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LIGHT THE CANDLES

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Constructed by Mark McClain 78 clues
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Across

  1. Coin toss 4 ℓ
  2. Fence's entryway 4 ℓ
  3. Word-of-mouth 4 ℓ
  4. Solemn pledge 4 ℓ
  5. French father 4 ℓ
  6. French school 5 ℓ
  7. Court event 5 ℓ
  8. HAPPY __ (unplanned, fortunate events) 9 ℓ
  9. Remark of indifference 3 ℓ
  10. Change for a $5 bill 4 ℓ
  11. Oysters' exteriors 6 ℓ
  12. Rule, for short 3 ℓ
  13. Lambs' moms 4 ℓ
  14. That woman 3 ℓ
  15. BIRTHDAY __ (bounce house, for example) 11 ℓ
  16. Vicinity 4 ℓ
  17. Not the usual 8 ℓ
  18. Give off, as light 4 ℓ
  19. Casino city, for short 5 ℓ
  20. Female garment of India 4 ℓ
  21. Short piano piece 8 ℓ
  22. Ticklish Muppet 4 ℓ
  23. TO __ ("That's an understatement") 11 ℓ
  24. EMT's destinations 3 ℓ
  25. Luau dance 4 ℓ
  26. Before, in poetry 3 ℓ
  27. Mileage rating org. 3 ℓ
  28. Grandma 4 ℓ
  29. "Great blue" water birds 6 ℓ
  30. Anxious feeling 5 ℓ
  31. YOU __ ("Anything is possible") 9 ℓ
  32. Oregon's capital 5 ℓ
  33. Iowa college city 4 ℓ
  34. Distinctive scent 4 ℓ
  35. Sandwich shop 4 ℓ
  36. Talk show emcee 4 ℓ
  37. Very pale 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Beer's froth 4 ℓ
  2. Mideast airline 4 ℓ
  3. Work very hard 4 ℓ
  4. Farmland measures 5 ℓ
  5. Obtain assistance 7 ℓ
  6. __ Miz 3 ℓ
  7. Painting, sculpting, etc. 4 ℓ
  8. Go back on a promise 6 ℓ
  9. Season's first game 6 ℓ
  10. __ Beta Kappa 3 ℓ
  11. Urge to scratch 4 ℓ
  12. Shoestring 4 ℓ
  13. Overhead trains 3 ℓ
  14. Fish friend of 53-Down 4 ℓ
  15. Convinces to decide 5 ℓ
  16. Short-music suffix 4 ℓ
  17. Jouster's garb 5 ℓ
  18. Poet T.S. 5 ℓ
  19. Does damage to 5 ℓ
  20. La __ (Milan opera house) 5 ℓ
  21. Pester constantly 5 ℓ
  22. "So long!" 4 ℓ
  23. Harness straps 5 ℓ
  24. Bel __ cheese 5 ℓ
  25. "That makes sense now" 4 ℓ
  26. Small glass bottles 5 ℓ
  27. Irish New Age singer 4 ℓ
  28. Enormous sea wave 7 ℓ
  29. Throws with great effort 6 ℓ
  30. Shakespearean monarch 4 ℓ
  31. Novelist Hemingway 6 ℓ
  32. Urban lodging 5 ℓ
  33. Owns 3 ℓ
  34. Not quite right 4 ℓ
  35. Bear pal of Piglet 4 ℓ
  36. Finales 4 ℓ
  37. Fish "found" in a Pixar film 4 ℓ
  38. Make angry 4 ℓ
  39. Old-timey "Oh, my!" 4 ℓ
  40. Informal refusal 3 ℓ
  41. RV stopover franchise 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, July 8, 2026 is titled “LIGHT THE CANDLES” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 78 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 LIGHT THE CANDLES Crossword July 8 2026 Answers