Newsday Crossword March 8 2026 Answers
The complete list of answers to the Newsday Crossword published on March 8 2026.
- 146
- Total Clues
- 63
- Total Across
- 83
- Total Down
Clues Across (63 total)
(1)
Half of hexa-
The answer is: tri
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Nautical "yes"
The answer is: aye
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Intended to, informally
The answer is: woulda
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Potato alternative
The answer is: pasta
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__ and haw
The answer is: hem
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Part of a trip or table
The answer is: leg
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Lugged
The answer is: carried
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Complain about, colloquially
The answer is: ripon
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With 126-Across, second of a Harrison Ford trilogy
The answer is: indianajonesand
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(25)
Deliver a speech
The answer is: orate
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(26)
Gaming beginner
The answer is: noob
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(27)
Local food shop
The answer is: deli
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Intro drawing class
The answer is: arti
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(29)
Dice toss
The answer is: throw
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(30)
Hanks' Forrest Gump boss
The answer is: sinise
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Slips into
The answer is: dons
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(35)
"Scram!"
The answer is: shoo
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(37)
2011 fairy tale-based horror film
The answer is: redridinghood
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(42)
A way to pay
The answer is: incash
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(46)
Wedding vow
The answer is: ido
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(47)
Nonliteral phrases
The answer is: idioms
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(49)
Fuzzy brown fruit
The answer is: kiwi
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(50)
Goalie's protection
The answer is: mask
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(54)
Will Smith invasion blockbuster
The answer is: independenceday
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(59)
Pepsi rival
The answer is: coke
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(60)
Great Plains natives
The answer is: otoes
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Some ring victories
The answer is: kos
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(62)
African carnivore
The answer is: hyena
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(63)
Stop by unannounced
The answer is: dropin
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(65)
Palo __, CA
The answer is: alto
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Southwestern Native American
The answer is: sia
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(69)
2008 Evelyn Waugh novel adaptation
The answer is: bridesheadrevisited
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(77)
Winter hrs. in Halifax
The answer is: ast
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(78)
Chaplin granddaughter in 2025's Avatar
The answer is: oona
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(79)
Wiped clean
The answer is: erased
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(81)
The "O" of the OWN Network
The answer is: oprah
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(85)
Busy month for CPAs
The answer is: apr
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(88)
Seat preference for some
The answer is: aisle
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(90)
Address for a queen
The answer is: maam
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(91)
Where Paul Hogan's an Aussie hunter
The answer is: crocodiledundee
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(95)
Solar system centers
The answer is: suns
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Just so
The answer is: toat
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(97)
Amusingly unexpected
The answer is: ironic
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(98)
Flatbread of India
The answer is: nan
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(101)
Augments
The answer is: addsto
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(103)
Where Brendan Fraser's a bumbling Mountie
The answer is: dudleydoright
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(110)
Rowboat rental inclusion
The answer is: oars
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(112)
Nautical direction
The answer is: alee
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(113)
What the long Across movies all are
The answer is: threed
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(115)
Mine passage
The answer is: shaft
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(118)
Inquires
The answer is: asks
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(122)
Spanish custardy dessert
The answer is: flan
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(124)
Florence's river
The answer is: arno
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(125)
Cuban line dance
The answer is: conga
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(126)
See 22-Across
The answer is: thetempleofdoom
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(130)
Anderson Cooper "American Fortune" bio
The answer is: astor
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(131)
Luminous polar displays
The answer is: auroras
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(132)
Pub selection
The answer is: ale
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(133)
Before, in verses
The answer is: ere
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(134)
Must have
The answer is: needs
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(135)
Tinny-sounding, as pianos
The answer is: tinpan
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(136)
Midmorning hour
The answer is: ten
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Skillet sound
The answer is: sss
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Clues Down (83 total)
(1)
Gets slimmer
The answer is: thins
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(2)
French impressionist
The answer is: renoir
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"That's it for me"
The answer is: imdone
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(4)
In the manner of
The answer is: ala
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Craving
The answer is: yen
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Old oath
The answer is: egad
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In decline
The answer is: waning
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Rock to refine
The answer is: ore
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Celestial bear
The answer is: ursa
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Falsifier
The answer is: liar
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Soup can flaw
The answer is: dent
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__ Ababa, Ethiopia
The answer is: addis
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Nucleus occupant
The answer is: proton
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Rec room table game
The answer is: airhockey
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Box for practice
The answer is: spar
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Visitor to Oz
The answer is: toto
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All over again
The answer is: anew
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Emoticon's eyes
The answer is: colon
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Footnote abbr.
