Newsday Crossword September 21, 2026 Answers

Across

Bath powder ingredient4 Droop3 __ in time (right before the deadline)4 Strong smell4 Applaud4 Our planet5 Nothing, in Spanish4 Italy's capital, in Italy4 Have a heated discussion5 Tool for whipping yolks and whites9 Stockholm resident5 Two-person playground plank6 Wedding cake level4 Strike with a palm4 Sales staffers6 Choose by voting5 Swampy ground4 Forbidden thing4 Facts and figures4 Dwelt (in)5 "Treble" symbol on music4 Tapped thing on a smartphone4 Revered celebrity4 Piece of paper5 Voices above basses6 Keyboarding mistake, for short4 Small squares of butter4 Puts into law6 Found a sum5 Tool for wine bottles9 Gym's steam room5 Creme-filled cookie4 "That's funny!"4 __ circle (closest friends)5 Walk through water4 Hardly __ (rarely)4 Fortune-teller4 __ Angeles, CA3 Appear to be4

Down

Shades of color5 Wise maxim5 Inn for skiers5 Lobster's cousins5 Hard-to-read handwriting6 Frequently, informally4 Checkers or Monopoly4 Tool for twisting off tight lids9 Strong desire4 Small earring4 "My country, 'tis of __"4 Job for a performer4 Art studio stand5 Toward the sunrise4 Topped, as cupcakes4 In a group of4 Turn on one foot5 __ model (person to emulate)4 Leg joint4 Cushiony4 Modify, as a manuscript4 Shoestring4 Elite English prep school4 Tool for metal tuna containers9 Depend (on)4 Shopper's handwritten paper4 Boys in a family4 Trooper's speed detector5 Orange __ (teas)6 Garbage-filled barge4 Has sore muscles5 Desire strongly5 Giggling sound5 Bunch of bees5 Without a warranty4 Great __ (large dog)4 Sand hill4 Spoken aloud4 Decorate in a new style4