Newsday Crossword August 16, 2026 Answers

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Camera illumination5 Programmer's output4 Bibliography abbr.4 Curvy letter3 Totaled5 Explorer Ponce de __4 Storefront sunscreen6 All ready to go3 Happening shortly5 Formerly4 Letters after rhos6 EMT skill3 ...in absentee voting16 Hold back, as breath4 Ending for absorb3 Illuminated from above after dark7 Dark brown5 Lawn dampener3 Stay out of sight4 ...at a restaurant11 Baja "Bye!"5 Bamboo stem4 Time long past4 ...at a movie theater13 Camp season6 Surrounded by6 Tibetans and Timorese6 Northwestern capital5 Rugged cliffs5 Paper towel layers5 Huge-screen TV suffix4 ...at a dinner party21 Nile queen, for short4 Extreme obsession5 "To recap..."5 Narnia lion5 Fashion designer McCartney6 Wine bottle sizes6 List of the best6 ...on a bus13 Party freebies4 Many-location vacation4 Gardening implement5 ...on a car trip11 Prophetic sign4 Piglet parent3 Diarist Nin5 Family guys7 U-turn from NNW3 Swiss capital4 ...at a museum16 Bear hair3 Troublemaker6 Port of Yemen4 Chopin piece5 Starter for center3 Unmarried woman6 Vocal rendition4 Spooky5 Jargon suffix3 Different from that4 Penny-__ (small-time)4 Kid lit rabbit5

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Native to4 Pop singer Del Rey4 __-skid brakes4 No longer edible5 "Climb aboard!"5 Fill to excess4 It means "wine"4 Provide proof for8 Month in Madrid5 Humanities major, for short6 007 portrayer Dalton7 Art-sch. subject4 Some LCD TVs3 Get away6 Rural homeowner's __ tank6 Run of luck6 Yoga pose5 Chocolatier Wonka5 Ultimate degree3 Jazz genre3 Any huge monster8 Clean thoroughly5 Facts and figures4 Dutch cheese4 Collaborative web project4 Post-op stop3 __ es Salaam, Tanzania3 Dawn goddess3 20-vol. reference work3 Food service giant5 Historical period3 Ortega's "other"4 Sidewalk surface7 Delta deposit4 Country near Cuba5 Dali contemporary4 Ernesto's "those"4 Lease obligation4 Ad-sign filler4 Mach 2 fliers, for short4 USN VIPs4 Pesky fly4 Muscular power5 "Get lost!"4 As well4 Beagle bark4 Glove material8 __ monster (Arizona lizard)4 Netflix rial4 Islamic aristocrats5 Small salamanders5 Circus performance3 Recipe amt.3 Flight board nos.4 Make over4 Gush forth4 "Ain't happening!"3 Captivated by8 "Delicious!"3 Source of silver and gold3 Many June arrivals7 Science course surcharge6 Outdoes6 Stephen King's first novel6 Marquis name6 Being chilled5 Frequently5 Go bad, as fruit3 Univ. research supporter3 Tibetan capital5 Too expensive5 Lauder of lipstick5 Schnitzel meat4 Courteous fellow4 Picnic playwright4 Feeling offended4 Dog in a cat comic strip4 Look closely (into)4 Montreal Mrs.3