Newsday Crossword August 4, 2026 Answers

Across

"Silence!"5 Hit at, as a fly4 Practice boxing4 Green pasta sauce5 Mexican money4 Sit for a portrait4 Assistants5 Low female voice4 "Tender" beef cut4 Cornered15 Anger3 Sculpture or painting3 Pixie6 Mexico's __ California4 U-turn from NNE3 Indoor sports venue5 Sedan or convertible4 California wine valley4 Toil diligently15 Big Aussie birds4 Keep in __ (remember)4 War horse5 Put on, as clothing3 Prefix meaning "singular"4 In disagreement6 Race, as an engine3 French male friend3 Silent and shy15 Land parcels to build on4 Uses oars4 Revoke legally5 "Don't bet __!"4 Sit in traffic4 Reusable shopping bags5 See in the distance4 Soft throw4 Wear away5

Down

Minor quarrel4 __ to the throne (the next to reign)4 Beef inspection agcy.4 Rung of a ladder4 Medical center8 Black playing card5 Underground water source4 __ spumante wine4 Found employment8 Snowball fight sound5 Of low quality4 Largest continent4 Payment to a landlord4 Poetic "before"3 Historical period3 Made logs into boards5 "Coming soon" ad, for short5 Program's second airing5 Cartoonist's liquids4 Good, in Spanish5 Just slightly4 Kept in reserve5 Velocity5 Fends (off)5 Similar (to)4 Western defense grp.4 "That's OK with me now"8 Approximation8 "Don't tell __ can't do it!"3 Physicians' org.3 Out of practice5 Donkeys5 Lotion's soothing ingredient4 Boys in the family4 Cotton swab4 Things __ (list heading)4 Hole-punching tools4 __ about (roughly)4 Golden Rule preposition4 Brought to court4 "When all __ fails..."4