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GEE WHIZ

Friday, October 17, 2025 Constructed by S.N. 78 clues
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Across

  1. Courageous persistence 4 ℓ
  2. Rim or brim 4 ℓ
  3. What many film fans visit 4 ℓ
  4. Any plant of the crocus family 4 ℓ
  5. Refuse to share 3 ℓ
  6. TV channel with cash winners 3 ℓ
  7. Glacial offshoot 7 ℓ
  8. Bela, in Son of Frankenstein 4 ℓ
  9. Responsible (for) 6 ℓ
  10. Goods transfer 4 ℓ
  11. Add sound effects, say 3 ℓ
  12. Savings vehicles 4 ℓ
  13. "Modern" Manhattan museum 10 ℓ
  14. Bard's "close by" 4 ℓ
  15. Butte boots' brand 4 ℓ
  16. Green plums 5 ℓ
  17. "Good heavens!" 4 ℓ
  18. Muted call 4 ℓ
  19. Arabian nation 4 ℓ
  20. P, as for piccolo players 5 ℓ
  21. Lawyer in Chicago 4 ℓ
  22. Interpret well 4 ℓ
  23. Forms a collection 10 ℓ
  24. Snug as __... 4 ℓ
  25. Much more than ready 4 ℓ
  26. Sch. near Atlanta 3 ℓ
  27. "Name, please?" 6 ℓ
  28. Bounty beverage 4 ℓ
  29. Leave reeling 7 ℓ
  30. Mdse. 3 ℓ
  31. Sent back, as 27-Across 3 ℓ
  32. Tough go 4 ℓ
  33. Hamilton honors before Tonys 5 ℓ
  34. Share a view 5 ℓ
  35. Graphic starter 3 ℓ
  36. Digital bands 15 ℓ
  37. Suffix for shapes 3 ℓ
  38. Missouri city, briefly 5 ℓ
  39. Nation in Revelation 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Faulty data acronym 4 ℓ
  2. E as in EAP or ERB 5 ℓ
  3. Measure accurately 5 ℓ
  4. Software repairs 10 ℓ
  5. Time with a name 3 ℓ
  6. Infatuates 6 ℓ
  7. Bottom of the barrel 5 ℓ
  8. It means "beyond" 4 ℓ
  9. National grocery franchise 3 ℓ
  10. Mistake maxim opener 5 ℓ
  11. Not well dressed 6 ℓ
  12. Prego rival 4 ℓ
  13. Mention, as something unwelcome 6 ℓ
  14. Cracker creator 6 ℓ
  15. Sentry's task 5 ℓ
  16. Quaint collectible 5 ℓ
  17. Watercooler sounds 5 ℓ
  18. Rock band __ Boingo 5 ℓ
  19. Medium's extremes 3 ℓ
  20. Creditor's holding 4 ℓ
  21. __ favor from 4 ℓ
  22. What hens have 4 ℓ
  23. Prime meridian setting: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  24. Vowelless Scrabble play 3 ℓ
  25. Be worthwhile 3 ℓ
  26. Victoria's granddad 6 ℓ
  27. Plentifully 6 ℓ
  28. They're pathogenic 5 ℓ
  29. Polo traversed it 4 ℓ
  30. Diner offerings 10 ℓ
  31. Actress Rowlands 4 ℓ
  32. What hens haven't 5 ℓ
  33. "Bon appetit!" 5 ℓ
  34. Designer von Furstenberg 4 ℓ
  35. Three-part no. 3 ℓ
  36. Future farmers, often 6 ℓ
  37. Prized possession 3 ℓ
  38. Switch (between) 6 ℓ
  39. Bifurcated choice 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, October 17, 2025 is titled “GEE WHIZ” and was constructed by S.N.. 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.

Newsday GEE WHIZ Crossword October 17 2025 Answers