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LOOK IT UP

Monday, October 20, 2025 Constructed by Doug Peterson 78 clues
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Across

  1. Wild guess 4 ℓ
  2. Theme park shuttle 4 ℓ
  3. Pass out playing cards 4 ℓ
  4. Sport played at Wimbledon 6 ℓ
  5. Speak unclearly 4 ℓ
  6. Garden in Genesis 4 ℓ
  7. Actress Keaton or TV journalist Sawyer 5 ℓ
  8. Thick slice 4 ℓ
  9. Volume with definitions of words 10 ℓ
  10. Folded Mexican food 4 ℓ
  11. Sneeze sound 5 ℓ
  12. Eat in style 4 ℓ
  13. Rebound of a sound 4 ℓ
  14. Wicked 4 ℓ
  15. Squads of athletes 5 ℓ
  16. Seven-day span 4 ℓ
  17. Makes a blunder 4 ℓ
  18. Ooze slowly 4 ℓ
  19. Excessive publicity 4 ℓ
  20. Prom queen's crown 5 ℓ
  21. Residence 4 ℓ
  22. Whitish gem 4 ℓ
  23. "__ to you" (common toast) 5 ℓ
  24. Smooth out 4 ℓ
  25. Ship off 4 ℓ
  26. Volume with global maps 10 ℓ
  27. Very strict 5 ℓ
  28. Couch in a den 4 ℓ
  29. Potato's covering 4 ℓ
  30. Pasta toppings 6 ℓ
  31. Swap 5 ℓ
  32. Periods of history 4 ℓ
  33. Leaky faucet's sound 4 ℓ
  34. Strongly suggest 4 ℓ
  35. Ten-cent coins 5 ℓ
  36. Per person 4 ℓ
  37. Child's snow vehicle 4 ℓ
  38. Chair or pew 4 ℓ
  39. Small stream 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Any TV program 4 ℓ
  2. Darn with thread 4 ℓ
  3. Prayer's last word 4 ℓ
  4. Wander around 4 ℓ
  5. Volume with synonym lists 9 ℓ
  6. Rodeo ropes 6 ℓ
  7. Neighborhoods 5 ℓ
  8. __ Grey tea 4 ℓ
  9. Weight loss plan 4 ℓ
  10. Charming Southern woman 5 ℓ
  11. Take __ (disassemble) 5 ℓ
  12. Keyboard mistakes 5 ℓ
  13. Serene 6 ℓ
  14. __ de Janeiro 3 ℓ
  15. More pleasant 5 ℓ
  16. South American mountain range 5 ℓ
  17. Overly trusting 5 ℓ
  18. Bert's Sesame Street pal 5 ℓ
  19. Muscle soreness 4 ℓ
  20. Slow-cooked beef meal 4 ℓ
  21. Shoestring 4 ℓ
  22. Burn slightly, as a steak 4 ℓ
  23. Male cats 4 ℓ
  24. High-pitched bark 4 ℓ
  25. Showed gratitude to 7 ℓ
  26. Physicians: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  27. Skim milk's lack 3 ℓ
  28. Science author Sagan 4 ℓ
  29. Colorful part of the eye 4 ℓ
  30. Specifies, as a person 5 ℓ
  31. Sharp part of a razor 4 ℓ
  32. Bit of bird food 4 ℓ
  33. Emblem "of approval" 4 ℓ
  34. Yellow Pages, for example 9 ℓ
  35. Clickable phone image 4 ℓ
  36. Very uncommon 4 ℓ
  37. Money owed 4 ℓ
  38. Small apartments 7 ℓ
  39. Baby goat 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Monday, October 20, 2025 is titled “LOOK IT UP” and was constructed by Doug Peterson. 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 LOOK IT UP Crossword October 20 2025 Answers