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HOUSE SPECIAL: From the construction menu

Sunday, September 14, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 146 clues
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Across

  1. Dual-purpose pronoun 5 ℓ
  2. Periodical, for short 3 ℓ
  3. Speaker's platform 4 ℓ
  4. Lava, before its exit 5 ℓ
  5. Bard's fairy king 6 ℓ
  6. "No returns" 4 ℓ
  7. Scenic view 5 ℓ
  8. Overcomes invisible barriers 21 ℓ
  9. Whitewater enthusiast 6 ℓ
  10. Walked heavily 4 ℓ
  11. Offends 5 ℓ
  12. Piece of a nest 4 ℓ
  13. "Average" fellow 3 ℓ
  14. Spice in eggnog 4 ℓ
  15. Play to __ (have no winner) 4 ℓ
  16. Making a legislative speech 15 ℓ
  17. Fancy pancake 5 ℓ
  18. WSW opposite 3 ℓ
  19. Dollar fraction 4 ℓ
  20. __ down the law (get tough) 3 ℓ
  21. Composed for group singing 6 ℓ
  22. Top a cast 4 ℓ
  23. Craving 3 ℓ
  24. "It's __-up!" (patsy's plaint) 6 ℓ
  25. Half of hex- 3 ℓ
  26. Charity financed by legacy 17 ℓ
  27. Move higher 4 ℓ
  28. Comes by deservedly 5 ℓ
  29. On one's own 4 ℓ
  30. Cash advance 4 ℓ
  31. London police headquarters 12 ℓ
  32. To some extent 8 ℓ
  33. Head of the Huns 6 ℓ
  34. __ carte menu 3 ℓ
  35. "In that case..." 4 ℓ
  36. Of hearing 5 ℓ
  37. Pope Leo XIV's birthplace 3 ℓ
  38. Glorifying poems 4 ℓ
  39. Tag on a T 5 ℓ
  40. Karate instructor 6 ℓ
  41. Optional purchase 5 ℓ
  42. Brief moment, in brief 3 ℓ
  43. Quick snack 4 ℓ
  44. Mideast rulers 5 ℓ
  45. Bridges over valleys 8 ℓ
  46. What poker is dealt from 12 ℓ
  47. Mani-__ spa 4 ℓ
  48. Slushy drink 4 ℓ
  49. Video game pioneer 5 ℓ
  50. Make ready, informally 4 ℓ
  51. Crafty 3 ℓ
  52. Without public knowledge 17 ℓ
  53. "Am too!" reply 6 ℓ
  54. Drought relief 4 ℓ
  55. Poetic "over there" 3 ℓ
  56. Christmas song 4 ℓ
  57. Colonial announcers 6 ℓ
  58. Implement for a 72-Across 3 ℓ
  59. Consumes 3 ℓ
  60. Failed to, for short 5 ℓ
  61. Very inexpensive 15 ℓ
  62. Nothing special 4 ℓ
  63. OPEC nation 3 ℓ
  64. Unauthorized revelation 4 ℓ
  65. Prefix for matter or body 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Padlocked fasteners 5 ℓ
  2. Sounds frightened 5 ℓ
  3. Amend 5 ℓ
  4. Word processor shortcut 5 ℓ
  5. Outfield surface 3 ℓ
  6. "Time to set a date" 8 ℓ
  7. In flames 5 ℓ
  8. Prima donnas 5 ℓ
  9. Cheese's lunch partner 3 ℓ
  10. I Love Lucy landlady 5 ℓ
  11. Flash cards, for instance 9 ℓ
  12. Pod ancestor 4 ℓ
  13. Arctic assistant 3 ℓ
  14. Succeeded 6 ℓ
  15. Poet W.H. 5 ℓ
  16. Test for college srs. 3 ℓ
  17. Acid neutralizer 6 ℓ
  18. Comedy routine 3 ℓ
  19. Antonym of 'neath 3 ℓ
  20. __-mo replay 3 ℓ
  21. Feel the same way 5 ℓ
  22. Either of two former UN members 3 ℓ
  23. Prez after Harry 3 ℓ
  24. Danish astronomer 5 ℓ
  25. Boca __, FL 5 ℓ
  26. Submit a paperless return 5 ℓ
  27. Engrave deeply 4 ℓ
  28. "Scram!" 4 ℓ
  29. Stage coach 4 ℓ
  30. Cry of the soon-to-be defeated 9 ℓ
  31. Extreme delight 3 ℓ
  32. Eroded 3 ℓ
  33. Wizard of Oz studio 3 ℓ
  34. Pub designation 3 ℓ
  35. Salon stiffener 3 ℓ
  36. Jackie of action films 4 ℓ
  37. Mental image 4 ℓ
  38. Video game giant 8 ℓ
  39. Custardy dessert 4 ℓ
  40. Sort of shortening 4 ℓ
  41. Sings soothingly 6 ℓ
  42. Cain, first of all 3 ℓ
  43. Part of YSL 4 ℓ
  44. Coral islands 6 ℓ
  45. Nike competitor 4 ℓ
  46. Small brawl 6 ℓ
  47. #1 in population now 5 ℓ
  48. Less frequent 5 ℓ
  49. Daisylike flower 5 ℓ
  50. Just-baked 5 ℓ
  51. Facilitates 5 ℓ
  52. Author Asimov 5 ℓ
  53. Dishwasher cycle 5 ℓ
  54. Toyota hybrid 5 ℓ
  55. Bobcat cousin 4 ℓ
  56. Poor grade 3 ℓ
  57. Kimono belt 3 ℓ
  58. Device above a dash 3 ℓ
  59. Very long time 3 ℓ
  60. Sci-fi characters 6 ℓ
  61. Twice-heard sound 4 ℓ
  62. Fully aware of 4 ℓ
  63. Freight measure 3 ℓ
  64. Italian endearment 4 ℓ
  65. Yellow Muppet 4 ℓ
  66. Pull with a mouse 4 ℓ
  67. Parcel (out) 4 ℓ
  68. Made over 9 ℓ
  69. Multiyear bank accts. 3 ℓ
  70. Brazil's former capital 3 ℓ
  71. Mined matter 3 ℓ
  72. Hoopsters' org 3 ℓ
  73. Wine barrel wood 3 ℓ
  74. Painter Matisse 5 ℓ
  75. Playwright Chekhov 5 ℓ
  76. Wasp attack 5 ℓ
  77. Homeric epic 5 ℓ
  78. Powerful whirlpool 9 ℓ
  79. Cigar remnant 4 ℓ
  80. Sound of satisfaction 4 ℓ
  81. Legendary loch 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, September 14, 2025 is titled “HOUSE SPECIAL: From the construction menu” 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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Newsday HOUSE SPECIAL: From the construction menu Crossword September 14 2025 Answers