Newsday Crossword
Across
- Number in a spreadsheet
- Garden implement for digging
- Firecracker sound
- Vendor
- Surprise attack
- Hill-building insects
- Become inedible
- Adjust to change
- Photographer's carryall
- Any music category
- Just slightly
- Shopper's carryall
- Male choral voice
- Pizzeria appliance
- Sandwich shop
- Reaches across
- Piggy bank opening
- Bird's dwelling
- Shoestring
- General region
- Shy with people
- Martial __ (karate, judo, etc.)
- Hammer target
- Make amends (for)
- Occupied, as a seat
- Billiards surface
- Transportation on a track
- Movie ticket remnant
- Book leaf
- Ventilate, as a lawn
- Give off, as light
- End a plane flight
- Road test turns
- Black-and-white cookie
- Feels unwell
- Epic stories
- In a weird way
- Poetic tributes
- Grain storage tower
Down
- High-five sound
- Garden in Genesis
- Have a fine meal
- Run __ (go wild)
- Greek sandwich holder
- Sculpture in a park
- Strong winds
- Astronaut Armstrong
- Typical Saudi
- Yellow-peel fruit
- Electric car brand
- Performer in a movie
- Fortune-teller's __ cards
- Walks inside
- "That makes sense"
- Loads (of)
- Relay-race stick
- Higher than
- Palm tree fruits
- Karenina of fiction
- FBI workers: Abbr.
- Profound
- Adam's second son
- Venus de __
- Well-mannered man
- Waiter's rewards
- Very small amounts
- Money drawer
- Very pleased
- Raring to go
- At the center of
- Handicrafts website
- Astronauts' agency
- Workwear holding wrenches and screwdrivers
- Took a tumble
- A Great Lake
- Sports team's defeat
- Arrange in some order
- Strong scent
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Monday, May 11, 2026 is titled “” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. 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.