Newsday Crossword March 8, 2026 Answers

Across

Half of hexa-3 Nautical "yes"3 Intended to, informally6 Potato alternative5 __ and haw3 Part of a trip or table3 Lugged7 Complain about, colloquially5 With 126-Across, second of a Harrison Ford trilogy15 Deliver a speech5 Gaming beginner4 Local food shop4 Intro drawing class4 Dice toss5 Hanks' Forrest Gump boss6 Slips into4 "Scram!"4 2011 fairy tale-based horror film13 A way to pay6 Wedding vow3 Nonliteral phrases6 Fuzzy brown fruit4 Goalie's protection4 Will Smith invasion blockbuster15 Pepsi rival4 Great Plains natives5 Some ring victories3 African carnivore5 Stop by unannounced6 Palo __, CA4 Southwestern Native American3 2008 Evelyn Waugh novel adaptation19 Winter hrs. in Halifax3 Chaplin granddaughter in 2025's Avatar4 Wiped clean6 The "O" of the OWN Network5 Busy month for CPAs3 Seat preference for some5 Address for a queen4 Where Paul Hogan's an Aussie hunter15 Solar system centers4 Just so4 Amusingly unexpected6 Flatbread of India3 Augments6 Where Brendan Fraser's a bumbling Mountie13 Rowboat rental inclusion4 Nautical direction4 What the long Across movies all are6 Mine passage5 Inquires4 Spanish custardy dessert4 Florence's river4 Cuban line dance5 See 22-Across15 Anderson Cooper "American Fortune" bio5 Luminous polar displays7 Pub selection3 Before, in verses3 Must have5 Tinny-sounding, as pianos6 Midmorning hour3 Skillet sound3

Down

Gets slimmer5 French impressionist6 "That's it for me"6 In the manner of3 Craving3 Old oath4 In decline6 Rock to refine3 Celestial bear4 Falsifier4 Soup can flaw4 __ Ababa, Ethiopia5 Nucleus occupant6 Rec room table game9 Box for practice4 Visitor to Oz4 All over again4 Emoticon's eyes5 Footnote abbr.4 Star Wars knight4 Hindu honorific3 Ramadan-ending celebration3 Send, as a package4 Nonstandard possessive4 "Quit stalling!"4 Laudatory verse3 Sty cry4 Wonderland bird4 Office errand runner4 Long-necked swimmer4 "Hello there!"4 Soccer star Lionel5 NYSE's burger behemoth3 Choice of two4 Chocolate/toffee bar4 Foreign Legion cap4 Biblical mariner4 Proofreader's mark4 Mexican "are"4 Committee leader5 Change machine inserts4 Washington neighbor5 Dashboard gauge letters3 "Uh-huh"4 Escalator alternative5 Horse color4 City near Tulsa4 Bouquet holder4 Bagpipers' toppers4 Genesis twin4 College exec4 Messages privately, for short3 Polygon prefix4 Give a nudge to4 Where a fork may be found4 Liability limitation phrase9 Walk wearily4 Contact lens cleaner brand4 Fallon's Tonight predecessor4 French fashion house4 Accomplished3 Southwestern state sch.4 "Wherefore __ thou..."3 Medical research agcy.3 Mongol invaders6 Danny who wrote the Simpsons theme6 Shrill barks5 "Let's shake on it!"4 Gown returner4 Parade honorees6 Choral contingent6 Occupied, as a desk5 Rounded roofs5 Read electronically4 Coolant conduit4 Initial pot chip4 Feng __ decor4 Gershwin contemporary4 Go no further4 "Excellent!"4 Chapter of history3 Soccer stadium shout3 Wetland3