Newsday Crossword August 20 2026 Answers (8/20/26)

Our Newsday Crossword August 20, 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 20, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 8/20/26, 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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« August 19 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Self-styled piano man
5A	Means of control
9A	Small cheeper
13A	Boring bit
15A	Novelist O'Brien
16A	Casual greeting
17A	More important business
20A	Ramadan practice
21A	Qualifies for
22A	Arrive unnoticed
26A	Archer's asset
27A	About to erupt
32A	Kolkata coin
33A	Pitches forcefully
34A	Puncture preceder
37A	Medical suffix
38A	Garfunkel, to Simon
39A	Sudden taking
40A	Capital-list word below Denver
41A	Obliterates, with "out"
42A	Childish rebuttal
43A	Shallow thinking
46A	Nickname like Toni
47A	Approaching
48A	Mideast capital
51A	Mozart's __ fan tutte
53A	Ledger larceny
60A	Native Arizonans
61A	Flying start
62A	Shade of brown
63A	Utopian setting
64A	Mexican War president
65A	Pantheon city
1D	Quick punch
2D	Armand's assent
3D	Batter's need
4D	Journey part
5D	Arbiters on ice
6D	Do post production work
7D	Playable serves
8D	Nonstandard refusal
9D	Guessing game
10D	Estrangement
11D	Brit lit home schooler
12D	Count against
14D	Purify
18D	Tried to reach
19D	Chamber music groups
22D	Cape Cod catch
23D	Scoundrel
24D	Fond of trickery
25D	Diner array
26D	Up to it
28D	Pulsate
29D	"I'm __ here!"
30D	Take __ (chance it)
31D	Rio Grande city
35D	Docket list
36D	WWII vessel
38D	Romeo's partner
39D	Frightful
41D	Thin pancakes
42D	Goes off script
44D	Luke and Leia's dad
45D	Move carefully
48D	Hiking impediment
49D	Mental disposition
50D	Be broody
51D	PC corner key
52D	"If you insist"
54D	Day break
55D	Terra- kin
56D	Regatta tool
57D	"Price negotiable" letters
58D	Air France merger partner
59D	Consult with