BALLGAME STAFF
Across
- Sugary
- Yoga surfaces
- Hoofbeat sound
- Soil for planting
- City surrounding the Vatican
- Peace Nobelist Wiesel
- Lake beside Buffalo
- First notes of the scale
- Slight residue
- Person working with thoroughbreds
- Was in charge of
- Goldfish or gerbil
- Color variations
- Married secretly
- Coffee lightener
- Trench around a castle
- Church platform
- Nickname for tennis great Nadal
- Coordinator of a candidate's strategy
- "My country, 'tis of __"
- Iowa State's city
- Give a speech
- Litters' smallest pups
- Evolutionary links
- Superlative suffix
- Texter's "Enough"
- Moves like a bunny
- Actor's accent teacher
- Waffle appliance
- Rechargeable battery
- Frozen queen
- Ended a flight
- Walk off with
- Feeling furious
- Wall St.'s Big Board
- Examined closely
- Any show biz notable
Down
- Full collection
- Fortune-teller
- Needs a break
- Without an escort
- Steakhouse request
- Social equal
- Leave out
- Handed-down legends
- Ocean wave's top
- Sopranos' workplace
- Inscribe on glass
- Chapter of history
- Armed conflict
- Light to stop for
- "Now I get it!"
- Give feedback
- Koran Creator
- "I didn't do it!"
- Airport landing abbr.
- Meadow males
- Funnel shapes
- Disposable dinnerware
- "You __ serious?"
- Honors with a party
- Grp.in charge
- Peak competitive performance
- Actor McKellen
- Arduous
- Don't waste
- Drs.' trade group
- In good muscular shape
- Suitable for sledding
- Desert rest stop
- Campus official
- Give as a source
- High-chair part
- Pepsi alternative
- Add to the payroll
- High-society newcomer
- Stopped for lunch
- Lo-__ (lite)
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, June 10, 2026 is titled “BALLGAME STAFF” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. 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.