Newsday Crossword June 24, 2026 Answers

Across

Chew like a beaver4 "What time __?"4 Refine, as ore5 Connecticut Ivy League school4 __ the Great (kid-lit sleuth)4 New employee5 Not-so-spicy dip9 Drop __ to (write to)5 Clever like a fox3 Say grace, say4 Formal decrees6 Former student, for short4 Pretzel shape4 Novel's plot surprise14 Foe5 "Fruity" suffix for nectar3 On __ with (equal to)4 __ glance (quickly)3 Mistake5 Three, on a sundial3 Costa __ (Central American nation)4 Beagle or basset hound3 Fragrance5 Two-time Oscar actor for Tarantino films14 Three, in Mexico4 Animal's hideout4 Archaeologist's bony find6 Family vans: Abbr.4 Scooby-__ (cartoon Great Dane)3 Regions5 Backyard auto-wheel swaying seat9 Weighing machine5 Pakistan neighbor4 Hardly __ (rarely)4 Makes docile5 Snakelike fishes4 Statue's bottom4

Down

Workout rooms4 Hammer target4 Friend in battle4 Get married3 Trapped by routine6 Spicy sandwich sausage6 __-bitsy (tiny)4 Earl Grey, for instance3 Follow secretly6 Civilian defense force7 Guitarist Clapton4 Pre-Easter period4 Golf pegs4 Spread apart, as fingers5 Come into a room5 Biceps' location3 Bingo-like casino game4 Close to4 Playful prank5 Get in touch with5 Sign before Libra5 Sales pitch5 Make impure5 Nabisco's round cracker4 Unsuccessful '50s Ford5 Becomes inedible4 Gallery event7 Cheese with holes5 Elevator compartment3 Colored parts of eyes6 Opposite of singular6 Places of refuge6 Speedy4 Black-and-white marine mammal4 Sewn skirt border4 King's address4 Star soprano4 Change for $54 Fairy-tale beast4 All-even score3 Spider creation3