Newsday Crossword June 21, 2026 Answers

Across

"Father of the Blues"7 Prego competitor4 Film snippet4 Minor fuss3 Luau farewell song7 B school subj.4 Dynamic prefix4 Software glitch3 Red-purple wine grape7 Talent show lineup4 Neutral, as a nation8 Need to pay3 Reasoned carefully16 Of stamps and mail6 Finish line3 Common new driver4 Japanese figure skater Ito6 Drink samples4 Long-term reserves4 Unconventional3 "Get back to work!"18 Swiped, as steer7 Cyberspace place4 Linguist Chomsky4 Spread made by Smucker's3 Try to find out3 GPS heading3 A real eye-opener4 Grade school anthem7 Opinion piece5 Like some high hairstyles11 Three or four4 Candy shape3 NBC skit show3 Disorderly place4 WWII civilian VIP11 Gather greatly5 Rum concoctions7 Chimney accumulation4 GPS heading3 __ Lanka3 Fire dept. employee3 Break suddenly4 Seldom found4 Rotation on some tennis shots7 Best man's traditional task18 "That's absurd"3 Level-headed4 Fizzy beverage4 Hound's inn6 Elevated flatland4 Letters for a prince3 Starting points6 Parliamentary procedure16 Start of a Cain query3 PC solitaire game8 Playpen pile4 Mythical Greek monarch7 Caustic cleaner3 Toledo's lake4 Dermal opening4 German kingdom of yore7 "You got it!"3 Weeps audibly4 Agenda, in brief4 Arcane knowledge7

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Home of Baylor4 Lobster weapon4 French innkeeper4 "I caught you!"3 128-Across antonym3 Be a retailer, say10 Bakery staple5 Learn visually, in a way8 S&L ID4 Black-clad subculture4 Forget a sight5 Macbeth prop8 Supply short-term4 Dr. Seuss' If __ the Zoo4 Sport shirt4 Put up with6 Crossed swords6 City near Salt Lake5 With "a," many5 GPS heading4 "I got this!"4 Harbor town4 Ominous "otherwise"6 Gore Vidal title character4 Promissory papers4 Nightfall4 Water holder4 Abs exercise5 Take __ off (relax)5 "Me, too!"5 Poetic praises4 Lunch spots5 Prayer closing4 Be in harmony4 Post-op areas4 Bleacher crowd4 Forearm bone4 Zodiac beast3 Cellphone's 23 Shoots the breeze4 Stately shade source3 High point4 Form of rubber4 Revise, as writing4 Needing drying3 Corporate shakeup5 Wholesale quantity4 Orange coats5 Carne __ (burrito filling)5 Where forks are found5 Poker starter4 Reef explorers10 Group of seven6 Group of three4 Reach across4 Get up4 Global, for short4 Tiny punctures8 Got behind8 Some offspring4 Largest animal that ever lived5 Soft ball brand4 "Billionth" starter4 Town crier's cry6 Out for the night6 Back to the Future surname5 Encrypted URL starter5 Inclined ground5 Sherbets, e.g.4 Legendary evil emperor4 Fluent4 Hatrack hardware4 Brit lit governess4 Cathedral niche4 Sierra Club cofounder4 Londoner's outburst4 Pair3 Suffix like -arian3