HELMET WEARERS
Across
- Long-running two-family quarrel
- Hockey player's shoe
- Identical
- __ and rave (throw a tantrum)
- Aesop's stories
- Confidential
- Hairstyling goo
- Set of moral principles
- Underground worker digging out black rocks
- Too trusting
- Not more than
- Scrabble piece
- Had a fine evening meal
- Otherwise
- "__ there, done that"
- List of candidates
- Artist Warhol
- Breakfast or brunch
- Narrow street
- Region
- Casual short-sleeve shirts
- Lake near Niagara Falls
- Large coffeemakers
- Opera solos
- Stop doing
- Any person who walked on the moon
- Install, as a carpet
- Eats grandly
- Fast-moving river sections
- The one here
- VIP's vehicle, for short
- Staircase bar
- Wonderland visitor
- Biker with a gas tank
- Overact on a stage
- Frozen rain
- Actor Penn or Connery
Down
- Dog-biting bug
- Three letters in ''glasses"
- Bread that's browned
- Criminal's false name
- Seoul, South __
- Parking lot spots
- Sunrise direction
- Restaurant list
- Impressive grouping
- Spa's steam rooms
- Antlered animal
- __ of measure (quart or mile)
- All __ (listening carefully)
- Ebb, as the tide
- Any serious crime
- Mails off
- Internet commerce
- Fine dinnerware
- Girder fastener
- Enclosed, as a community
- Havana's country
- __ FOR BUSINESS (store sign)
- Line on a list
- Egypt's main river
- Frozen snow queen
- Fishing pole spool
- Not as recent
- Fingernail smoother
- Computer image that's clicked
- Lambs' fathers
- __ vera (soother in lotions)
- Bread with a pocket
- Implied but unsaid
- What Jack and Jill went up
- Arm or leg
- Metal-filled rocks
- Parcel (out)
- Revered celebrity
- TV host Seacrest
- King's domain
- Casual conversation
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Monday, April 6, 2026 is titled “HELMET WEARERS” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 78 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.
Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.
The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.