Newsday Crossword July 6, 2026 Answers

Across

Picture-hanging surface4 Plant stalk4 Bump on a toad4 A Great Lake4 Unclothed4 Grain storage towers5 Seed holders that drop from evergreen trees9 Dracula's outer garment5 Body art, for short3 Venue for boxing5 Unpleasant smells5 Raised, as livestock4 Cream-filled pastries5 Leg joints5 Gem from an oyster5 Is dressed in5 Cabbie's vehicle4 Norway's capital4 __ to the throne (the next to reign)4 Gave employment to5 Lacking strength4 Merely4 Tiny pests at a picnic4 Enjoys a novel5 Flashes of lightning5 Early birds' catches5 Dwarf planet beyond Neptune5 Animals that oink4 Don't match, as colors5 Stood up5 Floor-washing tool3 Wood-shaping machine5 Pizza toppings that grow in damp ground9 More frosty5 "What __ is new?"4 Pub beverages4 Ballpoints, for example4 Requirement4 Tenant's payment4

Down

Sobbed4 Opera solo4 Clothes dryer fuzz4 Movie director Spike3 Sleeps noisily6 Adjusted, as guitar strings5 Adam and Eve's garden4 Flat-topped elevation4 "Untamed" blooms visited by bees11 Emotionally distant5 Lion sounds5 Sounds of disapproval4 Scrub vigorously5 Gives a darn5 Shrubs that grow small fruit11 Settled a debt4 Sharp, as eyesight4 Hammer's target4 Actors' roles5 Former spouses4 "What person?" question3 Slight coloring4 Line of stitches4 Young boys4 Grants permission for3 Angelic circle of light4 Pilot's "Understood"5 Turn the __ cheek5 Hoped (for)6 "There's no __ like home"5 Vatican City language5 Sheriff's search party5 Snip off, as coupons4 Prayer ending4 Regulation4 Small burrowing mammal4 Prophetic sign4 Attention-getting whisper4 Rowboat implement3