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THE PURLOINED LETTER

Friday, March 6, 2026 Constructed by Mtthew F. 74 clues
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Across

  1. Intensified 5 ℓ
  2. Cookbook qty. 4 ℓ
  3. Trudge through mud 4 ℓ
  4. Movie house booth 12 ℓ
  5. GM division since 1908 5 ℓ
  6. Combustion engine syst. 3 ℓ
  7. High jinks 14 ℓ
  8. No moniker for Twist 5 ℓ
  9. Ski resort's tentlike structure 4 ℓ
  10. Script instruction 4 ℓ
  11. Present prefix 4 ℓ
  12. She sits beside Zeus on Olympus 4 ℓ
  13. Blunders 5 ℓ
  14. Tough journey 4 ℓ
  15. Former Security Council member 4 ℓ
  16. The __ of the five vowels is nowhere in the clues or solution 5 ℓ
  17. Ghostbusters goo 5 ℓ
  18. Reclusive 4 ℓ
  19. Cork's country 4 ℓ
  20. Smoke detector sounds 5 ℓ
  21. Cookie finisher 4 ℓ
  22. Sci-fi counselor of '90s TV 4 ℓ
  23. Don highly stylish clothing 14 ℓ
  24. 1910s Hupmobile competitor 3 ℓ
  25. Fencing deception 5 ℓ
  26. Where vinyl is bought 12 ℓ
  27. Mini, e.g. 5 ℓ
  28. Pore-tightening cosmetic 5 ℓ
  29. Home sellers' resource, briefly 3 ℓ
  30. Contemptible person 5 ℓ
  31. Docs for ducks 4 ℓ
  32. Rendezvous with 4 ℓ
  33. __-ops (opinion influencers) 3 ℓ
  34. Drink slowly 5 ℓ
  35. Scorch some 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. PC port 3 ℓ
  2. Telefono MNO 4 ℓ
  3. "Here's to Oktoberfest!" 5 ℓ
  4. Odyssey tempter 5 ℓ
  5. '80s block-dropping blockbuster 6 ℓ
  6. Hygienic, like doctors' tools 8 ℓ
  7. "She's the only __ trust" 4 ℓ
  8. Motive preceder 4 ℓ
  9. Thin cut 4 ℓ
  10. Concluding course 7 ℓ
  11. Tiberius, Nero, etc. 8 ℓ
  12. Common fishing spot 4 ℓ
  13. Beseeched 4 ℓ
  14. Short-form video host 6 ℓ
  15. Discontinued Pokemon console 3 ℓ
  16. Competitive lightweight 5 ℓ
  17. Join forces 5 ℓ
  18. Close kin 4 ℓ
  19. Pronounce indistinctly 4 ℓ
  20. Recipe step 4 ℓ
  21. Coffee vessels 4 ℓ
  22. Borrows without expecting to return 4 ℓ
  23. Liquefy 4 ℓ
  24. WV winter hrs. 3 ℓ
  25. Turf sold in rolls 3 ℓ
  26. Look closely 4 ℓ
  27. Put ___ (employed) 5 ℓ
  28. Evite reply 4 ℓ
  29. Squeezes (out) 4 ℓ
  30. Beijing or Boulder 4 ℓ
  31. Heron kin 5 ℓ
  32. Inception 5 ℓ
  33. On the __ (getting better) 4 ℓ
  34. World's biggest tire producer 4 ℓ
  35. Slow cooker concoction 4 ℓ
  36. "I'm envious!" 8 ℓ
  37. "New York, New York" singer in the film 8 ℓ
  38. Delightful 4 ℓ
  39. DJ's bye-bye 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, March 6, 2026 is titled “THE PURLOINED LETTER” and was constructed by Mtthew F.. The puzzle features 74 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.

Newsday THE PURLOINED LETTER Crossword March 6 2026 Answers