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DIRECT HIT

Friday, September 19, 2025 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 76 clues
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Across

  1. Document decisions 5 ℓ
  2. Eschews 5 ℓ
  3. Apt. ad info 3 ℓ
  4. Dad preceder 3 ℓ
  5. Healthful facility 3 ℓ
  6. Signal silently 5 ℓ
  7. *Totally destroy 10 ℓ
  8. Labor Dept. unit 4 ℓ
  9. Timesheet nos. 3 ℓ
  10. Persian Gulf capital 4 ℓ
  11. Expressed disapproval 6 ℓ
  12. It's west of Daytona 5 ℓ
  13. *Lessens in intensity 9 ℓ
  14. Psyched up 5 ℓ
  15. "Amazing!" 3 ℓ
  16. Leave no trace of 5 ℓ
  17. Schedule fillers 5 ℓ
  18. Thunderstorm residue 3 ℓ
  19. What's spelled "between the I's" of the starred clues' answers 5 ℓ
  20. Unseen enticement 5 ℓ
  21. Cyclotron bit 3 ℓ
  22. Take a loss 5 ℓ
  23. *Biting 9 ℓ
  24. Biotech creation 5 ℓ
  25. Erelong 4 ℓ
  26. Suitable for the purpose 6 ℓ
  27. Special handling 3 ℓ
  28. Apricot cousin 4 ℓ
  29. *Ruler in the news since 2022 10 ℓ
  30. No longer a thing 3 ℓ
  31. Back-in-style "Amazing!" 5 ℓ
  32. Digital communication letters 3 ℓ
  33. Finch creator 3 ℓ
  34. Safari attire 4 ℓ
  35. Whom ESPN's Courage Award is named for 4 ℓ
  36. *Devout 9 ℓ
  37. Biomedical research agcy. 3 ℓ
  38. What lentils are rich in 4 ℓ
  39. Sews up 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Eschews foods 5 ℓ
  2. Antiseptic 7 ℓ
  3. Early in the workday 7 ℓ
  4. Idyllic locales 7 ℓ
  5. Light circles 5 ℓ
  6. Under wraps 6 ℓ
  7. Very long-running NBC show 3 ℓ
  8. Disney Polynesian girl 5 ℓ
  9. Xerox rival 5 ℓ
  10. Novelist Gruen 4 ℓ
  11. "Enough," in brief 3 ℓ
  12. Rather wrong 7 ℓ
  13. How lore is preserved 6 ℓ
  14. Sheep farmer's tool 6 ℓ
  15. Soda that sounds short 4 ℓ
  16. Remove the chaff from 6 ℓ
  17. Key, for instance 5 ℓ
  18. Parting word 5 ℓ
  19. Poise or patience 5 ℓ
  20. Brought along 5 ℓ
  21. New __ (certain musician) 4 ℓ
  22. Studio bought by Amazon 3 ℓ
  23. NFL team once in STL 3 ℓ
  24. Ancient American royal 4 ℓ
  25. Demoted orbiter 5 ℓ
  26. Still-life vessels 5 ℓ
  27. Violinist's accessory 5 ℓ
  28. Omega counterpart 3 ℓ
  29. What memes have gone 5 ℓ
  30. Agreement obstacle 3 ℓ
  31. "Just like me" 5 ℓ
  32. Triglyceride, e.g. 5 ℓ
  33. Numero minusculo 3 ℓ
  34. # 7 ℓ
  35. Way, way back 7 ℓ
  36. Shaped like a Kiss 7 ℓ
  37. Some potatoes 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, September 19, 2025 is titled “DIRECT HIT” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 76 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 DIRECT HIT Crossword September 19 2025 Answers