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BEFORE AND AFTER

Friday, July 17, 2026 Constructed by Alan Levin 76 clues
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Across

  1. Female Justice before Elena 5 ℓ
  2. LXIV years before Hastings 3 ℓ
  3. Bantu warrior chief __ Zulu 5 ℓ
  4. Discharges 5 ℓ
  5. Auto racing's "Intimidator" 9 ℓ
  6. Year-end poem setting BEFORE 18-Across 5 ℓ
  7. See 17-Across 9 ℓ
  8. Carmen character 6 ℓ
  9. Hankering 6 ℓ
  10. High rollers' preference 7 ℓ
  11. FL-to-CA road 4 ℓ
  12. Caution adage BEFORE 29-Across 4 ℓ
  13. See 26-Across 7 ℓ
  14. Many Yankee fans 5 ℓ
  15. Top tier's elite 5 ℓ
  16. Common exec deg. 3 ℓ
  17. Snow globes of a sort 6 ℓ
  18. Arms of swashbucklers 6 ℓ
  19. Sheets of stamps 5 ℓ
  20. Yellowish brown 5 ℓ
  21. Starfish arm 3 ℓ
  22. See 49-Across 7 ℓ
  23. Message on a top-secret document AFTER 47-Across 4 ℓ
  24. Frequent Antiques Roadshow item 7 ℓ
  25. Well-being 4 ℓ
  26. Visibly furious 6 ℓ
  27. Passes in pronunciation 6 ℓ
  28. See 60-Across 5 ℓ
  29. NFL conversion AFTER 63-Across 9 ℓ
  30. Where indie films are fare 9 ℓ
  31. Arm's __ nerve 5 ℓ
  32. Red Sox great's nickname 3 ℓ
  33. Trenching tool 5 ℓ
  34. What can go before "glass" 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. JFK, in the '50s 3 ℓ
  2. "Your show is starting" 5 ℓ
  3. Challenge preamble 5 ℓ
  4. Big Apple mascot 5 ℓ
  5. "Oh, of course" 4 ℓ
  6. Persons working with wool 8 ℓ
  7. Pirate plaint 3 ℓ
  8. Grapefruit portion 7 ℓ
  9. What can go before "physics" 5 ℓ
  10. Less-than-confident comment 8 ℓ
  11. Coming soon, to Shelley 4 ℓ
  12. Pass over 4 ℓ
  13. "Dream on!" 3 ℓ
  14. What to take on memory lane 5 ℓ
  15. Not to be trusted 3 ℓ
  16. Overly, to Octavio 3 ℓ
  17. Tact tail 3 ℓ
  18. Hideout 4 ℓ
  19. Common Russian prename 4 ℓ
  20. Overly smooth 4 ℓ
  21. Pronto 4 ℓ
  22. Focused grp. 4 ℓ
  23. Harris tale title 4 ℓ
  24. Yelp link 4 ℓ
  25. Casino tip 4 ℓ
  26. Got it together 8 ℓ
  27. Term of endearment 8 ℓ
  28. Busyness 3 ℓ
  29. High-powered 7 ℓ
  30. Young fox 3 ℓ
  31. Weigh-in stat 5 ℓ
  32. Form of shampoo 3 ℓ
  33. Thai shish kebab 5 ℓ
  34. Turn to confetti 5 ℓ
  35. Greek square of old 5 ℓ
  36. Stumblebum 5 ℓ
  37. They resemble P's 4 ℓ
  38. Austrian article 4 ℓ
  39. Chips and pretzels. in ads 4 ℓ
  40. Madrid's Mama Bear 3 ℓ
  41. Olympians' big challenge, for short 3 ℓ
  42. Amalgamate 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, July 17, 2026 is titled “BEFORE AND AFTER” and was constructed by Alan Levin. 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 BEFORE AND AFTER Crossword July 17 2026 Answers