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Newsday Crossword May 8 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the Newsday Crossword for May 8 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
Forest female3 AcrossReveal answer → It's next to iota5 AcrossReveal answer → It's next to iota5 AcrossReveal answer → Small fraction of 17-Across3 AcrossReveal answer → To ensure6 AcrossReveal answer → Survivor descriptor6 AcrossReveal answer → Guitar tuners4 AcrossReveal answer → The theme today, the eight answers around the perimeter9 AcrossReveal answer → Horde4 AcrossReveal answer → Take possession of6 AcrossReveal answer → Rural skyline5 AcrossReveal answer → Mediterranean cruise stop7 AcrossReveal answer → Utilitarian6 AcrossReveal answer → What many meditate on8 AcrossReveal answer → Sit back and relax4 AcrossReveal answer → Word on modern business cards4 AcrossReveal answer → Soup served in Little Saigons3 AcrossReveal answer → Skin care product5 AcrossReveal answer → Knock off3 AcrossReveal answer → Fire sign3 AcrossReveal answer → It doesn't react very well8 AcrossReveal answer → Person in a pool6 AcrossReveal answer → All fired up7 AcrossReveal answer → Trip planner's concern5 AcrossReveal answer → Flatter, with "up"6 AcrossReveal answer → Sweetheart3 AcrossReveal answer → Young cliff dweller6 AcrossReveal answer → What caddies hold3 AcrossReveal answer → Was in knots5 AcrossReveal answer → Deeply felt5 AcrossReveal answer → Royal flush card4 AcrossReveal answer → Boil6 AcrossReveal answer → Capital of Yemen3 AcrossReveal answer → Xbox alternative3 AcrossReveal answer → Eat well5 AcrossReveal answer → Alphabet excerpt3 AcrossReveal answer → Italian's eight4 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Joyful noise3 DownReveal answer → Fate-full6 DownReveal answer → Set aside for later5 DownReveal answer → Spots to scuba6 DownReveal answer → Call to Rover7 DownReveal answer → Question heard in elevators7 DownReveal answer → Establish securely6 DownReveal answer → Metaphor for the easily influenced5 DownReveal answer → Black-clad subculture4 DownReveal answer → Dandy dresser3 DownReveal answer → March girl4 DownReveal answer → Laid back4 DownReveal answer → Title Hawking turned down3 DownReveal answer → Curtain holder3 DownReveal answer → Seek enlightenment3 DownReveal answer → 11th-grade challenge4 DownReveal answer → One of the first recorded bandleaders (1890)5 DownReveal answer → Bingo kin5 DownReveal answer → Grass-covered6 DownReveal answer → Maryland suburb of DC5 DownReveal answer → Zips away6 DownReveal answer → Pupil's neighbor6 DownReveal answer → Meet at the river7 DownReveal answer → E in the NYSE'S EL5 DownReveal answer → Swordfish serving5 DownReveal answer → Low digit3 DownReveal answer → What often holds 29-Across3 DownReveal answer → Enticement4 DownReveal answer → Killarney's county5 DownReveal answer → Silicon Valley exec3 DownReveal answer → "Spontaneous" starter4 DownReveal answer → Taking down7 DownReveal answer → Ships off5 DownReveal answer → What some waves are5 DownReveal answer → Earth agitator3 DownReveal answer → Sound from 22-Down babies5 DownReveal answer → Reindeer relatives4 DownReveal answer → Mockingbird cousin4 DownReveal answer → Current outlet3 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Friday, May 8, 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.