Newsday Crossword July 8, 2026 Answers

Across

Coin toss4 Word-of-mouth4 Fence's entryway4 Solemn pledge4 French father4 French school5 HAPPY __ (unplanned, fortunate events)9 Court event5 Remark of indifference3 Change for a $5 bill4 Oysters' exteriors6 Rule, for short3 Lambs' moms4 BIRTHDAY __ (bounce house, for example)11 That woman3 Vicinity4 Not the usual8 Give off, as light4 Casino city, for short5 Female garment of India4 Short piano piece8 Ticklish Muppet4 EMT's destinations3 TO __ ("That's an understatement")11 Luau dance4 Before, in poetry3 "Great blue" water birds6 Grandma4 Mileage rating org.3 Anxious feeling5 YOU __ ("Anything is possible")9 Oregon's capital5 Iowa college city4 Distinctive scent4 Sandwich shop4 Talk show emcee4 Very pale4

Down

Beer's froth4 Shoestring4 Urge to scratch4 __ Beta Kappa3 Season's first game6 Go back on a promise6 Painting, sculpting, etc.4 __ Miz3 Obtain assistance7 Farmland measures5 Work very hard4 Mideast airline4 Overhead trains3 Fish friend of 53-Down4 Convinces to decide5 Short-music suffix4 Bel __ cheese5 Jouster's garb5 Harness straps5 "So long!"4 Pester constantly5 La __ (Milan opera house)5 Does damage to5 Poet T.S.5 "That makes sense now"4 Small glass bottles5 Irish New Age singer4 Enormous sea wave7 Throws with great effort6 Novelist Hemingway6 Shakespearean monarch4 Urban lodging5 Owns3 Old-timey "Oh, my!"4 Make angry4 Fish "found" in a Pixar film4 Finales4 Bear pal of Piglet4 Not quite right4 Informal refusal3 RV stopover franchise3