Newsday Crossword October 19, 2026 Answers
By Billie Truitt · Edited by Stan Newman
Every answer for the Newsday Crossword from October 19, 2026, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue for its answer and past appearances.
Across
Prepares a gift5 Stated4 Sent a duplicate email to, for short4 Nun's attire5 Cancel out4 Jay once of The Tonight Show4 Thick seafood soup10 Tacks on4 Old college cheer3 Pep up7 Group of civilian soldiers7 Cape Cod codfish5 Fix, as a shoe6 Cozy diner seating5 "__ seeing you!"5 Opinion survey4 Has debts4 Professional charges4 Meted (out)5 Used to be4 Try out4 With no warranty4 Start of a challenge5 Makes simpler5 Lopsided6 Tired5 Ben Franklin's bill7 Woman with an inheritance7 Take to court3 Approximately4 Mexican seafood sandwich10 Pepper grinder4 Person, place, or thing4 Softened, with "down"5 Banana skin4 Anthem or ballad4 Made sharper5Down
You-know-__3 Beam of light3 Belly muscles3 Peach center3 Germ-free7 Japanese "bar" food5 Picnic invader3 Notion4 Crossword column heading4 Seafood soup11 Fragrant wood5 Put an __ (stop)5 Gave medicine to5 Hourly charge4 Suffix meaning "believer"3 Free-for-all fight5 Castaways' spots5 Seafood sandwich11 Make illegal7 Fissure4 Spanish cheers4 Ancient3 Sit for a picture4 Work a loom5 Made a goof5 Observed4 Prosecutors: Abbr.3 Very detailed7 Sailor's assent3 E pluribus __4 Defeat decisively5 Spooky5 Supermarket pathway5 Putting to work5 Tax form IDs4 "Scram!"4 Compete in a race3 Excessively3 Raggedy doll3 So-so grade3 Unusual3Frequently Asked Questions
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