PRESCHOOLER'S DAY
Across
- Baby sheep
- Inquire
- Clumps of grass
- Small, in rappers' names
- Not digital, as a watch
- Taiwanese PC brand
- USA alliance
- Tot's round-table session
- Reveal, as a secret
- Synagogue scholar
- "__ esta usted?"
- Language in Rome
- Tot's "Look what I brought" session
- Topped with frosting
- "High" parts of shoes
- Coffee alternative
- Indonesian tourist isle
- Hiking trails
- Face of antique watches
- Retire for the day
- Good judgment
- Ancient
- Tot's open-air session
- Paper package
- Welcome relief
- Come into a room
- Memorization aid
- Not a soul
- Tot's milk-and-cookies session
- It's north of Afr.
- Tranquil
- __ bar (serve drinks)
- Formal neckwear
- Saw socially
- "If not..."
Down
- End a plane flight
- Calvin of fashion
- Disney's Lion King
- Whodunit excuse
- Spain's Costa del __
- Kind attention, for short
- Cost for a cab
- In __ (all together)
- Washington city
- Cauliflower kin
- Big Apple baseballers
- Smoothie berry
- President Ford
- Statuesque
- Stormy weather systems
- Urge to scratch
- Collarless shirts
- Stamp "of approval"
- Had in your hand
- "Same here"
- Fey or Turner
- Pub serving
- Uncomplicated
- Cable movie channel
- Short golf stroke
- Right-hand person
- Big name in canned corn
- Unwanted email
- Unusual mannerisms
- Crude oil cartel
- Highly decorated
- Offended the nose
- Adjust, as a clock
- Long look
- Bored feeling
- Beef or pork
- Christmas carol
- Rural hotels
- Hand over legally
- Crib or cradle
- Vitamin dose stat.
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, June 17, 2026 is titled “PRESCHOOLER'S DAY” and was constructed by Sanjay Rao. 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.