Newsday Crossword October 20 2026 Answers (10/20/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for October 20 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Newsday Crossword October 20, 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 October 20, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 10/20/26, 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 Swindles (out of)
6A Swiss mountains
10A Shade trees
14A "__ you cute!"
15A Gather, as crops
16A Yuletide season
17A More sensible
18A Cold-cuts department
19A Medicinal amount
20A Tried hard
22A Letters like PDQ
23A Part of MPG
24A Author Hemingway
26A Parmesan or cheddar
30A Bit of parsley
32A Trumpet or bugle
33A Leaf-gathering tool
35A Southern pie nut
39A "All kidding __..."
41A Espionage org.
42A Wear away
43A Happen again
44A Group of cattle
46A Theme of the puzzle
47A Formal ceremonies
49A Least polite
51A Less messy
54A Lion or leopard
55A Biblical paradise
56A Donations to colleges
63A Boxing locale
64A Island near Oahu
65A Rigoletto or Carmen
66A Dirt for planting
67A "__ sesame!"
68A South Korea's capital
69A Television award
70A Pied Piper followers
71A Moral principle
1D Bottom of a pedestal
2D Nation bordering Iraq
3D Give temporarily
4D Leg joint
5D Handbag handles
6D Strong devotion
7D Impolite look
8D White as a sheet
9D Miss Muffet frightener
10D Placed at risk
11D Off the leash
12D Flat-topped elevations
13D Took a nap
21D Change course suddenly
25D Ready for harvesting
26D Burn slightly
27D Hydrant attachment
28D Viking explorer
29D In a permanent way
30D Planes fly through them
31D Bartlett or Bosc
34D Muscle discomfort
36D Funnel shape
37D Throws in
38D Hatchling's home
40D A Great Lake
45D Do sketching
48D Slight quake
50D Maximum effort
51D Using few words
52D Figure of speech
53D Jeans fabric
54D Dimes and nickels
57D California wine region
58D Song for two
59D Fencing sword
60D Gas in some store lights
61D Factual
62D Pretzel seasoning

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