Newsday Crossword May 17 2026 Answers (5/17/26)

Our Newsday Crossword May 17, 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 May 17, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 5/17/26, 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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« May 16 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Creator of the Musketeers
6A	Of motives
12A	Miles off
16A	__ Holiness (papal title)
19A	Put on the books
20A	Family nickname
21A	Mardi Gras city nickname
22A	Back, at sea
23A	US tennis champ of the '90s
25A	Johnson's vice president
27A	Miscellaneous category
28A	Slant a bit
29A	Bolivian boy
30A	Eurasia's disappearing __ Sea
31A	Queeg's ship
33A	Huffs and puffs
34A	Lorry wheel
35A	Prune center
38A	Extremely eager
39A	Mil. branch
40A	Soft mineral
42A	Longtime DC publisher
46A	Maestro Zubin
49A	Bump from the schedule
50A	Not fooled by
51A	"Quite probably..."
53A	Overplay
54A	Attention-getting sound
57A	Except for
59A	Rotisserie part
60A	Range of knowledge
62A	Vowel-rich snack
64A	McEntire of music
66A	Novelist Fleming
67A	"Well, __-di-dah!"
70A	Potter films' first Dumbledore
74A	Contract of secrecy, briefly
75A	Eggs: Lat.
76A	Pale brown
77A	Piece for a singer
78A	Early afternoon
80A	Hard to see
82A	Garment lines
84A	Garment spec
86A	Smartphone symbols
90A	Grab some Earl Grey
92A	Legal work
95A	Pine family members
97A	Low joint
98A	"The medium is the message" coiner
102A	AC or DC
104A	Pulverize
105A	Make simpler
106A	Garment problem
107A	Chooses, with "for"
109A	Get used (to)
111A	Power measures
112A	City south of West Palm
113A	Regret not seeing
114A	The very best
115A	Cornell's home
121A	What many bats are made from
123A	Les Miserables Oscar actress
125A	__ culpa
126A	Sudden desire
127A	Fills, as tattoos
128A	Midwest hub
129A	Sofa section
130A	New Mexico art center
131A	Got beat by
132A	Some Mexican ancestors
1D	Showroom sample
2D	Part of BTU
3D	Jet speed measure
4D	Sore feeling
5D	Have the lead role
6D	Baseball great Ripken
7D	Bidding event
8D	Remove, as a door
9D	No longer edible
10D	"You __ goin' nowhere!"
11D	Journey segment
12D	Snakebird of the south
13D	Abundant source
14D	Just about
15D	Grammy category
16D	"Cat's in the Cradle" singer
17D	"It troubles me that..."
18D	Fashion flair
24D	Steep slope
26D	Bareheaded
29D	Chips + cheese
32D	Antsy feeling
33D	Jrs.' exam
35D	Law firm aide
36D	Agenda entry
37D	Where "Inc." is "Ltd."
39D	Big coffee brewer
41D	Semiconductor giant
42D	Canadian speed abbr.
43D	Current measure
44D	Pyle of '60s TV
45D	Firm with vans
47D	Three-note chord
48D	Health insurance giant
52D	Accounting entry
55D	Mundane
56D	Period of note
58D	Spanish rice
61D	Specialty category
63D	WWII uniforms
65D	Eddying
67D	Ton of, informally
68D	Of feathered friends
69D	Dennis the Menace cartoonist
71D	Lotion medium
72D	Book before Joel
73D	Frazier rival
79D	Come to pass
81D	Berates loudly
83D	Discontinues
85D	Cinematic scary addr.
87D	Distracted greeting
88D	Tide type
89D	Hyphenated ID
91D	Small wooden platform
93D	DA's subordinate
94D	"Be still!"
96D	Crushes a test
99D	Gathers gradually
100D	Maximally efficient
101D	Gridiron infraction
103D	TV image source
107D	First president born in the '60s
108D	Tough puzzle
110D	San __, CA
111D	Policy experts
114D	Part of AD
116D	McAn of shoedom
117D	What the "funny folks" all include
118D	On vacation
119D	Italian sweetheart
120D	Votes in favor
122D	Road hazard
123D	Feel unwell
124D	"It's __-win situation!"