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

Our Newsday Crossword May 8, 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 8, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 5/8/26, 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 7 2026 Answers

#	Clue
1A	Royal flush card
5A	Flatter, with "up"
11A	Trip planner's concern
12A	All fired up
14A	Person in a pool
15A	It doesn't react very well
17A	Italian's eight
18A	Alphabet excerpt
20A	Eat well
21A	Xbox alternative
22A	Capital of Yemen
23A	Boil
24A	Deeply felt
26A	Was in knots
29A	What caddies hold
30A	Young cliff dweller
32A	Sweetheart
33A	Sit back and relax
34A	The theme today, the eight answers around the perimeter
37A	Guitar tuners
40A	Forest female
41A	To ensure
45A	Small fraction of 17-Across
46A	It's next to iota
48A	It's next to iota
49A	Survivor descriptor
51A	Fire sign
53A	Knock off
54A	Skin care product
55A	Soup served in Little Saigons
56A	Word on modern business cards
57A	What many meditate on
60A	Utilitarian
62A	Mediterranean cruise stop
63A	Rural skyline
64A	Take possession of
65A	Horde
1D	Taking down
2D	"Spontaneous" starter
3D	Silicon Valley exec
4D	Killarney's county
5D	Enticement
6D	What often holds 29-Across
7D	Low digit
8D	Grass-covered
9D	E in the NYSE'S EL
10D	Meet at the river
11D	Pupil's neighbor
13D	Zips away
14D	Maryland suburb of DC
16D	Swordfish serving
19D	Current outlet
22D	Mockingbird cousin
23D	Ships off
25D	Reindeer relatives
27D	Sound from 22-Down babies
28D	Earth agitator
31D	What some waves are
33D	March girl
35D	Dandy dresser
36D	Black-clad subculture
37D	Metaphor for the easily influenced
38D	Establish securely
39D	Question heard in elevators
42D	Call to Rover
43D	Spots to scuba
44D	Set aside for later
46D	Fate-full
47D	Joyful noise
50D	Bingo kin
52D	One of the first recorded bandleaders (1890)
55D	11th-grade challenge
56D	Laid back
58D	Seek enlightenment
59D	Curtain holder
61D	Title Hawking turned down