Newsday Crossword July 16 2026 Answers (7/16/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for July 16 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Newsday Crossword July 16, 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 July 16, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 7/16/26, 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 Was ahead of
4A Ish
9A Fits (with)
14A Fiery feeling
15A Small ensembles
16A Abundance metaphor
17A Lads
19A Slow tempo
20A Turkey, mostly
21A Chilling
23A Was too slow to act
30A Nickname like Bill
31A Verdi opera based on the Bard
32A WWII fleet
35A __-Roman wrestling
38A Sistine Chapel subject
39A Being the big kahuna
43A Bus driver for 1-Down
44A Calls, long before cells
45A Turndowns
46A Grapefruit kin
49A Mimic a mouse
51A Bad news for commuters
55A Pool owner's concern
56A Skin softener
59A It's not a good look
62A Oprah's bestie
66A Kin of Kim and Kourtney
67A Online finance company
68A Powerful suit
69A Command on a triangle
70A Blackens with soot
71A It means "most"
1D Simpsons saxophonist
2D Youngest Greek god
3D Certain sneaker fabric
4D Muddy space
5D Shelley's sphere
6D Sambadrome locale
7D Tinkered (with)
8D Positive point
9D Chicago suburb
10D Mascot on a slushy drink cup
11D Founding Father nickname
12D Erode
13D __-Caps (candy brand)
18D Get perfect
22D Letter on Greek euros
24D Oblige with an autograph
25D Delhi wrap
26D Change for the better
27D Long past
28D Landmark near the Crockett Hotel
29D Heavy reading
32D Scotch stat
33D Aquarium swimmer
34D Lute kin
36D Pixar software
37D Inedible 46-Across
40D Left camp improperly
41D Bird's wing bone
42D Unpaid TV spots
47D Like lemon sharks
48D Part of the UK
50D Watered down
52D What marine biologists watch sharks in
53D Bailiwick
54D Piece of the action
57D Safe stack
58D Steven Spielberg achievement in February 2026
59D Soar spot?
60D Phi follower
61D Fiesta cry
63D The person addressed
64D Pull-up muscle
65D Recent USCGA grad

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