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VIP VETERANS: Over a 200-year span

Sunday, November 8, 2026 Constructed by Fred Piscop 146 clues
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Across

  1. Does damage to 5 ℓ
  2. Workshop grippers 5 ℓ
  3. Pit-stop change 4 ℓ
  4. Address for a lady 4 ℓ
  5. Cats inspiration 5 ℓ
  6. Seuss' If __ the Circus 4 ℓ
  7. "Not to mention..." 4 ℓ
  8. "101" course, typically 5 ℓ
  9. 30+ year Arizona senator (Navy, Vietnam) 10 ℓ
  10. Giants slugging great (Army, 1950s) 10 ℓ
  11. Towers with bells 8 ℓ
  12. Nary a soul 5 ℓ
  13. Show remorse 5 ℓ
  14. TV-sect. listing 4 ℓ
  15. Quarterback great Brett 5 ℓ
  16. Right-angle shapes 3 ℓ
  17. "Take this..." 4 ℓ
  18. WWII female flier 3 ℓ
  19. "Father of Science Fiction" 5 ℓ
  20. Ark complement 4 ℓ
  21. Broccoli __ (salad veggie) 4 ℓ
  22. Silversmith/horseman (militia, Revolution) 10 ℓ
  23. Picked from a lineup 4 ℓ
  24. Beauty and the Beast heroine 5 ℓ
  25. Artemis program org. 4 ℓ
  26. Repair, as a rip 4 ℓ
  27. Kittens' cries 4 ℓ
  28. Have __ (get angry) 4 ℓ
  29. Henry Ford rival 4 ℓ
  30. Superabundance 4 ℓ
  31. Spy's gathering 5 ℓ
  32. Bone-muscle connector 5 ℓ
  33. Don't be wasteful 8 ℓ
  34. Follow secretly 4 ℓ
  35. FDR successor 3 ℓ
  36. First moonwalker (Navy, Korea) 13 ℓ
  37. Initials for Charles III 3 ℓ
  38. Bicontinental border 5 ℓ
  39. Runaway win 4 ℓ
  40. Unmannerly 8 ℓ
  41. Salt Lake City collegians 4 ℓ
  42. Dresden's river 4 ℓ
  43. Small salamander 4 ℓ
  44. Three-dimensional 5 ℓ
  45. Facing the hurler 5 ℓ
  46. Piece of plexiglass 4 ℓ
  47. Small valley 4 ℓ
  48. French Sras. 4 ℓ
  49. Auction off, say 4 ℓ
  50. Greenish-blue hue 4 ℓ
  51. Holden Caulfield's creator (D-Day, WWII) 10 ℓ
  52. Barn storage space 4 ℓ
  53. Cheerful 5 ℓ
  54. Impersonate 3 ℓ
  55. Homer Simpson's tavern 4 ℓ
  56. Would-be electees 4 ℓ
  57. Hair in a twist 5 ℓ
  58. Extremely long period 3 ℓ
  59. Director brothers 5 ℓ
  60. Unbelievable buy 5 ℓ
  61. Nonbelievers 8 ℓ
  62. First president of Texas (private, War of 1812) 10 ℓ
  63. "A Boy Named Sue" singer (Air Force, 1950s) 10 ℓ
  64. Mad Hatter guest 5 ℓ
  65. Church niche 4 ℓ
  66. Bear in the air 4 ℓ
  67. Recital instrument 5 ℓ
  68. Lost cause 5 ℓ
  69. Sled-dog group 4 ℓ
  70. Where 007 was expelled from 4 ℓ
  71. Scatter about 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Chops down 4 ℓ
  2. Dad's lad 3 ℓ
  3. Quaker State port 4 ℓ
  4. Lee of Marvel Comics 4 ℓ
  5. Disguised, in brief 5 ℓ
  6. Gold medalist, e.g. 6 ℓ
  7. Calendar column header 3 ℓ
  8. '70s tennis great 4 ℓ
  9. Peerless 5 ℓ
  10. Collegian's decision 5 ℓ
  11. Tangle up 7 ℓ
  12. Glimmer, as of hope 3 ℓ
  13. Keogh kin 4 ℓ
  14. Multiplied by 5 ℓ
  15. Periodic allowance 7 ℓ
  16. Lawn invader 4 ℓ
  17. Antagonize 4 ℓ
  18. Made a landing 4 ℓ
  19. Madame Curie 5 ℓ
  20. French fashion weekly 4 ℓ
  21. All done with 4 ℓ
  22. Long-running quarrels 5 ℓ
  23. Law firm aide, for short 4 ℓ
  24. Texture 4 ℓ
  25. Having the skill 4 ℓ
  26. "Leaves of Grass" poet (volunteer nurse, Civil War) 11 ℓ
  27. Steady annoyance 4 ℓ
  28. Messiah composer 6 ℓ
  29. Catches one's breath 5 ℓ
  30. Space Telescope namesake (Army, WWI) 11 ℓ
  31. Compete to win 6 ℓ
  32. Hip locale 6 ℓ
  33. Artist Magritte 4 ℓ
  34. Gymnastics jump 5 ℓ
  35. Persuade to volunteer 6 ℓ
  36. Supersonic speed measure 4 ℓ
  37. Card game with a caller 5 ℓ
  38. Gourmet mushroom 5 ℓ
  39. Full range 5 ℓ
  40. Using ink 5 ℓ
  41. Gloomy 6 ℓ
  42. Mason's tool 6 ℓ
  43. Formally pass 5 ℓ
  44. Thomas Hardy heroine 4 ℓ
  45. Unyielding 6 ℓ
  46. Lunar valleys 6 ℓ
  47. Prizefight site 5 ℓ
  48. Mideast money 4 ℓ
  49. Light brightness measure 5 ℓ
  50. "Father of the American Cartoon" 4 ℓ
  51. Urged (on) 5 ℓ
  52. Sch. near the Rio Grande 4 ℓ
  53. Residencia 4 ℓ
  54. Emailed file formats 4 ℓ
  55. Auto adjustments 7 ℓ
  56. A moot point 7 ℓ
  57. "Ask me, __ expert!" 4 ℓ
  58. Santa-like 5 ℓ
  59. London neighborhood 4 ℓ
  60. Repair shop courtesy 6 ℓ
  61. Change for a pound 5 ℓ
  62. __ nova (Brazilian dance) 5 ℓ
  63. Adjust, as a skirt 5 ℓ
  64. Actor Hawke 5 ℓ
  65. "Really?" 4 ℓ
  66. Frosty, essentially 4 ℓ
  67. Muscle firmness 4 ℓ
  68. Lead player 4 ℓ
  69. "Are not!" response 4 ℓ
  70. Magician accessory 4 ℓ
  71. Watered down 4 ℓ
  72. Single-handedly 4 ℓ
  73. Curator's concern 3 ℓ
  74. Canary watcher 3 ℓ
  75. Spree 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, November 8, 2026 is titled “VIP VETERANS: Over a 200-year span” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. The puzzle features 146 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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