POOR PREDICTION
Across
- Instructor, informally
- South Africa's first prime minister
- Speaker of the quote, reminiscing about 52-Down
- Nation tops in population density
- Alma mater for Streep and Hathaway
- Get behind
- Gush forth
- Kilowatt-hour fraction
- Disinclined to mix
- Conclusion of quote
- Lower your blades
- Skate through
- Music genre beginning
- Window adjunct, often
- Clorox cleaner brand
- Destroyer designation
- County near London
- Missouri city, in a sense
- Start of a quote
- Popular toy
- Carries around
- Unrestrainedly
- "Scat!"
- Script writers
- Suit
- They're not legit
- Innovator called Al as a kid
- Middle of quote
- Prepare, as brioches, perhaps
- Oso __ (Barcelona bear)
- Where "every kind of creature" was kept
- Minute parts
Down
- High-confidence comment
- It's south of Green Bay on I-41
- Poetic monogram
- Great weight
- Self-evident truth
- Heavy reading
- Some LAPD officers
- Elation exclamation
- Fancy topper
- Odious
- The usual
- Unceasingly
- Subject of the quote
- Certain schoolrooms
- "Lines" of travel that are Blue, Brown, Pink, Purple, etc.
- Speak fondly
- RAF Air Specialist, e.g.
- Abbr. on corporate cheques
- Roles associated with 44-Across
- Treasure Island inspiration
- New Delhi nabob
- Store to improve
- Try hard to win
- Basic dude
- Heart of the matter
- Email mover
- Irish euro depiction
- Christophe's corpulent
- Luau keepsake
- Poker replacements
- Recreation destinations
- Posture supporters
- Reach the highest height
- Left a union
- Top-10 baby girl name since 2005
- Decadal
- Texter's transition
- Ideologies
- Oppressive persona
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Friday, April 10, 2026 is titled “POOR PREDICTION” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 71 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
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