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Newsday Crossword May 16 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Newsday Crossword May 16 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 72 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cell starterHELLO5Across Semolina with the sound of a Southeastern school cityDURUM5Across Help to be heroicEMBOLDEN8Across The heel of ArabiaYEMEN5Across Faerie Queene excerptCANTO5Across Reason to get hitchedTOW3Across Questionable action?POSE4Across Younger man of Tacitus' timePLINY5Across Rotation unitSLOT4Across Gas __CAN3Across Whom Cooper based Bumppo onBOONE5Across Grows, with "to"ADDS4Across Fully from the startOMNI4Across Animal with a "water" etymologyOTTER5Across Big name in Rationalism and Mind-Body DualismRENE4Across Call of the wildHOWL4Across Non-nutritive food for thoughtBRAINCANDY10Across Coop groupCOOS4Across Person who grew up on the Oregon TrailELDERMILLENNIAL15Across What talks need to be heardAIR3Across Alberto, to amigosTITO4Across Back up announcementITSON5Across Person who's short and lacks creditANON4Across Moniker for those with no idDAVE4Across Be a bounderSKIP4Across Gaming concernATARI5Across Word on Iran's flagALLAH5Across Network interfaceTVSET5Across Source for "kiwi"MAORI5Across Coke and Sprite, to Coca-ColaCASHCOWS8Across Sporty Swedish models of the '60sSAABS5Across Flatter, perhapsAPE3Across Misdirection metaphorSMOKEANDMIRRORS15Across Particular peopleONES4Across Painted by numberCOLORCODED10Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Panamanian wellBIEN4Down Literally, "little mush"MUESLI6Down Inner earCORNCOB7Down Titel fur MannerHERR4Down In a tangleMIRED5Down Lap upPAL3Down Shadow in the skyPENUMBRA8Down Tavern's light readingNEON4Down "I wish to tune my quivering __": ByronLYRE4Down They're quirkyANOMALIES9Down Gulf between two continentsADEN4Down Eating upINTO4Down Medal awarder "in service of peace and freedom"NATO4Down Hit the dirtLAND4Down ImpendLOOM4Down Additional hearingECHO4Down They come with an agendaITEMS5Down Sad endingNESS4Down Big sports betOVER4Down Small time pieceNANOSECOND10Down Aww-ful assessmentADORBS6Down Where people work on their feetPODIATRY8Down He looted "three ships from Spain" in his "Ballad"KIDD4Down Delay, delay, delaySTONEWALL9Down GraspableINREACH7Down Game piece that was a chariot long agoROOK4Down City that thanks London with an annual Christmas treeOSLO4Down Half the alphabetATOM4Down Miniaturized hearing aidsMICS4Down Drop a lineCAST4Down Seasonal concern?TASTE5Down Rural footpath accessSTILE5Down Hair pieceHAT3Down Detained, by definitionSLOWEDDOWN10Down Product of fusionALLOY5Down Best Score Oscar nominee name for GandhiRAVI4Down Banjo barCAPO4Down

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Newsday crossword published on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.