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CENTER SPREADS: For you to connect

Sunday, September 28, 2025 Constructed by Billie Truitt 144 clues
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Across

  1. Winter glider 4 ℓ
  2. Stark son on Game of Thrones 4 ℓ
  3. Forest clearing 5 ℓ
  4. Melts together 5 ℓ
  5. Qt. fractions 3 ℓ
  6. Rescuer, to a rescuee 4 ℓ
  7. "Como __?" 4 ℓ
  8. He outranks a viscount 4 ℓ
  9. Nano- equivalent 10 ℓ
  10. Silent film missile 10 ℓ
  11. US Protestant denom. 3 ℓ
  12. Tetley competitor 4 ℓ
  13. Countrywide: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  14. Letters on old phones 4 ℓ
  15. Lake, in La Paz 4 ℓ
  16. Midday break 3 ℓ
  17. Blocks entrance to 5 ℓ
  18. Go on foot 6 ℓ
  19. Long-eared hoppers 5 ℓ
  20. "...it's off to work __" 4 ℓ
  21. Four-award feats 5 ℓ
  22. 43-Across' country: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  23. Rather dull 10 ℓ
  24. Where to get matzo ball soup 10 ℓ
  25. Flock females 4 ℓ
  26. NBC comedy staple 3 ℓ
  27. Cologne or toothpaste 8 ℓ
  28. Mia of movies 6 ℓ
  29. Harry Potter pal 3 ℓ
  30. ack up as a loan 6 ℓ
  31. Buffoonlike 8 ℓ
  32. City near Vesuvio 6 ℓ
  33. Elevate a golf ball 5 ℓ
  34. Executive ability 10 ℓ
  35. Jeans giant's San Francisco base 10 ℓ
  36. Irish New Age singer 4 ℓ
  37. A second time 5 ℓ
  38. Ham-handed 5 ℓ
  39. Former firehouse fixture 4 ℓ
  40. Former couples 4 ℓ
  41. Display stand 5 ℓ
  42. Elite education octet 5 ℓ
  43. Tower for grain 4 ℓ
  44. Playroom pile 4 ℓ
  45. Cost to ride 4 ℓ
  46. Soap-pad material 5 ℓ
  47. Parcels (out) 5 ℓ
  48. Six-Grammy violinist 10 ℓ
  49. Reddish-brown locks 10 ℓ
  50. Art in a park 6 ℓ
  51. Show contempt for 5 ℓ
  52. Very attractive 8 ℓ
  53. Voices views 6 ℓ
  54. Work rotations 6 ℓ
  55. Utmost degree 3 ℓ
  56. Road-gripping ability 8 ℓ
  57. Software flaw 3 ℓ
  58. "That makes sense" 4 ℓ
  59. Cape Town cleric Peace Nobelist 10 ℓ
  60. Insincere talk 10 ℓ
  61. Munro's pen name 4 ℓ
  62. 27-Across medium 5 ℓ
  63. Fleeting trend 3 ℓ
  64. Mexican mister 5 ℓ
  65. Harbor vessel 3 ℓ
  66. Bash of CNN 4 ℓ
  67. Sound of congestion 5 ℓ
  68. Earn Monopoly money 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Whirlpool tubs 4 ℓ
  2. Locks over the forehead 5 ℓ
  3. Actress Rose 5 ℓ
  4. __ a million (rare) 5 ℓ
  5. Fetched 9 ℓ
  6. Fence off 7 ℓ
  7. Analog watch face 4 ℓ
  8. Tiny batteries 5 ℓ
  9. South Korean TVs 3 ℓ
  10. Lucrative 7 ℓ
  11. Former Detroit-based brewer 5 ℓ
  12. Sweeping tales 5 ℓ
  13. Briny bodies 4 ℓ
  14. Granite State sch. 3 ℓ
  15. Thin-line marker 7 ℓ
  16. Three bks. after Exodus 4 ℓ
  17. Napoleon's exile isle 4 ℓ
  18. Ill-mannered person 4 ℓ
  19. "Dunk Club" cookie 4 ℓ
  20. Geckos and chameleons 7 ℓ
  21. Oscar actor Rami 5 ℓ
  22. Any adult insect 5 ℓ
  23. Snap-together blocks 5 ℓ
  24. Thick patch of shrubbery 5 ℓ
  25. Part of UV 5 ℓ
  26. Drift off 6 ℓ
  27. Satisfied sigh 3 ℓ
  28. Else 9 ℓ
  29. Splinter group 4 ℓ
  30. Boba __ of Star Wars films 4 ℓ
  31. Disney CEO 4 ℓ
  32. British conservative 4 ℓ
  33. Furthermore 4 ℓ
  34. Hershey toffee bar 4 ℓ
  35. Some patches 6 ℓ
  36. Dusts off twice 7 ℓ
  37. Make ready, as a refrigerator 7 ℓ
  38. Feral female feline 7 ℓ
  39. Of a forearm bone 5 ℓ
  40. It's not 60-Down 3 ℓ
  41. Bass music symbol 5 ℓ
  42. Siri alternative 5 ℓ
  43. New, in Peru 5 ℓ
  44. Very cold 5 ℓ
  45. Wanderer 5 ℓ
  46. Try to catch 5 ℓ
  47. Sandbox bucket 4 ℓ
  48. Soft "Hey you!" 4 ℓ
  49. River of Pittsburgh 4 ℓ
  50. Flower not "spread" across two long answers here 4 ℓ
  51. NASDAQ debuts 4 ℓ
  52. Narrow plank 4 ℓ
  53. "Zip-a-__-Doo-Dah" 3 ℓ
  54. Symbol of sleep 3 ℓ
  55. Make a dash for 5 ℓ
  56. Condo managers 6 ℓ
  57. Umbrella spoke 3 ℓ
  58. Worker's weekly whoop 4 ℓ
  59. Red __ (franks) 4 ℓ
  60. Happens because of 7 ℓ
  61. Half a fl. oz. 4 ℓ
  62. Music business org. 4 ℓ
  63. Makes inquiries 4 ℓ
  64. Woodworking tool 6 ℓ
  65. "Darn it!" 4 ℓ
  66. Eradicate 5 ℓ
  67. Rocky theme composer 5 ℓ
  68. __ smartphone purchases 5 ℓ
  69. Trajectories 5 ℓ
  70. Same-note orchestral pitches 7 ℓ
  71. Printer powder 5 ℓ
  72. Direct deposit payment: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  73. Accurate 7 ℓ
  74. Suze of personal finance 5 ℓ
  75. Walking pace 4 ℓ
  76. Data chart 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, September 28, 2025 is titled “CENTER SPREADS: For you to connect” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 144 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.

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