KEEPING COOL
Across
- Measure of carbs or protein
- Church steeple
- Baby cow
- Tip of an ear
- Cleveland's state
- Trees with cones
- Leave off a list
- Breakfast or brunch
- Speed competitions
- Currently occupied
- Recreational attraction with splashy slides
- __-fashioned (quaint)
- Sleeps noisily
- Give off, as light
- Medical cure
- Japan's continent
- "...happily __ after"
- Deliver a speech
- Indoor cooling system
- Feels poorly
- Non-studio film, for short
- Netlike fabric
- Successful songs
- Rains in icy pellets
- Service charge
- Sell, as a store
- Any beverage chilled with ice cubes
- Skirt-smoothing appliances
- Actor's roles
- Region
- Genesis garden
- Lauder of cosmetics
- Low in fat
- "What __ is new?"
- Requires
- Rolling stone's supposed lack
- Gala celebration
Down
- Shine softly
- Four letters in "scissors"
- Actress Witherspoon
- Run up, as expenses
- 88-key instrument
- Short-distance competitive run
- __ songs (traditional music)
- In the lead
- Do as told
- Portion (out)
- Just slightly
- Italy's capital, in Italy
- Untruthful person
- Event with steer roping
- Voice of Apple devices
- The Red Planet
- New York baseball team
- Lesser of two __
- Carve in stone
- A Great Lake
- Wander around
- Improves, as wine
- "What's __ for me?"
- __ dish (potatoes or rice)
- Revise, as writing
- Diarist Frank
- Hammer target
- Lubricated
- Sounds like a snake
- Four-door cars
- Dog's tiny pests
- Paid for a poker hand
- Wipe off a whiteboard
- Mature, as fruit
- Rich layer cake
- Baby bird's home
- Leg joint
- Not doing anything
- Coral ridge
- Creme-filled cookie
- Not at all nervous
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Monday, July 13, 2026 is titled “KEEPING COOL” 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.