Newsday Crossword September 26, 2026 Answers

Across

Lowercase y resembler5 Blue state3 Start using5 One-author first name on books in nine Dewey Decimal categories (1950-1992)5 Dry __3 High-class hideaway5 Far from innovative5 Ski and slalom's origin9 Tony's close relative4 Common concavity5 Mountain climber3 Data smoothers10 Skillful4 Cellphone part10 Pulled (down)4 Certain puzzle-solving contestant5 Comparatively cagey5 Small wonder of myth3 Limited less than nothing3 The Quadricycle was an early one3 Short-notice flight3 Experimental5 Pop group5 "I think, therefore __" ('90s hardware slogan)4 Daily's text + images + graphics10 Pulled in4 Stadium staple10 Piece of cottage pie3 As You Wish memoirist/actor5 First school to send a networked email (1969)4 Permanently altered state9 Canaries' keeper5 Rope feature favored by rock climbers5 One of Israelites, in two ways3 Ration5 Brand of sports tapes5 Pop-punk overlaps it3 Flings, these days5

Down

Fairy tale staples6 Long6 King, birthwise6 What many temples are7 Dieter's complaint3 "Chicago of the North"8 Hunt's dad on Mad About You7 Comparatively chilling6 Senate salutation3 Start, as supper7 Toon with a niece Deezil8 Tot spot8 The Chinese Siamese Cat author3 __ Bank4 Admiration exclamation5 Word from the Latin for "subdue"5 Denote4 He's known for his lists5 Way cool4 #2 in South American population8 Cyberfeud8 Bard's "I love your Majesty" speaker8 Certain horns5 Setting for Easter, Christmas and Pentecost7 Indoor runway7 Minor misgiving7 Only artist with #1 singles in six straight decades4 "The supreme master," per Christie6 Setting6 '70s defense secretary before Melvin6 They're not on the level6 Owner of the first musical trademark (G, E, C, 1950)3 More-or-less3 Such as3