Newsday Crossword February 2, 2026 Answers

Across

Take a cab or bus4 Phone downloads4 Fright-causing5 Gumbo vegetable4 Horse hoof sound4 Weird5 Shakespearean king4 Civil rights icon Parks4 Cello's smaller relative5 Grass-cutting machine9 Somebody __ (another's)5 Letter before tee3 Sermon deliverer6 Wide belts6 Color of emeralds5 Speck of land in the ocean5 Sulk4 Cowhand's chow4 TV psychologist McGraw4 Kayaks and canoes5 Cost to take a cab or bus4 "Half" prefix for circle4 Bachelor of __ degree4 Stovetop appliance5 Enclosures for canaries5 Performer in a choir6 Brims of baseball caps6 That man's3 Unsuitable5 Shoes for pro hockey9 Rich layer cake5 Huff and puff4 Biblical ark builder4 Make furious5 Just a single time4 Scent-sensing organ4 Feeling suspicious5 Animal with antlers4 __ out a living (scraped by)4

Down

Dice toss4 Scandinavian furniture chain4 Make a sketch of4 Deserve to receive4 Puzzle clue heading6 Snow-clearing vehicles5 Sit for a photo4 Practice boxing4 Very strict6 Overhead rotating cooler10 Stood up5 Makes furious5 Dough-rising ingredient5 Get introduced to4 Poodles and parakeets4 Drinks with a straw4 Tennis great Arthur4 Thin in physique4 Aircraft that can hover10 "Billy" barnyard beasts5 Same old routines4 Tiny skin opening4 Pressed a doorbell4 Strong craving4 Beverage served on tap4 Pieces of luggage4 Endanger4 Aorta, for example6 Female sibling6 Extremely important5 Hole __ (golfer's dream shot)5 Private's superior, for short5 Therefore5 Apple's music player4 Walking stick4 Vampire novelist Rice4 __ apart (dismantled)4 Lack of difficulty4 Backyard building4