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Newsday Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the Newsday Crossword for May 16 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
Cell starter5 AcrossReveal answer → Semolina with the sound of a Southeastern school city5 AcrossReveal answer → Help to be heroic8 AcrossReveal answer → The heel of Arabia5 AcrossReveal answer → Faerie Queene excerpt5 AcrossReveal answer → Reason to get hitched3 AcrossReveal answer → Questionable action?4 AcrossReveal answer → Younger man of Tacitus' time5 AcrossReveal answer → Rotation unit4 AcrossReveal answer → Gas __3 AcrossReveal answer → Whom Cooper based Bumppo on5 AcrossReveal answer → Grows, with "to"4 AcrossReveal answer → Fully from the start4 AcrossReveal answer → Animal with a "water" etymology5 AcrossReveal answer → Big name in Rationalism and Mind-Body Dualism4 AcrossReveal answer → Call of the wild4 AcrossReveal answer → Non-nutritive food for thought10 AcrossReveal answer → Coop group4 AcrossReveal answer → Person who grew up on the Oregon Trail15 AcrossReveal answer → What talks need to be heard3 AcrossReveal answer → Alberto, to amigos4 AcrossReveal answer → Back up announcement5 AcrossReveal answer → Person who's short and lacks credit4 AcrossReveal answer → Moniker for those with no id4 AcrossReveal answer → Be a bounder4 AcrossReveal answer → Gaming concern5 AcrossReveal answer → Word on Iran's flag5 AcrossReveal answer → Network interface5 AcrossReveal answer → Source for "kiwi"5 AcrossReveal answer → Coke and Sprite, to Coca-Cola8 AcrossReveal answer → Sporty Swedish models of the '60s5 AcrossReveal answer → Flatter, perhaps3 AcrossReveal answer → Misdirection metaphor15 AcrossReveal answer → Particular people4 AcrossReveal answer → Painted by number10 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
Panamanian well4 DownReveal answer → Literally, "little mush"6 DownReveal answer → Inner ear7 DownReveal answer → Titel fur Manner4 DownReveal answer → In a tangle5 DownReveal answer → Lap up3 DownReveal answer → Shadow in the sky8 DownReveal answer → Tavern's light reading4 DownReveal answer → "I wish to tune my quivering __": Byron4 DownReveal answer → They're quirky9 DownReveal answer → Gulf between two continents4 DownReveal answer → Eating up4 DownReveal answer → Medal awarder "in service of peace and freedom"4 DownReveal answer → Hit the dirt4 DownReveal answer → Impend4 DownReveal answer → Additional hearing4 DownReveal answer → They come with an agenda5 DownReveal answer → Sad ending4 DownReveal answer → Big sports bet4 DownReveal answer → Small time piece10 DownReveal answer → Aww-ful assessment6 DownReveal answer → Where people work on their feet8 DownReveal answer → He looted "three ships from Spain" in his "Ballad"4 DownReveal answer → Delay, delay, delay9 DownReveal answer → Graspable7 DownReveal answer → Game piece that was a chariot long ago4 DownReveal answer → City that thanks London with an annual Christmas tree4 DownReveal answer → Half the alphabet4 DownReveal answer → Miniaturized hearing aids4 DownReveal answer → Drop a line4 DownReveal answer → Seasonal concern?5 DownReveal answer → Rural footpath access5 DownReveal answer → Hair piece3 DownReveal answer → Detained, by definition10 DownReveal answer → Product of fusion5 DownReveal answer → Best Score Oscar nominee name for Gandhi4 DownReveal answer → Banjo bar4 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Saturday, May 16, 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.