The answer is: ibid
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Star Wars knight
The answer is: jedi
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Hindu honorific
The answer is: sri
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(32)
Ramadan-ending celebration
The answer is: eid
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(34)
Send, as a package
The answer is: ship
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Nonstandard possessive
The answer is: hisn
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"Quit stalling!"
The answer is: doit
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Laudatory verse
The answer is: ode
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Sty cry
The answer is: oink
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(41)
Wonderland bird
The answer is: dodo
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Office errand runner
The answer is: aide
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Long-necked swimmer
The answer is: swan
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"Hello there!"
The answer is: hiya
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Soccer star Lionel
The answer is: messi
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NYSE's burger behemoth
The answer is: mcd
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Choice of two
The answer is: aorb
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Chocolate/toffee bar
The answer is: skor
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(53)
Foreign Legion cap
The answer is: kepi
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Biblical mariner
The answer is: noah
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Proofreader's mark
The answer is: dele
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Mexican "are"
The answer is: esta
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Committee leader
The answer is: chair
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(60)
Change machine inserts
The answer is: ones
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Washington neighbor
The answer is: idaho
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(66)
Dashboard gauge letters
The answer is: odo
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"Uh-huh"
The answer is: isee
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Escalator alternative
The answer is: stair
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Horse color
The answer is: roan
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(72)
City near Tulsa
The answer is: enid
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Bouquet holder
The answer is: vase
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Bagpipers' toppers
The answer is: tams
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Genesis twin
The answer is: esau
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College exec
The answer is: dean
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(80)
Messages privately, for short
The answer is: dms
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(81)
Polygon prefix
The answer is: octa
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(82)
Give a nudge to
The answer is: prod
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(83)
Where a fork may be found
The answer is: road
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(84)
Liability limitation phrase
The answer is: actsofgod
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(86)
Walk wearily
The answer is: plod
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Contact lens cleaner brand
The answer is: renu
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(89)
Fallon's Tonight predecessor
The answer is: leno
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French fashion house
The answer is: dior
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Accomplished
The answer is: did
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Southwestern state sch.
The answer is: ucla
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"Wherefore __ thou..."
The answer is: art
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(100)
Medical research agcy.
The answer is: nih
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(102)
Mongol invaders
The answer is: tatars
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Danny who wrote the Simpsons theme
The answer is: elfman
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Shrill barks
The answer is: yelps
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"Let's shake on it!"
The answer is: deal
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Gown returner
The answer is: grad
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(108)
Parade honorees
The answer is: heroes
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(109)
Choral contingent
The answer is: tenors
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(111)
Occupied, as a desk
The answer is: satat
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(114)
Rounded roofs
The answer is: domes
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(115)
Read electronically
The answer is: scan
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(116)
Coolant conduit
The answer is: hose
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(117)
Initial pot chip
The answer is: ante
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(119)
Feng __ decor
The answer is: shui
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(120)
Gershwin contemporary
The answer is: kern
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Go no further
The answer is: stop
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"Excellent!"
The answer is: neat
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(127)
Chapter of history
The answer is: era
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(128)
Soccer stadium shout
The answer is: ole
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(129)
Wetland
The answer is: fen
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