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Newsday Crossword October 8 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the Newsday Crossword for October 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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Go by6 AcrossReveal answer → Caustic cleaner3 AcrossReveal answer → Toe preceder3 AcrossReveal answer → Essence4 AcrossReveal answer → A perfect-game spoiler6 AcrossReveal answer → Moves of agreement4 AcrossReveal answer → See 37-Across10 AcrossReveal answer → Went boating, perhaps5 AcrossReveal answer → Bearded antelope3 AcrossReveal answer → Antiseptic acid5 AcrossReveal answer → With 43-Across, exhibits optimism10 AcrossReveal answer → Snow melter4 AcrossReveal answer → Bambi's dad4 AcrossReveal answer → Former baseball commissioner Bud5 AcrossReveal answer → Basic French verb4 AcrossReveal answer → Claim on property4 AcrossReveal answer → Southwestern shrine5 AcrossReveal answer → Much-cherished4 AcrossReveal answer → Texter's preface4 AcrossReveal answer → Crammed, with "up"5 AcrossReveal answer → See 20-Across13 AcrossReveal answer → Representative5 AcrossReveal answer → Farmer's team4 AcrossReveal answer → Name on the cover of Roots4 AcrossReveal answer → Spot for a yacht5 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of skirt4 AcrossReveal answer → December candy shape4 AcrossReveal answer → On-tap offerings4 AcrossReveal answer → Bounce (off)6 AcrossReveal answer → Small portions4 AcrossReveal answer → Derby, for one4 AcrossReveal answer → Bumbler3 AcrossReveal answer → Crusty concoction3 AcrossReveal answer → Verbal contest6 AcrossReveal answer → With 58-Across, optimist's credo13 AcrossReveal answer → Cymbals sound5 AcrossReveal answer → Single-minded expert4 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Texter's ta-ta4 DownReveal answer → Wicked ways5 DownReveal answer → Ivy Leaguer3 DownReveal answer → Old-style "soon"7 DownReveal answer → Alpaca habitat5 DownReveal answer → Spicy sandwich8 DownReveal answer → Bit of praise4 DownReveal answer → Regretful sound4 DownReveal answer → __-relief sculpture3 DownReveal answer → World Cup cheer3 DownReveal answer → 1820s navigational marvel9 DownReveal answer → Ostrich cousin4 DownReveal answer → Give off4 DownReveal answer → Starter for sweet4 DownReveal answer → Long-legged wader5 DownReveal answer → Sound angry5 DownReveal answer → Michelangelo sculpture5 DownReveal answer → Eventually become5 DownReveal answer → Utmost degree3 DownReveal answer → Follower of walk- or write-3 DownReveal answer → Certain sitcom DVD set9 DownReveal answer → City near New Delhi4 DownReveal answer → Part of BA8 DownReveal answer → Claudius successor4 DownReveal answer → Rink jump4 DownReveal answer → Keep under wraps7 DownReveal answer → Added attraction5 DownReveal answer → Show-biz luminary5 DownReveal answer → Animated5 DownReveal answer → Leafless, as some fall lawns5 DownReveal answer → Pined5 DownReveal answer → Doone of fiction5 DownReveal answer → Monk's boss5 DownReveal answer → Quotation citation4 DownReveal answer → Of sound waves5 DownReveal answer → Cranberry sources4 DownReveal answer → Will fully nourish5 DownReveal answer → Researches in depth4 DownReveal answer → Pay-stub abbr.3 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

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