Newsday Crossword

SPY-FI: With words from its stories

Sunday, November 30, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 146 clues
The Grid Click “Reveal grid” to fill in every answer

Across

  1. West Point student 5 ℓ
  2. IRS guy, e.g. 4 ℓ
  3. Underground resource 3 ℓ
  4. Koran's Creator 5 ℓ
  5. Attach, as some patches 6 ℓ
  6. Back muscles, for short 4 ℓ
  7. High-spirited 5 ℓ
  8. Disappears suddenly 21 ℓ
  9. Balm ingredient 4 ℓ
  10. German "Cheers!" 5 ℓ
  11. "Same with me!" 6 ℓ
  12. Flight tracker stat 3 ℓ
  13. __-mo replay 3 ℓ
  14. Grade-boosting course 5 ℓ
  15. UT's largest airport 3 ℓ
  16. Varsity squad 4 ℓ
  17. Corn starch, for instance 15 ℓ
  18. Kenya neighbor 6 ℓ
  19. The Pentagon's home 9 ℓ
  20. How some NFL games end 4 ℓ
  21. Early afternoon 3 ℓ
  22. All over again 4 ℓ
  23. __ Paulo's Futebol Clube 3 ℓ
  24. MoMA's locale 3 ℓ
  25. Small brawl 6 ℓ
  26. Software flaw 11 ℓ
  27. Small vipers 4 ℓ
  28. Two-headed fastener 5 ℓ
  29. Lamb or ham 4 ℓ
  30. Western Australian city 5 ℓ
  31. Chute starter 4 ℓ
  32. Property or patents, to CPAs 16 ℓ
  33. City near Madrid 5 ℓ
  34. City near Carson City 4 ℓ
  35. Huff and puff 4 ℓ
  36. Longest French river 5 ℓ
  37. Apple desktop 4 ℓ
  38. Square footage 4 ℓ
  39. San Antonio landmark 5 ℓ
  40. Geoffrey of fashion 5 ℓ
  41. Height of a wave 5 ℓ
  42. Broad valley 4 ℓ
  43. Parting word 3 ℓ
  44. Puppy's cries 5 ℓ
  45. Delve __ (investigate) 4 ℓ
  46. Slight beard growth 16 ℓ
  47. Smooth out 4 ℓ
  48. Cries from sties 5 ℓ
  49. Dwarf planet 4 ℓ
  50. Some dots on a map 5 ℓ
  51. Wide belts 6 ℓ
  52. What genes carry 11 ℓ
  53. CPR specialist 3 ℓ
  54. Turner of CNN 3 ℓ
  55. Speak highly of 4 ℓ
  56. Greek T 3 ℓ
  57. Person from east-coast Portland 6 ℓ
  58. Get cash for 4 ℓ
  59. This past evening 9 ℓ
  60. Any decorative flower 15 ℓ
  61. Start to melt 4 ℓ
  62. Cinematic FX 3 ℓ
  63. Boathouse blade 3 ℓ
  64. Genesis father of twins 5 ℓ
  65. "Bird" prefix 3 ℓ

Down

  1. Informal eatery 4 ℓ
  2. 43-Down slipknot 5 ℓ
  3. Paid (up) 5 ℓ
  4. Edison's __ Park 5 ℓ
  5. Nabisco cracker 8 ℓ
  6. "Take that away!" 3 ℓ
  7. Hen's perch 5 ℓ
  8. Any Elvis song 5 ℓ
  9. Boats like Noah's 4 ℓ
  10. Tel __, Israel 4 ℓ
  11. Ridding (of), as stocks 9 ℓ
  12. Justice Kagan 5 ℓ
  13. Confucianism principle 3 ℓ
  14. United by treaty 6 ℓ
  15. Fish-eating divers 5 ℓ
  16. Taste of a lollipop 4 ℓ
  17. "For __ a jolly good fellow..." 3 ℓ
  18. Daniel of Nicaragua 6 ℓ
  19. ACLU concerns 3 ℓ
  20. From __ Z 3 ℓ
  21. Pale purple 5 ℓ
  22. Lace locale 4 ℓ
  23. GI rec center 3 ℓ
  24. Grand scenery 5 ℓ
  25. Freud colleague 5 ℓ
  26. Diet drink phrase 5 ℓ
  27. Entry point 5 ℓ
  28. Illuminated from below 5 ℓ
  29. Big-screen suffix for jumbo 4 ℓ
  30. Toy Story boy 4 ℓ
  31. State with a Crockett County 9 ℓ
  32. Plow's target 4 ℓ
  33. HBO alternative 3 ℓ
  34. ABA member 3 ℓ
  35. Sea-__ Airport 3 ℓ
  36. Lose temporarily 8 ℓ
  37. Royal ruler 4 ℓ
  38. U-turn from WSW 3 ℓ
  39. Very hesitant 6 ℓ
  40. Years and years 4 ℓ
  41. Seagoing, for short 4 ℓ
  42. Fetched 3 ℓ
  43. Camera setting 4 ℓ
  44. Exit music selections 6 ℓ
  45. Beam in a printer 5 ℓ
  46. Walk heavily 5 ℓ
  47. Tuscaloosa squad, to fans 4 ℓ
  48. Actress Zellweger 5 ℓ
  49. Atlanta campus 5 ℓ
  50. Fable's message 5 ℓ
  51. Bush successor 5 ℓ
  52. Mid-winter matchmaker 5 ℓ
  53. Editorial marking 4 ℓ
  54. Farm enclosures 4 ℓ
  55. Citation abbreviation 4 ℓ
  56. Brazilian sports legend 4 ℓ
  57. Ensnare 3 ℓ
  58. Negative vote 3 ℓ
  59. Telephone trio 3 ℓ
  60. Hayloft's locale 4 ℓ
  61. Stick together 6 ℓ
  62. Listen to 4 ℓ
  63. Confident comment 4 ℓ
  64. Big drink of water 4 ℓ
  65. Addams hairy cousin 3 ℓ
  66. Arise (from) 4 ℓ
  67. Mopey rock music 3 ℓ
  68. Painter Chagall 4 ℓ
  69. Bard monarch 4 ℓ
  70. Fully 3 ℓ
  71. Bale binder 5 ℓ
  72. Perform perfectly 6 ℓ
  73. Lingers 5 ℓ
  74. Rodeo rope 5 ℓ
  75. Get __ for effort 3 ℓ
  76. RR stop 3 ℓ
  77. Accra's country 5 ℓ
  78. Great disorder 5 ℓ
  79. Thin and graceful 5 ℓ
  80. Make mention of 4 ℓ
  81. Italian aloha 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, November 30, 2025 is titled “SPY-FI: With words from its stories” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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