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WALLY: Explained by the clues

Sunday, November 9, 2025 Constructed by Fred Piscop 146 clues
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Across

  1. Grand Prix competitor 5 ℓ
  2. Oreo middle 5 ℓ
  3. Dallas hoopsters, for short 4 ℓ
  4. River delta sediment 4 ℓ
  5. Leather-punching tools 4 ℓ
  6. Gas or elec. company 4 ℓ
  7. Come to terms 6 ℓ
  8. Worker welfare agcy. 4 ℓ
  9. American Immigrant WALL of Honor site 11 ℓ
  10. Mice, to owls 4 ℓ
  11. It's true 4 ℓ
  12. Euro fraction 4 ℓ
  13. Taiwan's capital 6 ℓ
  14. Insurance ad character 3 ℓ
  15. Most lenient 6 ℓ
  16. Bring out dinner 5 ℓ
  17. Little kid 3 ℓ
  18. Large family 5 ℓ
  19. Promise-to-pay note 3 ℓ
  20. Grows up 4 ℓ
  21. Do a vet's job 4 ℓ
  22. Thick string 4 ℓ
  23. Western WALL city 9 ℓ
  24. Talk nonstop 5 ℓ
  25. Evita surname 5 ℓ
  26. Ran leisurely 6 ℓ
  27. Begin, as an enterprise 7 ℓ
  28. Battery measures 5 ℓ
  29. Transparent overlay 7 ℓ
  30. Bldg.'s rental units 4 ℓ
  31. Gown designer Wang 4 ℓ
  32. 1,000 grand 3 ℓ
  33. Garden hose holder 5 ℓ
  34. What Frost's "Mending WALL" was composed in 10 ℓ
  35. WALL Street upsurge 10 ℓ
  36. More scarce 5 ℓ
  37. Sales advisory 4 ℓ
  38. Dayton's state 4 ℓ
  39. Leave no trace of 5 ℓ
  40. Formal proposal starter 5 ℓ
  41. Bout-starting signal 4 ℓ
  42. Top-shelf 4 ℓ
  43. In the red 5 ℓ
  44. Homes in trees 5 ℓ
  45. Acknowledged applause 5 ℓ
  46. "OK, got it!" 4 ℓ
  47. Nickname like Liz 4 ℓ
  48. First "bottles of beer on the WALL" count 10 ℓ
  49. TV on a sports-bar WALL 10 ℓ
  50. Junior, to Dad 3 ℓ
  51. Casual farewell 4 ℓ
  52. WWII turning point 4 ℓ
  53. Walks a trail 5 ℓ
  54. SNL cocreator Michaels 5 ℓ
  55. Much greater in number 7 ℓ
  56. Shoe cushion 6 ℓ
  57. Gems from Australia 5 ℓ
  58. VIP 7 ℓ
  59. Colorful story 4 ℓ
  60. Whom Reagan told to "tear down this WALL" 9 ℓ
  61. Spark, as curiosity 5 ℓ
  62. Honda's upscale make 5 ℓ
  63. Cartoonist Larson 4 ℓ
  64. Stood up 4 ℓ
  65. Born, in bios 3 ℓ
  66. Get dressed in 3 ℓ
  67. Slaloming spots 6 ℓ
  68. Socially polished 5 ℓ
  69. Reggae relative 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. Sports judges 4 ℓ
  2. Bard's "before" 3 ℓ
  3. Clothing department 4 ℓ
  4. Keystone State city 4 ℓ
  5. Most flagrant 7 ℓ
  6. In tears 6 ℓ
  7. U-turn from NNW 3 ℓ
  8. LPs, essentially 5 ℓ
  9. What's east of Europe 4 ℓ
  10. South African Peace Nobelist 7 ℓ
  11. Cargo measure 3 ℓ
  12. __ low (stay hidden) 3 ℓ
  13. "Rumor has it..." 5 ℓ
  14. In a way, informally 5 ℓ
  15. Sit for a bit 4 ℓ
  16. Inexact no. 3 ℓ
  17. Sonny Corleone portrayer 4 ℓ
  18. Singer Guthrie 4 ℓ
  19. Monkey cousin 3 ℓ
  20. Doesn't waste 4 ℓ
  21. Erode 3 ℓ
  22. Freezes over 6 ℓ
  23. Workplace 6 ℓ
  24. Western set 6 ℓ
  25. Starting lineup 5 ℓ
  26. __ a soul (no one) 4 ℓ
  27. Subsidiary, for short 3 ℓ
  28. "Stone" prefix 5 ℓ
  29. Sales rep 5 ℓ
  30. City near San Diego 7 ℓ
  31. Boomer's child 3 ℓ
  32. Paid out 5 ℓ
  33. Slender woodwind 4 ℓ
  34. Baby-sit 4 ℓ
  35. Floor decor 3 ℓ
  36. Plum family fruit 4 ℓ
  37. Javelin trajectories 4 ℓ
  38. Delegate to another 7 ℓ
  39. Space Needle city 7 ℓ
  40. Shared lodgings (with) 6 ℓ
  41. Quick pull 4 ℓ
  42. "For goodness __!" 5 ℓ
  43. Final Commandment 5 ℓ
  44. Sailor's "Stop!" 5 ℓ
  45. Brazilian soccer great 4 ℓ
  46. Stratford's river 4 ℓ
  47. 3-D scans 4 ℓ
  48. "That __ fair" 4 ℓ
  49. Tripod's trio 4 ℓ
  50. Japanese national sport 4 ℓ
  51. Snow clearer 4 ℓ
  52. Flock female 3 ℓ
  53. ...Mockingbird novelist 3 ℓ
  54. Consumer protection org. 3 ℓ
  55. Slugger's stat 3 ℓ
  56. Highchair wear 3 ℓ
  57. Street eatery 4 ℓ
  58. Flourishes 7 ℓ
  59. Dull-colored 4 ℓ
  60. Nashville show, for short 4 ℓ
  61. Santa-like 5 ℓ
  62. Oscar actress Julianne 5 ℓ
  63. Piece of parchment 6 ℓ
  64. Brewpub orders 4 ℓ
  65. Santa soubriquet 4 ℓ
  66. Four-WALL sports venue 11 ℓ
  67. "...that __ flag was still there" 3 ℓ
  68. Most insignificant 5 ℓ
  69. Omen "on the WALL" 11 ℓ
  70. World Cup chant 6 ℓ
  71. Itty-bitty 6 ℓ
  72. Bounce with a pogo stick 3 ℓ
  73. Auctioneer's holding 5 ℓ
  74. Brazenness 4 ℓ
  75. Work shift 5 ℓ
  76. Salt Lake City collegian 3 ℓ
  77. Enumerate 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, November 9, 2025 is titled “WALLY: Explained by the clues” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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