Newsday Crossword May 8, 2026 Answers

Across

Royal flush card4 Flatter, with "up"6 Trip planner's concern5 All fired up7 Person in a pool6 It doesn't react very well8 Italian's eight4 Alphabet excerpt3 Eat well5 Xbox alternative3 Capital of Yemen3 Boil6 Deeply felt5 Was in knots5 What caddies hold3 Young cliff dweller6 Sweetheart3 Sit back and relax4 The theme today, the eight answers around the perimeter9 Guitar tuners4 Forest female3 To ensure6 Small fraction of 17-Across3 It's next to iota5 It's next to iota5 Survivor descriptor6 Fire sign3 Knock off3 Skin care product5 Soup served in Little Saigons3 Word on modern business cards4 What many meditate on8 Utilitarian6 Mediterranean cruise stop7 Rural skyline5 Take possession of6 Horde4

Down

Taking down7 "Spontaneous" starter4 Silicon Valley exec3 Killarney's county5 Enticement4 What often holds 29-Across3 Low digit3 Grass-covered6 E in the NYSE'S EL5 Meet at the river7 Pupil's neighbor6 Zips away6 Maryland suburb of DC5 Swordfish serving5 Current outlet3 Mockingbird cousin4 Ships off5 Reindeer relatives4 Sound from 22-Down babies5 Earth agitator3 What some waves are5 March girl4 Dandy dresser3 Black-clad subculture4 Metaphor for the easily influenced5 Establish securely6 Question heard in elevators7 Call to Rover7 Spots to scuba6 Set aside for later5 Fate-full6 Joyful noise3 Bingo kin5 One of the first recorded bandleaders (1890)5 11th-grade challenge4 Laid back4 Seek enlightenment3 Curtain holder3 Title Hawking turned down3