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WATERY WORDS

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 78 clues
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Across

  1. Points at a target 4 ℓ
  2. End of a prayer 4 ℓ
  3. Quickly 4 ℓ
  4. Long sandwiches 5 ℓ
  5. King's __ (large sum of money) 6 ℓ
  6. Supervisor at work 7 ℓ
  7. Thinks curiously (about) 7 ℓ
  8. Cake frosting 5 ℓ
  9. Breathe quickly 4 ℓ
  10. Mail-routing abbr. 4 ℓ
  11. Workplace gambling group 10 ℓ
  12. A __ pittance (very little money) 4 ℓ
  13. From then until now 5 ℓ
  14. Chest muscles, for short 4 ℓ
  15. Revered person 4 ℓ
  16. School exam 4 ℓ
  17. Tennis great Sampras 4 ℓ
  18. Flexible, as a gymnast 5 ℓ
  19. Triple-decker cookie 4 ℓ
  20. Jules Verne sub captain 4 ℓ
  21. Real-time online broadcast 10 ℓ
  22. Colorful eye part 4 ℓ
  23. Look happy 5 ℓ
  24. Epic tale 4 ℓ
  25. Cuisine with chow mein and dim sum 7 ℓ
  26. Was the inventor of 7 ℓ
  27. Least common 6 ℓ
  28. Lodging near an Interstate 5 ℓ
  29. Resort with saunas 3 ℓ
  30. The lesser of two __ 5 ℓ
  31. State confidently 4 ℓ
  32. Clothing-store section with ties 4 ℓ
  33. Rowboat blades 4 ℓ
  34. "Without further __..." 3 ℓ
  35. Food-inspecting agcy. 4 ℓ
  36. Backup strategy 5 ℓ
  37. The Big Apple: Abbr. 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Each and every 3 ℓ
  2. Snooped (around) 5 ℓ
  3. Author Zola 5 ℓ
  4. Be worthy of 5 ℓ
  5. "Moo" or "meow" 11 ℓ
  6. Hanks or Cruise 3 ℓ
  7. The Caribbean, e.g. 3 ℓ
  8. Region 4 ℓ
  9. Sign fraudulently 5 ℓ
  10. That woman 3 ℓ
  11. Music video network 3 ℓ
  12. Three, on a sundial 3 ℓ
  13. Omelet ingredient 3 ℓ
  14. Pays to play poker 5 ℓ
  15. Southeast Florida city 5 ℓ
  16. Performed in a play 5 ℓ
  17. Explosive liquid, briefly 5 ℓ
  18. Belt's spot 5 ℓ
  19. Single-stripe soldiers: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  20. Decide (to) 3 ℓ
  21. Service charge 3 ℓ
  22. Remarkable thing 3 ℓ
  23. Hour after noon 3 ℓ
  24. Halloween's mo. 3 ℓ
  25. Director Spike 3 ℓ
  26. Four letters in "scissors" 5 ℓ
  27. Small food sample 5 ℓ
  28. Take a look at 3 ℓ
  29. ACLU concerns 3 ℓ
  30. Study hard 4 ℓ
  31. Place of refuge 5 ℓ
  32. Literary twist 5 ℓ
  33. CNN, for example 11 ℓ
  34. Two-dot punctuation 5 ℓ
  35. "Golden touch" king 5 ℓ
  36. Strong enthusiasm 5 ℓ
  37. Out of style 5 ℓ
  38. Bravery in battle 5 ℓ
  39. __ Club (Costco rival) 4 ℓ
  40. Rodeo horse, for short 5 ℓ
  41. Prefix meaning ''before'' 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, November 25, 2025 is titled “WATERY WORDS” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 78 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.

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