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Newsday Crossword October 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the Newsday Crossword for October 2 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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Andalusian's other4 AcrossReveal answer → Frantically7 AcrossReveal answer → City cited in "That's Amore"6 AcrossReveal answer → Shell game3 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of8 AcrossReveal answer → Prominent5 AcrossReveal answer → RSVP card, e.g.3 AcrossReveal answer → Start of a quote15 AcrossReveal answer → Poetic monogram3 AcrossReveal answer → Past regulation, briefly4 AcrossReveal answer → "And next..."4 AcrossReveal answer → Bad marks4 AcrossReveal answer → Dance flourish5 AcrossReveal answer → Family nickname4 AcrossReveal answer → Piece of a chain4 AcrossReveal answer → Rod in Cooperstown5 AcrossReveal answer → Earth sci.4 AcrossReveal answer → German-based grocer4 AcrossReveal answer → What 1-A or 3-D might be5 AcrossReveal answer → End of quote12 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of sports contract5 AcrossReveal answer → "And don't forget..."4 AcrossReveal answer → TV host Kotb4 AcrossReveal answer → Scratching (out)5 AcrossReveal answer → Madame's mine4 AcrossReveal answer → A bit of change4 AcrossReveal answer → Male admirer5 AcrossReveal answer → Kind of canine8 AcrossReveal answer → Period3 AcrossReveal answer → Big brood4 AcrossReveal answer → "It's true" intro6 AcrossReveal answer → Explosive sounds7 AcrossReveal answer → Source of the quote12 AcrossReveal answer → Chatting privately with5 AcrossReveal answer → KOA client4 AcrossReveal answer →

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Big dipper5 DownReveal answer → Global dots6 DownReveal answer → Sparrow-sized raptor6 DownReveal answer → Preferably6 DownReveal answer → Book after Jonah5 DownReveal answer → Nothingburger8 DownReveal answer → Ramen bowl morsel5 DownReveal answer → Charged, as particles5 DownReveal answer → Adherents ending4 DownReveal answer → Sesqui- doubled3 DownReveal answer → Copyright enforcement org.5 DownReveal answer → Offer from an Airedale3 DownReveal answer → Show piece3 DownReveal answer → In addition to those4 DownReveal answer → Maraud4 DownReveal answer → First composer Nobelist5 DownReveal answer → Put wrongs right5 DownReveal answer → Afghanistan's __ Bora4 DownReveal answer → "Ta-ta" text3 DownReveal answer → Mother or sister3 DownReveal answer → In this ville3 DownReveal answer → Large lizard's habitat6 DownReveal answer → Concludes by6 DownReveal answer → Very short time4 DownReveal answer → Inspiration for the Beatles5 DownReveal answer → Legendary flier6 DownReveal answer → Did something perfectly8 DownReveal answer → Acrobat's company5 DownReveal answer → Stage salesperson5 DownReveal answer → Blokes5 DownReveal answer → Arrival announcement5 DownReveal answer → "__ bet?"5 DownReveal answer → Schooner cousin5 DownReveal answer → Pirate chant part4 DownReveal answer → Between, to Racine5 DownReveal answer → "I thought __ never leave!"5 DownReveal answer → Bach choral piece5 DownReveal answer → Centroamerica country count5 DownReveal answer → Lightning by-product5 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Friday, October 2, 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.