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FIRST OF ALL

Friday, November 21, 2025 Constructed by Winston Emmons 74 clues
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Across

  1. Gem with water in it 4 ℓ
  2. Zither cousin 4 ℓ
  3. BBC sci-fi traveler 5 ℓ
  4. See 41-Down 3 ℓ
  5. Player in the Mets' division 3 ℓ
  6. Sole 4 ℓ
  7. *Salon service 12 ℓ
  8. Puzo novel 6 ℓ
  9. Request to recite 6 ℓ
  10. Avatar race 4 ℓ
  11. What can pair with each part of the starred clues' answers 10 ℓ
  12. Start of some French bistro names 4 ℓ
  13. Attribution abbreviation 4 ℓ
  14. The boss man 5 ℓ
  15. Robust 4 ℓ
  16. Frustration exclamation 5 ℓ
  17. Room of the Prado 4 ℓ
  18. Surrealist Magritte 4 ℓ
  19. Hawkeye Stater 5 ℓ
  20. 13 yrs. of education 4 ℓ
  21. *Basketball court divider 10 ℓ
  22. Rate of speed 4 ℓ
  23. Bring unto harmony 6 ℓ
  24. Boatload 6 ℓ
  25. *What some safety valves are 12 ℓ
  26. Paleo- opposite 3 ℓ
  27. Act out silently 4 ℓ
  28. Mister in Delhi 3 ℓ
  29. Dinner table bottles 6 ℓ
  30. Go downhill 6 ℓ
  31. Hub not far from SYD 3 ℓ
  32. *Desk phone part 7 ℓ
  33. Non-__ flour 3 ℓ
  34. Evac vehicle 6 ℓ
  35. Local, to collegians 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Dungeons & Dragons beast 3 ℓ
  2. Quieted (down) 5 ℓ
  3. Dusseldorf waterway 5 ℓ
  4. Hinting at 10 ℓ
  5. Square mile fraction 7 ℓ
  6. 20-year NBA star 5 ℓ
  7. Space opera smuggler 3 ℓ
  8. A Farewell to Arms setting 3 ℓ
  9. Show up late and unapologetic 6 ℓ
  10. More urgent 5 ℓ
  11. Ponderer's comment 7 ℓ
  12. Tolstoy title character 4 ℓ
  13. Nest noise 4 ℓ
  14. 5-Across' vehicle 6 ℓ
  15. Key West fare 5 ℓ
  16. It's between Sioux City and Kansas City 5 ℓ
  17. Pleasantly warm 5 ℓ
  18. Sound from a stable 5 ℓ
  19. Word after soup or spray 3 ℓ
  20. I as in "Diogenes" 4 ℓ
  21. Nonstick cookware brand 4 ℓ
  22. What you may notice before long 3 ℓ
  23. Fiver 3 ℓ
  24. Where an end of US 1 ends 3 ℓ
  25. Seer skill 3 ℓ
  26. Play catch with 6 ℓ
  27. Ante follower 7 ℓ
  28. Sticky things 4 ℓ
  29. Century before Y2K 3 ℓ
  30. Embitterment 3 ℓ
  31. More than one story 10 ℓ
  32. Stymie 6 ℓ
  33. __ Clemente, CA 3 ℓ
  34. Diversions, for short 3 ℓ
  35. Fashion designer Ricci 4 ℓ
  36. With 46-Across, Heinz subsidiary 3 ℓ
  37. Dudes 3 ℓ
  38. Words of honor 7 ℓ
  39. Add a scent to 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, November 21, 2025 is titled “FIRST OF ALL” and was constructed by Winston Emmons. 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 FIRST OF ALL Crossword November 21 2025 Answers