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Newsday Crossword October 9 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the Newsday Crossword for October 9 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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ClueLetters#Answer
Old-style "dudes"4 AcrossReveal answer → Taper off5 AcrossReveal answer → Have status4 AcrossReveal answer → Dungeons & Dragons, for short3 AcrossReveal answer → Portrayed4 AcrossReveal answer → Old money in Munich5 AcrossReveal answer → Leveled off9 AcrossReveal answer → Middlemarch author5 AcrossReveal answer → Chicago star4 AcrossReveal answer → First responders4 AcrossReveal answer → Applications4 AcrossReveal answer → Big name in lithography4 AcrossReveal answer → Sort of shortening4 AcrossReveal answer → Da Vinci Code director, as a kid5 AcrossReveal answer → "Bagged" alternate title for the puzzle: 2 wds.9 AcrossReveal answer → Split evenly5 AcrossReveal answer → Iconic western hero9 AcrossReveal answer → "The Caruso of Rock"7 AcrossReveal answer → Gallery offering7 AcrossReveal answer → Sushi selections5 AcrossReveal answer → Bear up in the air4 AcrossReveal answer → '70s tennis star4 AcrossReveal answer → Adapter designation4 AcrossReveal answer → Narrow shoal4 AcrossReveal answer → Eightfold7 AcrossReveal answer → Roundup gatherings5 AcrossReveal answer → Write on glass, perhaps4 AcrossReveal answer → Start to tire3 AcrossReveal answer → Bagpipe, e.g.4 AcrossReveal answer → Roundup accessory5 AcrossReveal answer → Barely visible4 AcrossReveal answer → Fit well together4 AcrossReveal answer → Competitively red-hot7 AcrossReveal answer → Confidential talk9 AcrossReveal answer → Asp, for instance5 AcrossReveal answer → Secondary celebs5 AcrossReveal answer → Defeat forcefully9 AcrossReveal answer →

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ClueLetters#Answer
'60s singing star6 DownReveal answer → Robin's refreshment3 DownReveal answer → Paganini, by birth7 DownReveal answer → Would-be thief7 DownReveal answer → Antsy7 DownReveal answer → Pulls off7 DownReveal answer → Olympics heroine eight years after Nadia7 DownReveal answer → Place for junk, perhaps6 DownReveal answer → Ride app4 DownReveal answer → Belt or seat8 DownReveal answer → Coolant company8 DownReveal answer → HMO participants3 DownReveal answer → Men3 DownReveal answer → About five pounds of letter-size4 DownReveal answer → Profile, for short3 DownReveal answer → ABA members5 DownReveal answer → Finish first by a mile6 DownReveal answer → Rice witch novel6 DownReveal answer → Protected one's king7 DownReveal answer → River through Kyiv7 DownReveal answer → Genteel8 DownReveal answer → Trying to get on5 DownReveal answer → Cavalry collection6 DownReveal answer → Speck on a globe4 DownReveal answer → Draw out8 DownReveal answer → Prefix for name3 DownReveal answer → Exuberant6 DownReveal answer → Ball of wax7 DownReveal answer → Land south of Helsinki7 DownReveal answer → Animals in athletics7 DownReveal answer → Reindeer cousin3 DownReveal answer → Ancient Arabian kingdom5 DownReveal answer → Edmonton's loc.4 DownReveal answer → It means "earth-friendly"3 DownReveal answer → Astronaut Jemison3 DownReveal answer →

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Friday, October 9, 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.