Newsday Crossword August 18 2026 Answers (8/18/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for August 18 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Newsday Crossword August 18, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Newsday Crossword is a syndicated crossword that is published across different apps and websites each day. It is one of the “easier” crosswords to work on compared to some of the heavy-hitters like the NYT Crossword.

There is a new puzzle to work through each day of the week. This crossword is considered to be balanced between being fun and engaging with some challenge but entirely solvable without tearing one’s hair out!

Newsday Crossword August 18, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 8/18/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Antlered animal
5A Untidy room
9A Scrub thoroughly
14A Enthusiastic review
15A Three-layer cookie
16A Shake out of sleep
17A Top poker pair
18A Countrywide: Abbr.
19A Throw __ towel (give up)
20A Store selling donated goods
23A Ran away
24A Needing urgent attention
25A Scornful looks
27A Show to be false
30A Swear (to)
32A Not doing anything
33A General's fighting force
35A Clear __ (not clear at all)
38A Meet with
39A Cinderella's shoe
41A Chimp or gorilla
42A Special talent
44A Adolescent
45A Imperfection, as in a diamond
46A Stamped and sent
48A "Not __" (courtroom pleading)
50A Thinly scattered
52A Detective's job
53A Makes a mistake
54A Suburbanite's fundraiser
60A Helps oneself to
62A "Half" prefix for circle
63A Cereal brand "for kids"
64A Perfect example
65A Sharp, as eyesight
66A Apex
67A Stylishly dressed
68A Walk wearily
69A Mares and fillies
1D "Darn it!"
2D Per person
3D "...happily __ after"
4D Leftover trace, as of dirt
5D Quebec's largest city
6D Rub clean
7D Cain and Abel's brother
8D Song for one person
9D Asian country __ Lanka
10D Admit wrongdoing
11D Center with many brand-name stores
12D Theater attendant
13D Swamp grasses
21D __ as a fiddle (healthy)
22D L.A. summer clock setting
26D Very close
27D Jeopardize
28D Adam's first home
29D Outdoor space with secondhand dealers
30D Very excited, with "up"
31D Work at a keyboard
34D Solemn ceremony
36D Show __ (attend)
37D Moist, as morning grass
39D Glides down snowy slopes
40D Hiring, as a consultant
43D Chair for an on-the-road tot
45D Mexican parties
47D Turkey drumstick
49D Try out
50D __ stone (unchangeable)
51D Gucci handbag rival
52D Small role for a big star
55D Poses a question
56D Fishing rod spool
57D Curve of a foot
58D Green citrus fruit
59D Former partners
61D Crafty

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