Newsday Crossword February 21, 2026 Answers

Across

Crowds to the max8 Corn holders5 Cross-sectional side piece9 Frost and Eliot contemporary5 Infomercial order9 Stain5 Stain source3 Gospel truth5 Farm measure4 Liability limitation4 Specificity starter6 PC magazine software coinage of '906 Word from the French for "cure in brine"8 Con front5 They're on the tip of some tongues5 Quick flight3 With a key5 1812 US invasion destination3 Second try of a sort5 __ way3 Drainage system elements5 Battle of Hastings participant5 Was cyclical8 Exploit self-servingly6 Spot-checked?6 '90s inaugural speaker before Billy's benediction4 Determination4 Pedestrian5 Backing3 Amazon ecosystem5 Largest-mass terrestrial carnivore9 Dwelt5 What Shuttle-Mir effectively ended9 Hairy situation5 Certain sleep aids8

Down

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