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OF PRESTO & PESTO

Friday, May 15, 2026 Constructed by S.N. 75 clues
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Across

  1. Darn it 3 ℓ
  2. Informative URL 3 ℓ
  3. Shows like The Legend of Zang Hai, for short 7 ℓ
  4. Tiananmen Square honoree 3 ℓ
  5. Comic strip "Goodness!" 7 ℓ
  6. The __ (ribs city, for short) 3 ℓ
  7. Venerable morale booster 3 ℓ
  8. Verse starter 3 ℓ
  9. Start of a quote 7 ℓ
  10. Seder fish 7 ℓ
  11. Charles III's second granddaughter 7 ℓ
  12. Lawnmower Maintenance Week mo. 3 ℓ
  13. Gradual, on product labels 3 ℓ
  14. Middle of quote 13 ℓ
  15. What some waves are 5 ℓ
  16. Rummy cakes 5 ℓ
  17. Metro area 3 ℓ
  18. Securer of plywood 4 ℓ
  19. Logically sound 5 ℓ
  20. For both, on scores 4 ℓ
  21. Where Chaucer's pilgrims met 3 ℓ
  22. Emulated dragonflies 7 ℓ
  23. Frequent address bar input 3 ℓ
  24. End of quote 13 ℓ
  25. Land on the Sea of Cortez 4 ℓ
  26. Undeluded about 4 ℓ
  27. Times given 52-Across 4 ℓ
  28. Designations 5 ℓ
  29. 48th st. 4 ℓ
  30. Eminent Italian director, the quote's source 15 ℓ
  31. Karate derivative 5 ℓ
  32. Kentucky Dam operator 3 ℓ
  33. Unvarnished 5 ℓ
  34. "You take that back!" 5 ℓ
  35. Confound 3 ℓ
  36. It's in six presidents' 52-Across 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Too confident 4 ℓ
  2. Knock off 4 ℓ
  3. Best-in-class 4 ℓ
  4. Make a mess of 4 ℓ
  5. Onion cousin 7 ℓ
  6. Basilica of San Francesco city 6 ℓ
  7. Drudgery 4 ℓ
  8. Mellow, maybe 3 ℓ
  9. Swarming 4 ℓ
  10. Karamazov brother 6 ℓ
  11. Publishing partnerships 7 ℓ
  12. Pound sound 4 ℓ
  13. Peace of mind 4 ℓ
  14. "Grrr!" 5 ℓ
  15. Part of modern-day Turkey 5 ℓ
  16. Ticket of 2008 10 ℓ
  17. Barracudas, bees, buffaloes,... 5 ℓ
  18. Ripley museum moniker 10 ℓ
  19. Former Ford, familiarly 5 ℓ
  20. "Over the Rainbow" Oscar winner 5 ℓ
  21. Napoli's new 5 ℓ
  22. Any rebound 5 ℓ
  23. Football great Dawson 3 ℓ
  24. Oldest global radio network 3 ℓ
  25. Copycat comment 6 ℓ
  26. Toss out 6 ℓ
  27. Brown of Code fame 3 ℓ
  28. KLM predecessors 3 ℓ
  29. Park's small pavilion 6 ℓ
  30. Whom Pollack and Johns inspired 6 ℓ
  31. Old Spice alternative 4 ℓ
  32. Parks it 4 ℓ
  33. Kid-lit Canadian 4 ℓ
  34. Document sent digitally 4 ℓ
  35. Affect deeply 4 ℓ
  36. ...Prince of Denmark denouement 4 ℓ
  37. Paper parcel portion 4 ℓ
  38. Utter nonsense 3 ℓ
  39. UT Austin library focus 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, May 15, 2026 is titled “OF PRESTO & PESTO” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 75 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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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 OF PRESTO & PESTO Crossword May 15 2026 Answers