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COOL DESSERTS

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Constructed by Billie Truitt 78 clues
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Across

  1. Overly formal 4 ℓ
  2. Shaker condiment 4 ℓ
  3. Fake-fur advocacy org. 4 ℓ
  4. Speak sharply to 6 ℓ
  5. Reply to "Are not!" 4 ℓ
  6. Finds a function for 4 ℓ
  7. Up in the sky 6 ℓ
  8. Dessert with a cut-in-half fruit 11 ℓ
  9. School transcript no. 3 ℓ
  10. Explosion 5 ℓ
  11. Travel by boat 4 ℓ
  12. Picket fence piece 4 ℓ
  13. Moses' mountain 5 ℓ
  14. Arrange in some order 4 ℓ
  15. Apex 4 ℓ
  16. Sticky cellophane strip 4 ℓ
  17. Century fraction 4 ℓ
  18. Brief memo 4 ℓ
  19. Make simpler 4 ℓ
  20. Enthusiastic 4 ℓ
  21. Hawaiian welcome 5 ℓ
  22. Read, as a bar code 4 ℓ
  23. Clarinet mouthpiece 4 ℓ
  24. Allowed by law 5 ℓ
  25. White dessert in an edible holder 11 ℓ
  26. Pekoe, for example 3 ℓ
  27. Prom corsage 6 ℓ
  28. Close by 4 ℓ
  29. Creative thought 4 ℓ
  30. Expert in the occult 6 ℓ
  31. Section of a doorframe 4 ℓ
  32. British title below duke 4 ℓ
  33. Cold __ (freezing) 5 ℓ
  34. Fudge-topped dessert 15 ℓ
  35. 8-key instrument 5 ℓ
  36. Metallic rocks 4 ℓ
  37. Ballet skirt 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Green pasta sauce 5 ℓ
  2. Better late __ never 4 ℓ
  3. Company emblem 4 ℓ
  4. Baldwin or Guinness 4 ℓ
  5. Worker's pay 6 ℓ
  6. Confuse 5 ℓ
  7. Ad's cross-promotion. 5 ℓ
  8. __ so (nevertheless) 4 ℓ
  9. Event for marchers and bands 6 ℓ
  10. Guys 3 ℓ
  11. Sir __ Newton 5 ℓ
  12. Indy 500 entrant 5 ℓ
  13. Mom's sister 6 ℓ
  14. Person sending a letter 6 ℓ
  15. Long-answer test question 5 ℓ
  16. Parking garage spot 5 ℓ
  17. Traditional Arctic dome home 5 ℓ
  18. In separate places 5 ℓ
  19. Coffee + hot milk 5 ℓ
  20. Returned to the ground 4 ℓ
  21. Toy gun pellets 3 ℓ
  22. Mom's mom 4 ℓ
  23. Memo's "Immediately!" 4 ℓ
  24. Soup's green __ bean 4 ℓ
  25. Nine-digit ID 3 ℓ
  26. Brewpub beverage 3 ℓ
  27. Sheep babies 5 ℓ
  28. YouTube viewing 5 ℓ
  29. Chest spasm with a sharp sound 6 ℓ
  30. Soon-to-be graduate 6 ℓ
  31. Not quite shut 4 ℓ
  32. "And here it is!" 4 ℓ
  33. Teheran's nation 4 ℓ
  34. Nile queen, for short 4 ℓ
  35. Flat-topped hill 4 ℓ
  36. Ingested 3 ℓ
  37. Slightest trace 4 ℓ
  38. Avoid socially 4 ℓ
  39. Performs a role 4 ℓ
  40. Unexpected sports win 5 ℓ
  41. Much, informally 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, February 24, 2026 is titled “COOL DESSERTS” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. 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.

Newsday COOL DESSERTS Crossword February 24 2026 Answers