Newsday Crossword October 26, 2026 Answers

Across

Look without blinking5 Venetian-blind strip4 Arrests, slangily4 More adorable5 Rail-riding wanderer4 __ mater (one's former school)4 Backyard swimming spot15 Note from the boss4 Remove from power4 Vote into office5 Windowsill, for one5 Pub beverage3 Portrait painter's surface6 Throb7 Woodwind instruments5 Goatee's location4 Color of Santa's suit3 Feature of engraved invitations15 Letter before tee3 Des Moines' state4 Joke around with5 Clipped wool from7 Talked back to6 Pecan or cashew3 Awaken rudely5 Joggers' paces5 __ Canaveral, FL4 Reach across4 Sweltering weather15 Not doing anything4 Null and __ (not valid)4 Boot bottoms5 Appear to be4 Concludes4 Dropped-egg sound5

Down

Con game4 Toothpaste holder4 Molecule part4 Spins in circles8 Poet's "before"3 "I don't know" gesture5 Off the leash5 Share a border with4 2,000 pounds3 Italian port6 Skin-soothing ingredient4 Popular college guy, briefly4 Pretzel topping4 Mythological figures4 Farmer's place of song4 Make simpler4 Uncle's wife4 Centers of apples5 Embarrass5 Loud racket5 Greek pocket bread4 Opera solos5 Feeling nervous5 Barely defeated5 Clumsy person4 Chop down with an ax3 Weight loss plan4 When planes are expected: Abbr.4 Where a driver takes a break8 National song6 Corrosion of iron4 Court plaintiff4 Quick5 Newspaper essays, for short5 The one here4 Take a bus or train4 Make eyes at4 "We gotta get going!"4 Drag from behind4 Region4 Bird's tree home4 Day before a holiday3 Donkey3