Newsday Crossword February 8, 2026 Answers

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Countries5 Tied, as sneakers5 Swedish superstar quartet4 Awkward person3 Start of a challenge5 Sharp, as eyesight5 Mmes. from 39-Across4 Primetime commercial4 Chocolate/peanuts candy11 Arias, for instance4 Bring up, as children4 Self-image3 Fencing blade4 Texas flag symbol8 Neighbor of Syria7 Custardy, crusty dessert13 Affleck or Kingsley3 Noteworthy occasion5 Neighbor of Francia6 Online troublemaker5 Skycap, while working5 French composer Erik5 "I'd be glad to"3 Sweet crackers12 Morsel3 Directory, essentially4 Comic actress Poehler3 Become inedible3 Raindrop sound4 Antsy5 Something the IRS warns about7 Phone-calling tech6 Vocalist6 Halloween season sweets15 Comrades in battle6 Bare minimums6 Store window sign contents7 Anglers' spools5 Ninny4 Annoying noise3 NYSE debut3 Damon of movies4 Novelist Beattie3 Fruity, crusty dessert12 Naval VIP3 Ceramic flooring installer5 "Say cheese!"5 Remove pencil marks5 Not as shallow6 Sir __ John of pop5 Prefix for light3 Fluffy, light dessert13 Idle fancy7 Form 1040 income category8 Kid lit author Silverstein4 "Deck the Halls" contraction3 In the past4 Pro __ (proportionately)4 Batter-chunk frozen dessert11 "Nothing to it!"4 Footnote abbr.4 Snake venom, for instance5 Redmayne who portrayed Hawking5 Masthead VIPs3 Fall mo.4 Observes5 Swamp grasses5

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Written defamation5 Wise maxim5 Influential individual5 Low in humidity3 With calmness8 Approach midnight5 Muscle discomfort4 Young panda3 Airport board abbr.3 German article3 Distributes by type7 Rodeo horse5 Hay bundling machine5 Opinion introducer8 Spending too much on something10 Thin battery3 Portrait on dimes3 Chaplin persona5 Fully aware of4 Office PC connection3 Subdue with a shock4 Fit for a task4 Meyers who succeeded Letterman4 Layer of the eye4 Start of an idea4 Existing: Lat.6 Time for an egg roll6 "__ reminds me..."4 Egg-shaped tomato4 Figurine stone4 Defeat decisively5 Granola morsel3 Options on some quizzes5 Insider's offering3 Nutrition Facts measures5 Divided (up)5 First Soviet leader5 Not as costly4 Mambo bandleader Puente4 Overflowed5 Stage signals4 Per __ worker4 Smartphone purchase adjective5 Tummy muscles3 Shorthand expert5 Oscar actor Kevin5 Kept chilled5 Warship fleet6 Hard to lift6 "I'd like to take a stab"10 __ monster (Southwestern lizard)4 Gibbons and gorillas4 In a peeved mood4 NBC weekend show3 UPS alternative3 Costs to fly8 Are, in Uruguay4 Run __ (rage)4 French filmdom4 Puzzle completely8 Sombrero edge4 Prefix meaning "distant"4 Started a new hand7 Coin last made in 20255 TV screen type3 Quaker pronoun4 Give a lecture5 Served from a keg5 Does pull-ups5 Type of piano piece5 Inflexible5 Campfire residue5 78-Down segment4 Casual top3 Contained3 95-Down in quantity: Abbr.3 "Alley-__!"3 Kitchen gadget brand3 Rhymed tribute3