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ANCIENT WEAPONRY

Thursday, May 14, 2026 Constructed by Mark McClain 76 clues
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Across

  1. Farm baby 4 ℓ
  2. Sound of a loud impact 5 ℓ
  3. Question of confirmation 4 ℓ
  4. Adidas alternative 4 ℓ
  5. First-century despot 4 ℓ
  6. Speak up with 5 ℓ
  7. Some cheeses' exterior 4 ℓ
  8. "Doggone it!" 4 ℓ
  9. Balzac's boulder 5 ℓ
  10. Golfer's storage unit 15 ℓ
  11. Isn't cramped 7 ℓ
  12. "How wonderful!" 3 ℓ
  13. Slip up 3 ℓ
  14. Band instrument 4 ℓ
  15. Rite answer 3 ℓ
  16. Short cut 4 ℓ
  17. Geese formations 4 ℓ
  18. What a spy often assumes 5 ℓ
  19. Uber-brain 15 ℓ
  20. Big game in Utah 4 ℓ
  21. Put on 4 ℓ
  22. Formal pledges 5 ℓ
  23. Conniving 3 ℓ
  24. Do the same as 4 ℓ
  25. Among the busiest US airports 3 ℓ
  26. Barnyard comment 3 ℓ
  27. Military depot 7 ℓ
  28. Aromatic Caribbean cocktail 15 ℓ
  29. City near Venice 5 ℓ
  30. "It's wrong __ many levels!" 4 ℓ
  31. Caesar adversary 4 ℓ
  32. Fail to be 5 ℓ
  33. Sheik equivalent 4 ℓ
  34. Highly discerning 4 ℓ
  35. Many babysitters 5 ℓ
  36. Admin. asst. 4 ℓ
  37. Historical study 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Fir relative 5 ℓ
  2. Someone like you 4 ℓ
  3. Longing 4 ℓ
  4. Burning braid 4 ℓ
  5. Prohibition potation 5 ℓ
  6. Remote location 6 ℓ
  7. Swag holder 4 ℓ
  8. Vaccine medium 5 ℓ
  9. __ skiing (Dubai diversion) 6 ℓ
  10. Tough luck 9 ℓ
  11. Reduced by 5 ℓ
  12. City near Madrid 5 ℓ
  13. Certain cash stashes 4 ℓ
  14. Scoundrel 5 ℓ
  15. Polo participant 5 ℓ
  16. Oppose orally 5 ℓ
  17. Apt rhyme for "restrain" 4 ℓ
  18. Still competitive 4 ℓ
  19. Eloper of rhyme 4 ℓ
  20. Decides (to) 4 ℓ
  21. Laughless lines 9 ℓ
  22. Brandy designation 4 ℓ
  23. Quite unpleasant 4 ℓ
  24. Idle-ize? 4 ℓ
  25. Amazons' father 4 ℓ
  26. Wee hour 5 ℓ
  27. A pack of lies 5 ℓ
  28. 200-milligram measures 6 ℓ
  29. Close kin of 46-Across 6 ℓ
  30. Pelican cousins 5 ℓ
  31. Fully befuddled 5 ℓ
  32. Number spoken by pilots 5 ℓ
  33. Where a fan is often found 5 ℓ
  34. Hawaiian for "peak" 5 ℓ
  35. Any time period 4 ℓ
  36. Legal prefix 4 ℓ
  37. Utopian setting 4 ℓ
  38. Keeps chilled 4 ℓ
  39. Word following brand or big 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, May 14, 2026 is titled “ANCIENT WEAPONRY” and was constructed by Mark McClain. 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.

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