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

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

Our Newsday Crossword May 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 May 5, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 5/5/26, 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 Cpls.' superiors
5A Extremely bad
10A Sandwich shop
14A Take a glance (at)
15A Not tight enough
16A Midterm or final test
17A Ready, willing, and __
18A Second-quality, as clothes: Abbr.
19A Each, informally
20A Table game with cue sticks
22A Dental string
23A Online crafts shop
24A __-med student
25A Blog messages
28A Weekly earnings
33A "Air" prefix for sphere
34A Pain reliever brand
36A Hunters' org.
37A Game with a star-shaped board
40A Snakelike fish
41A Grips another's hand
42A Part of the eye with color
43A Chests of drawers
45A Fidgety
46A Skillet or wok
47A Perform in a choir
49A Stream from an aerosol
52A Paper/pencil X's-and-O's game
57A Barber shop sweepings
58A Father, in Spanish
59A Wander around
60A Lubricates
61A Coffee lightener
62A Prefix meaning "against"
63A Fir or maple
64A Sends junk email to
65A Highest-rated
1D Big slice of meat loaf
2D Mongolian desert
3D Bridge-crossing fee
4D Anatomy class model
5D Assumed name
6D Fret (about)
7D Harrison of Star Wars
8D Puts into service
9D Turkey drumstick
10D Casino worker with cards
11D Trade show, for short
12D Vietnam neighbor
13D Little rascals
21D Part of TGIF
22D Former French money
24D Layers of tissues
25D Walked back and forth
26D Turn the __ cheek
27D Say "Cheese" for a photo
28D Bags for potatoes
29D Have sore muscles
30D Motionless
31D "To __ human..."
32D Smart-alecky
34D Very pale
35D Get closer to
38D Opinion piece
39D Alaskan shellfish
44D Thinly distributed
45D Get __ for effort
47D "Get lost!"
48D 10 __ OR LESS (supermarket sign)
49D Photographed
50D Twosome
51D Make angry
52D Waterproof cover
53D Creative thought
54D Voicemail signal
55D Grains in granola
56D Give off, as light
58D Some laptops

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