OVERHEAD HAPPY
Across
- Seafood pieces in chowder
- Pekoe or Earl Grey
- Extremely angry
- Air on TV again
- Canon camera competitor
- Race, as an engine
- "Rain-holder" happy
- Historical period
- Horse rider's strap
- YIELD and STOP
- "Hey you!" whisper
- Creative thoughts
- __ mignon (steak serving)
- Fog or steam
- "Humble" home
- Long, long __ (way back)
- Academy Award
- Painter Picasso
- "Pearly Gates" happy
- Evade capture by
- Brief movie excerpt
- Prefix meaning "recent"
- Carefree capers
- Poke fun at
- Military horse
- Speaks unclearly
- Makes a mistake
- Sir __ Newton
- Large shopping bag
- Hurricane's center
- "Lunar" happy
- Close friend
- Stovetop cooker
- Southeast Florida city
- Crafty
- Walk inside
- Any metal for recycling
Down
- Corn or soybeans
- __-garde (cutting-edge style)
- Weird and spooky
- Foliage on elms and oaks
- U-turn from WSW
- Freight weights
- Similar (to)
- Taj Mahal's country
- __-cone (icy treat)
- __ choice exam
- Curved lines
- Camera glass
- Doorbell sounds
- Software customer
- Get __ of (throw out)
- Second attempts, informally
- Expect in the future
- Wind-moving barn-top gadget
- "Without a doubt!"
- Muscle soreness
- Shout from Scrooge
- An hour after noon
- Bit of DNA
- Heavy burden
- Bowling target
- Benchmark: Abbr.
- Antlered animal
- Of college life
- "Ready when you __"
- Computer repairer, for short
- "Baked" side dish, slangily
- Three-stripe soldier nickname
- Ladder rungs
- Faithful
- Quick scissor cut
- Italy's capital, in Italy
- Lion sound
- Mailed out
- Tennis great Lendl
- Metallic mineral
- Three letters in "mommy"
About this puzzle
The Newsday Crossword for Tuesday, November 3, 2026 is titled “OVERHEAD HAPPY” 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.