5 ℓ
  63. Little brat 3 ℓ
  64. They take off from JFK 11 ℓ
  65. Battery-operated weapon 5 ℓ
  66. Be of __ (help) 5 ℓ
  67. Inventor Whitney 3 ℓ
  68. Ensign or admiral 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Sitarist Shankar 4 ℓ
  2. Spherical roof 4 ℓ
  3. False statements 4 ℓ
  4. Casual greeting 4 ℓ
  5. Male pig 4 ℓ
  6. Austrian pastry 7 ℓ
  7. Literary castaway 6 ℓ
  8. Disapproving shout 3 ℓ
  9. Affinity grp. 4 ℓ
  10. Coffee variety 5 ℓ
  11. Truant GI 4 ℓ
  12. Harvest season 4 ℓ
  13. Yellow-brown stone 9 ℓ
  14. Project's phase 5 ℓ
  15. What to leave a gas station with 8 ℓ
  16. Baseball great Roberto 6 ℓ
  17. Golden Rule word 4 ℓ
  18. Innate quality 5 ℓ
  19. Get even for 6 ℓ
  20. "Don't you cry" girl in a Foster song 7 ℓ
  21. Off-script remark 5 ℓ
  22. Hoax 4 ℓ
  23. Out of view 6 ℓ
  24. Capture, informally 3 ℓ
  25. Beyond what's reasonable 6 ℓ
  26. Nicaraguan leader Daniel 6 ℓ
  27. Drought relief 4 ℓ
  28. Hispanic boy 5 ℓ
  29. Feathered missile 4 ℓ
  30. "Alternatively..." 5 ℓ
  31. Color gradation 3 ℓ
  32. Watchful 9 ℓ
  33. Former Chicago mayor Emanuel 4 ℓ
  34. Macbeth, by birth 4 ℓ
  35. __ out a living (scrapes by) 4 ℓ
  36. Brit's "You can bet on this" 8 ℓ
  37. Nary a soul 5 ℓ
  38. Easy to lift 5 ℓ
  39. Hardly any 3 ℓ
  40. German-based grocer 4 ℓ
  41. Bit of an atom 7 ℓ
  42. Something simple 6 ℓ
  43. Laura of That '70s Show 6 ℓ
  44. Convention badge 5 ℓ
  45. Parakeet seat 5 ℓ
  46. Thin coins 5 ℓ
  47. Achy 4 ℓ
  48. Offend the nose 4 ℓ
  49. Jazz singer __ James 4 ℓ
  50. Formal ceremony 4 ℓ
  51. Finish filming 4 ℓ
  52. Finish lines 4 ℓ
  53. Enthusiasm 4 ℓ
  54. Head for 4 ℓ
  55. Declare firmly 4 ℓ
  56. Doctors' org. 3 ℓ
  57. Sadat of Egypt 5 ℓ
  58. Brewery furnace 4 ℓ
  59. Toddler's taboos 5 ℓ
  60. "Go ahead and ask" 5 ℓ
  61. Formal party 6 ℓ
  62. "I'm so unlucky!" 6 ℓ
  63. X-like Greek letter 3 ℓ
  64. Vacillates 7 ℓ
  65. Seats for worshipers 4 ℓ
  66. __ butter moisturizer 4 ℓ
  67. "This __ my first rodeo" 4 ℓ
  68. Shampoo direction 5 ℓ
  69. Very virtuous people 6 ℓ
  70. Journalist Greeley 6 ℓ
  71. Snacked on 3 ℓ
  72. Queue after Q 4 ℓ
  73. Martial art 4 ℓ
  74. Secondary strategy 5 ℓ
  75. __ for (select) 3 ℓ
  76. Beloved celebrity 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, November 2, 2025 is titled “OFF THE GRID: Not exactly football” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 144 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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