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Newsday Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the Newsday Crossword for August 21 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
Herb that sounds durational5 AcrossReveal answer → What 23-Down need11 AcrossReveal answer → Render weaponless5 AcrossReveal answer → Alligator float, for instance7 AcrossReveal answer → Tool-handle choice3 AcrossReveal answer → Venerable portal3 AcrossReveal answer → Drone regulator3 AcrossReveal answer → Miscellany7 AcrossReveal answer → Big brewer3 AcrossReveal answer → __ room (she-shed, e.g.)3 AcrossReveal answer → "Migrating" theme of the puzzle4 AcrossReveal answer → Staples in Amazing Stories magazine3 AcrossReveal answer → Seek to win3 AcrossReveal answer → Pack rat5 AcrossReveal answer → Gets lost4 AcrossReveal answer → Steadfast4 AcrossReveal answer → "You caught me"5 AcrossReveal answer → Patio purchases9 AcrossReveal answer → Invitee5 AcrossReveal answer → Hub near FTW3 AcrossReveal answer → Early word in The Gettysburg Address3 AcrossReveal answer → Certain telltale sign4 AcrossReveal answer → Button on 47-Across4 AcrossReveal answer → Dim sum cousin5 AcrossReveal answer → On the dot5 AcrossReveal answer → Hummer producer3 AcrossReveal answer → Alligator abodes5 AcrossReveal answer → Pacific island paste3 AcrossReveal answer → Big band activities7 AcrossReveal answer → Japanese gateway5 AcrossReveal answer → Part of a foot4 AcrossReveal answer → Hare-brained hoppers11 AcrossReveal answer → GPS reading3 AcrossReveal answer → Is very talented5 AcrossReveal answer → Having declined to the max9 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Gawks at5 DownReveal answer → Creative incubator6 DownReveal answer → Be accommodating6 DownReveal answer → Rope tow descendant4 DownReveal answer → Mantel or sill5 DownReveal answer → Timid type4 DownReveal answer → Origin7 DownReveal answer → Occupy pleasantly5 DownReveal answer → "Truthfully..." text3 DownReveal answer → "__ heard..."3 DownReveal answer → EKG requesters3 DownReveal answer → Quite wide3 DownReveal answer → Goat-man5 DownReveal answer → Parcel of ground3 DownReveal answer → Status follower3 DownReveal answer → "My man!"3 DownReveal answer → Afterthought introducer3 DownReveal answer → Must repay5 DownReveal answer → Very narrow margin4 DownReveal answer → Typesetting concern7 DownReveal answer → Shelley's sun3 DownReveal answer → Bit of whipped cream3 DownReveal answer → Block end3 DownReveal answer → A-listers6 DownReveal answer → Fighting sport, for short3 DownReveal answer → Must, so to speak5 DownReveal answer → Mock laughter6 DownReveal answer → Certain forensic witness3 DownReveal answer → "I'm good"3 DownReveal answer → "__ yours!"3 DownReveal answer → Virtual nomads7 DownReveal answer → Sort of dispenser4 DownReveal answer → Victimize4 DownReveal answer → Sphere of influence5 DownReveal answer → Sculptor's subject5 DownReveal answer → British military hat5 DownReveal answer → Club app button7 DownReveal answer → 43-Down patron5 DownReveal answer → Not shirking4 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Friday, August 21, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.