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THAT'S WILD

Friday, August 7, 2026 Constructed by S.N. 76 clues
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Across

  1. Very generous, so to speak 5 ℓ
  2. Cook-__ (kind of competitions) 4 ℓ
  3. Deceptive plan 4 ℓ
  4. Fall gently 4 ℓ
  5. Heart of the Corn Belt 4 ℓ
  6. Valerie in Adaptation 5 ℓ
  7. Closer's #1 concern 4 ℓ
  8. "Wild __" 10 ℓ
  9. Fighters' HQ 3 ℓ
  10. Nostalgic span 3 ℓ
  11. What overlooks often are 6 ℓ
  12. Wild __ 10 ℓ
  13. What fills some racks 4 ℓ
  14. Sneaker features 6 ℓ
  15. Laser pointer battery 4 ℓ
  16. Escape artist of similes 3 ℓ
  17. Whirling water 4 ℓ
  18. Mountie jacket material 5 ℓ
  19. Mid 16th-century date 3 ℓ
  20. wild __ 9 ℓ
  21. Beautified 5 ℓ
  22. "Am __ risk here?" 3 ℓ
  23. What fills some racks 4 ℓ
  24. Cause of wild weather 6 ℓ
  25. Show runner 4 ℓ
  26. Perspective preamble 3 ℓ
  27. wild __ 10 ℓ
  28. Dickensian midwife 4 ℓ
  29. Distress call 6 ℓ
  30. What many caddies hold 3 ℓ
  31. Bagel center 3 ℓ
  32. "The world's online marketplace" 4 ℓ
  33. wild __ 10 ℓ
  34. What Sweden joined in '24 4 ℓ
  35. Rather close (to) 4 ℓ
  36. Bugle blast 5 ℓ
  37. Savannah Country Cookbook author 4 ℓ
  38. Dinette set spot 4 ℓ
  39. SNL's 80+ accumulation 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Mail order option 3 ℓ
  2. With little dots 7 ℓ
  3. Having page numbers 7 ℓ
  4. Was on both sides of 7 ℓ
  5. Data protection protocol, for short 5 ℓ
  6. Justice once an NAACP lawyer 8 ℓ
  7. Extreme admiration 3 ℓ
  8. Mideast mountain 5 ℓ
  9. "The Prince of Motown" 4 ℓ
  10. Fluorine compound suffix 3 ℓ
  11. Weep noisily 7 ℓ
  12. Rig mishap 7 ℓ
  13. French West Indies isle 7 ℓ
  14. Versified spheres 4 ℓ
  15. World Factbook publisher 3 ℓ
  16. Extended stories 5 ℓ
  17. Teen, in Toulouse 4 ℓ
  18. De Niro Oscar role 7 ℓ
  19. Day's-end retreat 3 ℓ
  20. Looking into 5 ℓ
  21. Of bishops' business 8 ℓ
  22. Get clean 4 ℓ
  23. Blood work letters 3 ℓ
  24. Simple swimmers 7 ℓ
  25. KFC competitor 7 ℓ
  26. Hardly happy 7 ℓ
  27. Explanatory illustration 7 ℓ
  28. Not soon enough 7 ℓ
  29. Upscale 7 ℓ
  30. "That's nasty!" 4 ℓ
  31. Drapery edge 3 ℓ
  32. Surveil 5 ℓ
  33. Performed poorly 5 ℓ
  34. French cleric 4 ℓ
  35. Soft hardwood 3 ℓ
  36. Sambadrome city 3 ℓ
  37. Reason for a ring ringing 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, August 7, 2026 is titled “THAT'S WILD” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 76 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.

Newsday THAT'S WILD Crossword August 7 2026 Answers