Newsday Crossword October 11, 2026 Answers

Across

Title holder5 Thick carpet4 One-to-one instructor5 Dagwood's young neighbor4 Strudel specialist5 Marching band instrument4 Overplay a part5 Dark film genre4 John Wayne and Lady Gaga10 Black-and-yellow dessert10 tage scenery4 Faux pas5 Gets around6 Motive introducer7 Subsists (on)5 Iconic lithographer4 Frightens6 Madrid mister5 "Seems to me..."8 Wild time5 Conservation officers11 Gun owners' org.3 Parting comment4 Grad4 Park bench part4 Poker opener, perhaps4 Language suffix3 Sci-fi staple11 Simulated5 Tearful tale8 Plucked strings5 Soft touch6 Longest French river5 Letterhead art5 Invigorating drink5 Rose alternative6 Netanyahu predecessor5 Chinese home-decor philosophy8 Tries to find5 Dignified doyennes11 __ Arbor, MI3 Ancient Andean4 Western sound effects4 Castigates4 Armand's arm4 Old-school cheer3 Mark on apres11 Immense5 Early sample8 Banquet ritual5 Happened to6 World Series prelude: Abbr.4 At __ for words5 Slip away7 Kid's cookie shape6 Accumulate5 Personal opinion4 Emulates10 Demographic cohort10 Unlikely counterfeit bills4 Putting to work5 Schlep4 Recipe results5 It surrounded the Wicked Witch's home4 Glove fabric5 Throw away4 Saturates5

Down

Survivor airer3 Sun blocker of a sort3 Alias indicator3 Storage unit, for short3 Take for granted7 Cabinet department5 Runs nicely4 Grandpa Simpson3 Certain stove conduit7 Type of paint7 Amherst sch.5 Lacerated4 Wagering ctr.3 On point8 Place in a crate6 Place in a hold4 Karaoke gear4 Lode contents4 Costner T-man role4 Civil rights activist Medgar5 State firmly4 Stitches loosely6 Texas city6 Unrestricted ability12 Bailiwick4 "I wanna try!"5 Unimprovable5 Full of attitude5 Does nothing5 Old carnival attraction12 First sign of spring5 Gridiron measures5 Harsh light5 Host's mail5 Nautical direction5 Hemingway hangout5 Farm pens5 Androcles extraction5 Hit the ceiling5 Originated5 Part of a Dracula outfit5 "Not exactly"5 Traffic markers5 Car dealer's offering5 Tantalize5 Noise from a nest5 NASA adjective5 Bear out5 Hard to see5 Not up to it6 Loafer liner6 Barnyard beasts5 Scold, with "down"5 Arctic cookiemaker8 Aficionado4 Fancy bashes5 On the loose7 Dove calls4 American collaborator of Degas7 Passages to planes7 Most docile6 Frequent sportscast sponsor4 Touch up5 Scornful comments5 Unit of uranium4 It means "billionth"4 Crate & Barrel rival4 End in __ (require overtime)4 Examines carefully4 Tallahassee sch.3 Hair gel, for instance3 AFL partner3 Mauna __3 Reindeer cousin3 NFL scoring plays3