Newsday Crossword

FULL COUNT: Up to 12, (or is it 13?)

Sunday, July 26, 2026 Constructed by Mark McClain 146 clues
The Grid Click “Reveal grid” to fill in every answer

Across

  1. Takes in or out 6 ℓ
  2. Former filly 4 ℓ
  3. Wild guess 4 ℓ
  4. Circle prefix 4 ℓ
  5. On the losing end 6 ℓ
  6. Optimist's motto 4 ℓ
  7. Jurassic beast 4 ℓ
  8. Speak unclearly 4 ℓ
  9. Happiest of places 9 ℓ
  10. Evening hour 11 ℓ
  11. Sci-fi beam 5 ℓ
  12. Farm layers 4 ℓ
  13. Roof of the mouth 6 ℓ
  14. Paper Mate rival 3 ℓ
  15. Boston airport 5 ℓ
  16. Ogre of cinema 5 ℓ
  17. Fire-starting rock 5 ℓ
  18. Lincoln in-law 4 ℓ
  19. Teensy 3 ℓ
  20. Vitamin regulating org. 3 ℓ
  21. Not fooled by 4 ℓ
  22. Rather tall person 9 ℓ
  23. New USNA grad 3 ℓ
  24. Using a razor 7 ℓ
  25. Mexican food 7 ℓ
  26. Double-crosser 8 ℓ
  27. Disney film fish 4 ℓ
  28. Phrase on an arrow 6 ℓ
  29. Courtroom VIPs 3 ℓ
  30. Chicken's gullet 4 ℓ
  31. Emerald Isle 4 ℓ
  32. Kiss, in Britain 4 ℓ
  33. Ring of light 4 ℓ
  34. Phoenix neighbor 5 ℓ
  35. Discontinued coin 5 ℓ
  36. Slurpee seller 11 ℓ
  37. Town on the Thames 4 ℓ
  38. Tropical fruit 5 ℓ
  39. Tart fruits 5 ℓ
  40. Family rooms 4 ℓ
  41. Squashed circle 4 ℓ
  42. List of the best 6 ℓ
  43. In __ (routine-bound) 4 ℓ
  44. Nothing at all 3 ℓ
  45. Warning sign 7 ℓ
  46. New Year's party attire 4 ℓ
  47. Highest customer rating, often 8 ℓ
  48. Did some shearing 7 ℓ
  49. Kitty call 3 ℓ
  50. Half an inning 9 ℓ
  51. High degree 3 ℓ
  52. __-ops (serious mind games) 3 ℓ
  53. Go really high 4 ℓ
  54. Poetic glen 4 ℓ
  55. Godzilla's stomping ground 5 ℓ
  56. Pre-ordained 5 ℓ
  57. French wine 5 ℓ
  58. Literary Lorna 5 ℓ
  59. Do or mi 4 ℓ
  60. Lubricating gadget 6 ℓ
  61. __ nutshell (briefly) 3 ℓ
  62. Bagel quantity 11 ℓ
  63. March Madness round 9 ℓ
  64. Steams up 4 ℓ
  65. For the asking 4 ℓ
  66. Hoppy quaffs 4 ℓ
  67. It may pick up private comments 6 ℓ
  68. Clean break 4 ℓ
  69. Area to mow 4 ℓ
  70. Votes against 4 ℓ
  71. Less for a while 6 ℓ

Down

  1. Eve's second 4 ℓ
  2. Standing tall 5 ℓ
  3. Altercation 5 ℓ
  4. What Grafton's A "is for" 5 ℓ
  5. Popular WWW portal 3 ℓ
  6. Boxing event 4 ℓ
  7. Sturdy as __ 5 ℓ
  8. Worked, as the soil 6 ℓ
  9. Camera memory chips 7 ℓ
  10. Apple PCs 4 ℓ
  11. Supply/demand subj. 4 ℓ
  12. The end of June 7 ℓ
  13. __-cone 3 ℓ
  14. Stylish again 5 ℓ
  15. I Love Lucy lady 5 ℓ
  16. License plates 4 ℓ
  17. Mother of Ben Solo 4 ℓ
  18. 30-Across stuff 3 ℓ
  19. Prevail over 6 ℓ
  20. Protestors' chorus 6 ℓ
  21. Hi-fi, for instance 5 ℓ
  22. Like molasses 5 ℓ
  23. Bloom supporter 4 ℓ
  24. Imposes, as a tax 6 ℓ
  25. Hood attachment 8 ℓ
  26. Query from a game nonwatcher 6 ℓ
  27. SLR setting 5 ℓ
  28. Paul Bunyan et al. 5 ℓ
  29. Newswoman Sawyer 5 ℓ
  30. Doe's youngster 4 ℓ
  31. Skin care brand 4 ℓ
  32. Marshy lowlands 6 ℓ
  33. "You can count on me!" 4 ℓ
  34. Notorious Roman emperor 4 ℓ
  35. Golf great Norman 4 ℓ
  36. See the world 6 ℓ
  37. SportsCenter airer 4 ℓ
  38. Eat up 6 ℓ
  39. Many lab workers 8 ℓ
  40. Slippery swimmer 3 ℓ
  41. 110-Across, e.g. 6 ℓ
  42. In a chair 6 ℓ
  43. Dryer trap stuff 4 ℓ
  44. A bit nervous 5 ℓ
  45. Blows off steam 5 ℓ
  46. Wolfed down 5 ℓ
  47. As much as 4 ℓ
  48. Clinton's veep 4 ℓ
  49. Ready to turn in 6 ℓ
  50. Cathedral center 4 ℓ
  51. No-good 4 ℓ
  52. Remove, as a hat 4 ℓ
  53. "__ is human ..." 5 ℓ
  54. Bedtime recitation 6 ℓ
  55. Quite amazed 4 ℓ
  56. First name of a Best Actress Oscar triad 5 ℓ
  57. Training center 6 ℓ
  58. Grew some 7 ℓ
  59. Party organizer 7 ℓ
  60. Less specific 6 ℓ
  61. Little quarrels 5 ℓ
  62. Guacamole ingredient 5 ℓ
  63. Roo's mom 5 ℓ
  64. Fauna's counterpart 5 ℓ
  65. Extra item 5 ℓ
  66. Owl comments 5 ℓ
  67. Ending for exist 4 ℓ
  68. Astronaut Armstrong 4 ℓ
  69. Baum princess 4 ℓ
  70. Approve of 4 ℓ
  71. Questionable 4 ℓ
  72. Western wine center 4 ℓ
  73. Paramount+ channel 3 ℓ
  74. Recycling receptacle 3 ℓ
  75. Reptile hated by Indy Jones 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, July 26, 2026 is titled “FULL COUNT: Up to 12, (or is it 13?)” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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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 FULL COUNT: Up to 12, (or is it 13?) Crossword July 26 2026 Answers