Newsday Crossword October 8 2026 Answers (10/8/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for October 8 2026 to help you finish it up!

Our Newsday Crossword October 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 October 8, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 10/8/26, 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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# Clue
1A Derby, for one
5A December candy shape
9A Spot for a yacht
14A Name on the cover of Roots
15A Farmer's team
16A Representative
17A Sort of skirt
18A Single-minded expert
19A Cymbals sound
20A With 58-Across, optimist's credo
23A Verbal contest
24A Crusty concoction
25A Bumbler
28A Small portions
31A Bounce (off)
33A On-tap offerings
37A With 43-Across, exhibits optimism
39A Antiseptic acid
41A Bearded antelope
42A Went boating, perhaps
43A See 37-Across
46A Moves of agreement
47A A perfect-game spoiler
48A Essence
50A Toe preceder
51A Caustic cleaner
53A Go by
58A See 20-Across
62A Crammed, with "up"
64A Texter's preface
65A Much-cherished
66A Southwestern shrine
67A Claim on property
68A Basic French verb
69A Former baseball commissioner Bud
70A Bambi's dad
71A Snow melter
1D Leafless, as some fall lawns
2D Animated
3D Show-biz luminary
4D Added attraction
5D Keep under wraps
6D Rink jump
7D Claudius successor
8D Eventually become
9D Part of BA
10D City near New Delhi
11D Certain sitcom DVD set
12D Follower of walk- or write-
13D Utmost degree
21D Pay-stub abbr.
22D Researches in depth
26D Pined
27D Will fully nourish
29D Cranberry sources
30D Of sound waves
32D Quotation citation
33D Monk's boss
34D Doone of fiction
35D 1820s navigational marvel
36D Regretful sound
38D Bit of praise
40D Spicy sandwich
44D Texter's ta-ta
45D Old-style "soon"
49D Ivy Leaguer
52D Wicked ways
54D Alpaca habitat
55D Michelangelo sculpture
56D Sound angry
57D Long-legged wader
59D Starter for sweet
60D Give off
61D Ostrich cousin
62D __-relief sculpture
63D World Cup cheer

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