Newsday Crossword October 5 2026 Answers (10/5/26)

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

Our Newsday Crossword October 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 October 5, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 10/5/26, 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 "Now hear __!"
5A HS student's exam
9A Underworld of Greek myth
14A Impetuous
15A Need to scratch
16A Gone With the Wind surname
17A Norway's capital
18A Animal's den
19A Four-star general Powell
20A Tale with a baby swan
23A Also
24A Stop-sign color
25A Military jet's home: Abbr.
28A Dorm room sleeping spot
32A Donkey
35A Cheerless atmosphere
37A Ripped
38A Diarist __ Frank
39A Tale with a "guess my name" guy
42A Recedes, as the tide
43A Mystical glow
44A Stops marching
45A Letter before tee
46A Take note of
48A Point opposite WNW
49A Great pitcher
50A Balloon contents
52A Tale with a gingerbread house
61A Nebraska's largest city
62A Boyfriend
63A Secret writing
64A Enlarge, as a road
65A Husband or wife
66A Matures
67A Tilts a little
68A Telescope sight
69A Skillets and woks
1D Jogging pace
2D Corned-beef concoction
3D Spot of land in the sea
4D Yell
5D Sleeper's headrest
6D Stick around
7D Corrosive substance
8D Drive-__ window
9D Pawned
10D Get __ of (grasp)
11D Artist Salvador
12D Ireland nickname
13D Performed a tune
21D "I've no idea"
22D Fishing basket
25D Think alike
26D Bungles
27D Does poorly on stage
29D Group's response to "Who's there?"
30D University of __ Dame
31D Prickly shrub
32D Leg joint
33D Peevish moods
34D Feel intuitively
36D Photo __ (camera sessions)
38D "__ matter of fact..."
40D Clothing tag
41D That group's
46D Atlantic and Pacific
47D Less specific
49D Very pale
51D News summary
52D Coyote's cry
53D French female friend
54D Nothing, in Mexico
55D Rocket interceptors: Abbr.
56D Well-groomed
57D Facts and figures
58D Garment for Caesar
59D Biblical paradise
60D Not so much

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