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BOTH OF US

Friday, May 1, 2026 Constructed by Ron Ammirante 74 clues
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Across

  1. Get rid of 4 ℓ
  2. Complaint from Hamlet 3 ℓ
  3. Longtime headphone brand 4 ℓ
  4. Not likely to vary 6 ℓ
  5. Article for Einstein 3 ℓ
  6. Mideast capital 5 ℓ
  7. Stat that MENSA accepts 8 ℓ
  8. Confident claim 4 ℓ
  9. Digital communication: Abbr. 3 ℓ
  10. Blues-rock star 5 ℓ
  11. Formal wear, facetiously 11 ℓ
  12. AG's domain 3 ℓ
  13. Foes of the Iroquois 5 ℓ
  14. Hugs in a letter 3 ℓ
  15. Nose woes 5 ℓ
  16. All Quiet... monogram 3 ℓ
  17. Wants to get 4 ℓ
  18. "... __ it just me?" 4 ℓ
  19. Match + strike 5 ℓ
  20. Runner on a track 5 ℓ
  21. Jazz (up) 3 ℓ
  22. Seven Years' War roi 11 ℓ
  23. Application abbreviation 3 ℓ
  24. Galactic sci. 4 ℓ
  25. Do one's part, and then some 5 ℓ
  26. Article for 15-Across 3 ℓ
  27. Sponsor of the first televised ballgame (1939) 8 ℓ
  28. 24/7 airspace watcher 5 ℓ
  29. Needle work, for short 3 ℓ
  30. Breaks things off 6 ℓ
  31. Certain travel planner 11 ℓ
  32. Cofounder of GE 3 ℓ
  33. Suffix like -ella 3 ℓ
  34. 13-Across cos. 3 ℓ
  35. Ballad's conclusion 3 ℓ
  36. Freight on a Tropicana truck 11 ℓ
  37. Recent USCGA grad 3 ℓ
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Down

  1. What waves do 5 ℓ
  2. Center starter 3 ℓ
  3. No-wait 9 ℓ
  4. Pretty hard to believe 9 ℓ
  5. Jellyfish close kin 7 ℓ
  6. Looking like Yoda 7 ℓ
  7. Glasgow prename 3 ℓ
  8. First sign of spring 5 ℓ
  9. Avenue __ Champs-Elysees 3 ℓ
  10. Dubaian, for instance 7 ℓ
  11. Big word on Indiana maps 5 ℓ
  12. Wt./ht. stat 3 ℓ
  13. MD specialists 4 ℓ
  14. Police work 5 ℓ
  15. Ovid's eyes 5 ℓ
  16. Taiwanese laptop maker 4 ℓ
  17. Mentors, to mentees 5 ℓ
  18. One below a 38-Across 3 ℓ
  19. Relative of -arian 3 ℓ
  20. Female raccoon 3 ℓ
  21. Achilles heel 4 ℓ
  22. Musical performance 4 ℓ
  23. Thoroughly 5 ℓ
  24. O'Hare, on tags 3 ℓ
  25. USC aides 3 ℓ
  26. After-dinner selections 4 ℓ
  27. Providence sch. 3 ℓ
  28. Despicable Me guy 3 ℓ
  29. White and yellow circles on Starry Night 9 ℓ
  30. Check in and pay 9 ℓ
  31. Marks of mediocrity 4 ℓ
  32. Tour's conclusion 3 ℓ
  33. Tusk, essentially 7 ℓ
  34. Pair in the four longest answers 3 ℓ
  35. Martial arts film star 5 ℓ
  36. People who slit things 7 ℓ
  37. Stir-fry staple 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, May 1, 2026 is titled “BOTH OF US” and was constructed by Ron Ammirante. 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 BOTH OF US Crossword May 1 2026 Answers