EMINENT GEOGRAPHY
Across
- Novelist Zola
- Fellow
- Gardener's purchase
- Ford Presidential Museum city
- Night sch. course
- Alpo alternative
- Well-groomed
- Hiccup, for instance
- Makes reference (to)
- Dash device
- Island near the US/Russia border
- Treater's term
- Diva's delivery
- Frat letter
- Do some gardening
- Tons
- NL East player
- Bouquet favorite
- Hawaiian spot
- Name meaning "born again"
- Montana city
- Takes in
- Odds, for instance
- About 10 minutes of a silent film
- Fictional submariner
- Respectful term of address
- Freeway lane letters
- Kentucky national park
- Without __ (riskily)
- Riffled (through)
- Uncommon: Lat.
- Looks intently
- Sunflower St.
- "Small" suffix
- Victorian prime minister
Down
- Consequently
- Argentine money
- Opposed to, at first
- Track prelim
- Rich dessert
- __ Alamos
- Poorly
- Service station stock
- Haifa hello
- Regard highly
- Pick up
- "So that's how it is!"
- Poetic time
- This time tomorrow
- Small food store
- Western set
- Informal abdomen
- Put away
- Governmental headquarters
- Minor advantage
- Believe to be
- High point
- Piece of a greenhouse
- Card game exclamation
- "Just like that!"
- Long-term investment
- Homeland Security org.
- Former Chicago mayor Emanuel
- Pouty look
- Kiosk conveniences
- "...and vice __"
- What gardening begins with
- Broadcasting now
- Former USPS mascot
- Geode mineral
- Blows off steam
- Henry Ford II's father
- Lost luster
- Idea's initiation
- "Sorry to say..."
- Genesis fellow
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, September 18, 2025 is titled “EMINENT GEOGRAPHY” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 76 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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