Newsday Crossword

LOTS OF DOUGH: But not spendable

Sunday, June 21, 2026 Constructed by Mark McClain 144 clues
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Across

  1. "Father of the Blues" 7 ℓ
  2. Minor fuss 3 ℓ
  3. Film snippet 4 ℓ
  4. Prego competitor 4 ℓ
  5. Dynamic prefix 4 ℓ
  6. Software glitch 3 ℓ
  7. B school subj. 4 ℓ
  8. Luau farewell song 7 ℓ
  9. Red-purple wine grape 7 ℓ
  10. Talent show lineup 4 ℓ
  11. Neutral, as a nation 8 ℓ
  12. Need to pay 3 ℓ
  13. Reasoned carefully 16 ℓ
  14. Common new driver 4 ℓ
  15. Finish line 3 ℓ
  16. Of stamps and mail 6 ℓ
  17. Unconventional 3 ℓ
  18. Long-term reserves 4 ℓ
  19. Drink samples 4 ℓ
  20. Japanese figure skater Ito 6 ℓ
  21. "Get back to work!" 18 ℓ
  22. Linguist Chomsky 4 ℓ
  23. Cyberspace place 4 ℓ
  24. Swiped, as steer 7 ℓ
  25. Spread made by Smucker's 3 ℓ
  26. Try to find out 3 ℓ
  27. GPS heading 3 ℓ
  28. A real eye-opener 4 ℓ
  29. Grade school anthem 7 ℓ
  30. Opinion piece 5 ℓ
  31. Like some high hairstyles 11 ℓ
  32. Three or four 4 ℓ
  33. Disorderly place 4 ℓ
  34. NBC skit show 3 ℓ
  35. Candy shape 3 ℓ
  36. Gather greatly 5 ℓ
  37. WWII civilian VIP 11 ℓ
  38. __ Lanka 3 ℓ
  39. GPS heading 3 ℓ
  40. Chimney accumulation 4 ℓ
  41. Rum concoctions 7 ℓ
  42. Rotation on some tennis shots 7 ℓ
  43. Seldom found 4 ℓ
  44. Break suddenly 4 ℓ
  45. Fire dept. employee 3 ℓ
  46. Best man's traditional task 18 ℓ
  47. Hound's inn 6 ℓ
  48. Fizzy beverage 4 ℓ
  49. "That's absurd" 3 ℓ
  50. Level-headed 4 ℓ
  51. Elevated flatland 4 ℓ
  52. Letters for a prince 3 ℓ
  53. Starting points 6 ℓ
  54. Start of a Cain query 3 ℓ
  55. Parliamentary procedure 16 ℓ
  56. Mythical Greek monarch 7 ℓ
  57. Playpen pile 4 ℓ
  58. PC solitaire game 8 ℓ
  59. Caustic cleaner 3 ℓ
  60. Toledo's lake 4 ℓ
  61. Dermal opening 4 ℓ
  62. German kingdom of yore 7 ℓ
  63. "You got it!" 3 ℓ
  64. Weeps audibly 4 ℓ
  65. Agenda, in brief 4 ℓ
  66. Arcane knowledge 7 ℓ

Down

  1. Home of Baylor 4 ℓ
  2. City near Salt Lake 5 ℓ
  3. Crossed swords 6 ℓ
  4. Put up with 6 ℓ
  5. Sport shirt 4 ℓ
  6. Dr. Seuss' If __ the Zoo 4 ℓ
  7. Supply short-term 4 ℓ
  8. Macbeth prop 8 ℓ
  9. Forget a sight 5 ℓ
  10. S&L ID 4 ℓ
  11. Learn visually, in a way 8 ℓ
  12. Bakery staple 5 ℓ
  13. Be a retailer, say 10 ℓ
  14. 128-Across antonym 3 ℓ
  15. "I caught you!" 3 ℓ
  16. French innkeeper 4 ℓ
  17. Lobster weapon 4 ℓ
  18. Black-clad subculture 4 ℓ
  19. With "a," many 5 ℓ
  20. GPS heading 4 ℓ
  21. "I got this!" 4 ℓ
  22. Harbor town 4 ℓ
  23. Ominous "otherwise" 6 ℓ
  24. Take __ off (relax) 5 ℓ
  25. "Me, too!" 5 ℓ
  26. Abs exercise 5 ℓ
  27. Water holder 4 ℓ
  28. Nightfall 4 ℓ
  29. Promissory papers 4 ℓ
  30. Gore Vidal title character 4 ℓ
  31. Poetic praises 4 ℓ
  32. Lunch spots 5 ℓ
  33. Prayer closing 4 ℓ
  34. Bleacher crowd 4 ℓ
  35. Post-op areas 4 ℓ
  36. Be in harmony 4 ℓ
  37. Forearm bone 4 ℓ
  38. Zodiac beast 3 ℓ
  39. Stately shade source 3 ℓ
  40. Shoots the breeze 4 ℓ
  41. Cellphone's 2 3 ℓ
  42. Corporate shakeup 5 ℓ
  43. Revise, as writing 4 ℓ
  44. Form of rubber 4 ℓ
  45. High point 4 ℓ
  46. Needing drying 3 ℓ
  47. Where forks are found 5 ℓ
  48. Group of seven 6 ℓ
  49. Reef explorers 10 ℓ
  50. Poker starter 4 ℓ
  51. Carne __ (burrito filling) 5 ℓ
  52. Orange coats 5 ℓ
  53. Wholesale quantity 4 ℓ
  54. Global, for short 4 ℓ
  55. Get up 4 ℓ
  56. Reach across 4 ℓ
  57. Group of three 4 ℓ
  58. Some offspring 4 ℓ
  59. Got behind 8 ℓ
  60. Tiny punctures 8 ℓ
  61. Largest animal that ever lived 5 ℓ
  62. Soft ball brand 4 ℓ
  63. "Billionth" starter 4 ℓ
  64. Town crier's cry 6 ℓ
  65. Out for the night 6 ℓ
  66. Back to the Future surname 5 ℓ
  67. Encrypted URL starter 5 ℓ
  68. Inclined ground 5 ℓ
  69. Cathedral niche 4 ℓ
  70. Londoner's outburst 4 ℓ
  71. Sierra Club cofounder 4 ℓ
  72. Brit lit governess 4 ℓ
  73. Fluent 4 ℓ
  74. Legendary evil emperor 4 ℓ
  75. Sherbets, e.g. 4 ℓ
  76. Hatrack hardware 4 ℓ
  77. Suffix like -arian 3 ℓ
  78. Pair 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, June 21, 2026 is titled “LOTS OF DOUGH: But not spendable” and was constructed by Mark McClain. The puzzle features 144 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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