Newsday Crossword August 5 2026 Answers (8/5/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for August 5 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Newsday Crossword August 5, 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 5, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 8/5/26, 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 Author Angelou
5A Short hairstyle
8A Fortune-teller's deck
13A Shade trees
14A Sport played on ponies
15A Evade
16A Saves for a rainy day
18A German autos
19A Adds herbs and spices to
20A Any portion of a talk show
22A Spot for docking
24A Movers' truck
25A Con game
29A Lawbreaking gangs
34A __ than (minimally)
36A Beach volleyball surface
37A Anger
38A "Not possible for me"
39A Where clouds form
40A Event host
42A In favor of
43A Top blackjack cards
45A "O Canada," for one
46A Bonds between relatives
49A Doggie docs
50A Pie __ mode
51A Crunchy Tex-Mex food
53A Envision
57A Kids' racing vehicles
62A Capital of Egypt
63A Drinks quickly
65A TV host DeGeneres
66A Sailors' affirmatives
67A Korea's continent
68A Stands up
69A "That's right"
70A Firecracker sound
1D Untidiness
2D Burn-soothing plant
3D Community rec center: Abbr.
4D Poses a question
5D Generic dog
6D Suffix for scram
7D Young lads
8D Place that grows pekoe leaves
9D Group of grads
10D Impolite
11D Thor's father
12D Try out
14D Is suddenly terrified
17D __ up (absorb)
21D All paid up
23D Takes a chance
25D Scornful sound
26D Hot chocolate
27D Home security device
28D Guys
30D Could possibly
31D Specialty market
32D Say "Hi!" to
33D Appears to be
35D Male horses
39D Playhouse scenery
41D VH-1 rival
44D Computer printer's blue
45D Wide neckwear
47D "That's also my opinion"
48D Birds of prey
52D Approves
53D Pastry decorator
54D West African nation
55D Feels unwell
56D Online auctioneer
58D Not much paint
59D Civil rights icon Parks
60D Bed size
61D Sudden obstacle
64D Examine closely

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