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FATHERS OF THE WEEK

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Constructed by Mark McClain 78 clues
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Across

  1. Narrow gradually 5 ℓ
  2. Southwestern wolf 4 ℓ
  3. Open-handed hit 4 ℓ
  4. Pop singer Baker 5 ℓ
  5. Brown soft drink 4 ℓ
  6. Related (to) 4 ℓ
  7. Made a meal of 5 ℓ
  8. Lion's comment 4 ℓ
  9. Formal ceremony 4 ℓ
  10. Founding Father's "warmth" invention 13 ℓ
  11. Shout of approval 3 ℓ
  12. Racetrack circuits 4 ℓ
  13. Microbrewery designation 3 ℓ
  14. Eggs: Lat. 3 ℓ
  15. Suffix for language names 3 ℓ
  16. Kid around 4 ℓ
  17. Of college life 8 ℓ
  18. Cincinnati's locale 4 ℓ
  19. Seattle's locale 15 ℓ
  20. To a much greater degree 8 ℓ
  21. Walked heavily (on) 4 ℓ
  22. Title for Lancelot 3 ℓ
  23. Center of an apple 4 ℓ
  24. Maiden name indicator 3 ℓ
  25. Distress call at sea 3 ℓ
  26. Informal eatery 4 ℓ
  27. TV remote batteries 3 ℓ
  28. Big Apple's ad biz 13 ℓ
  29. __-garde fashion 5 ℓ
  30. Ticklish Muppet 4 ℓ
  31. __ and done with 4 ℓ
  32. Boxing setting 4 ℓ
  33. Identical 4 ℓ
  34. Parisian "Thanks!" 5 ℓ
  35. Lively party 4 ℓ
  36. "__ the night before..." 4 ℓ
  37. Fuss at a mirror 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. "Saltwater" candy 5 ℓ
  2. Early afternoon 3 ℓ
  3. Smidge 3 ℓ
  4. Tulsan, for instance 4 ℓ
  5. Future butterfly 5 ℓ
  6. Adherent 8 ℓ
  7. "That's a shame" 4 ℓ
  8. Actor's reference 6 ℓ
  9. Annoy greatly 6 ℓ
  10. British prep school 4 ℓ
  11. March 14th, at MIT 5 ℓ
  12. "It's the end of __" 5 ℓ
  13. Lake birds 5 ℓ
  14. Newspaper essays 5 ℓ
  15. __ Vegas, NV 3 ℓ
  16. Earth-friendly prefix 3 ℓ
  17. Completed perfectly 4 ℓ
  18. Marlon, in The Godfather 4 ℓ
  19. Actor Epps 4 ℓ
  20. Hancock or Adams 4 ℓ
  21. Diminutive suffix 4 ℓ
  22. Went to lunch 3 ℓ
  23. "Got it" 4 ℓ
  24. Comic actor Wilson 4 ℓ
  25. Select for lunch 4 ℓ
  26. Mopey comment 5 ℓ
  27. Most raucous 8 ℓ
  28. Canine warning 3 ℓ
  29. Completely change 6 ℓ
  30. Four __ kind (poker hand) 3 ℓ
  31. Lake vessels 6 ℓ
  32. Become established 5 ℓ
  33. Pound fraction 5 ℓ
  34. Entangling trap 5 ℓ
  35. Comics cry of dismay 5 ℓ
  36. Half of a semicolon 5 ℓ
  37. Clothing store section 4 ℓ
  38. Cabbage salad 4 ℓ
  39. At any point 4 ℓ
  40. Poet's planet 3 ℓ
  41. Traveling by way of 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, July 1, 2026 is titled “FATHERS OF THE WEEK” and was constructed by Mark McClain. 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.

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