Newsday Crossword May 3, 2026 Answers

Across

Fabric measure4 Letters on old rubles4 Garbed4 Capital of Tibet5 Standoffish5 Suffix for switch4 Election campaign4 Fearsome and strange5 Southeastern cruise port5 Gas in diner signs4 Mideast's Gulf of __4 Charades player5 One and all19 Cinematic success3 Car sticker no.4 Young fellow3 Strong dislike6 Beast of burden3 Govt. assistance program3 Going __ (fighting)4 Unwind from work4 Forever stamp letters3 "Ode to the West Wind" poet18 Late evening, in Munich5 Suffix for million4 Early nuclear agcy.3 Declares true5 Donkey's cry4 Country south of Sicily5 Disney movie set in China5 "This __ sudden!!"4 Sardinia's largest city8 Late evening, in Marseilles4 Lively energy3 No matter how19 Muscle twitch3 Tender-hearted4 VIPs' entourages8 Back muscles, for short4 Melodious sounds5 Surface luster5 Glitzy, for short4 How some like their ham5 Tiresome pattern3 Parade spoiler4 News media5 Auto commercial disclaimer18 Billboards, e.g.3 Technical sch.4 Regretful person4 Self-esteem3 DC's former __ Stadium3 "We gotta leave!"6 Welcome Center freebie3 Raised, as horses4 Before, to 44-Across3 Very thoroughly19 Milan's La __ theater5 Corn harvest4 City near Lake Tahoe4 Cruise ship quarters5 Tough HS English class5 Lollipop taste4 Smooth out4 Sidestep5 Senor's squiggle5 Tricky tactic4 Try out4 What the five longest answers share4

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Japanese piano maker6 Defendants' defenses6 Barbecues, for instance6 Major-__ (chief steward)4 Suffix for 98-Across7 Move like a toddler5 Frequent October forecast4 Polo player's ride4 Fancy neckwear7 Weighed down5 Taiwanese PC brand4 Declare false4 Throat-soothing brew8 Swiss miss of fiction5 West Point mascots9 "Sprechen __ Deutsch?"3 Prefix like atmo-3 Director's workplace7 5-Across, in English4 Beethoven honoree5 Lavish party4 Tech support callers5 Final authority5 Just slightly4 Authoritarian8 Angler's spool4 They've gotten away8 Biological groupings5 New Haven student5 Terre __, IN5 Old-school 563 Its shows are seen on Peacock3 Typical Jordanian4 Shrewd4 Bialik of The Big Bang Theory5 Biceps builders8 Psych-out tactic8 Squirrels' homes5 S&L account posting3 Where SEALs serve3 Trident-shaped letter3 Japanese dog5 Longtime pal5 Hopping mad5 Reign over4 Votes in favor4 Texting format: Abbr.3 True-blue5 Battery knob5 Team-building activity9 Isr. neighbor3 Birdhouse food4 Deceitful person4 Leave one's native land8 Extends an agreement5 Green groceries7 How some NFL contests end4 What makes it cloudy7 New Hampshire neighbor7 Allows to ripen4 Small evergreen6 __-cat (scared one)6 British economist6 Sturdily built5 Voyager Polo5 Pirate flag pair5 Sharp cry4 Siren sound4 Worry (over)4 French dream4 Part of 63-Down4 Plopped down3 Inflation meas.3