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NOT AGAIN: Explained at 100-Across

Sunday, October 18, 2026 Constructed by Jerry Clarkson 140 clues
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Across

  1. Bottles-on-wall array of song 5 ℓ
  2. The original leading man 4 ℓ
  3. Individually 4 ℓ
  4. Class clown 5 ℓ
  5. Francois' farewell 5 ℓ
  6. Asian wasteland 4 ℓ
  7. Spicy cuisine 4 ℓ
  8. Castle employee 5 ℓ
  9. Car's torque transmitter 10 ℓ
  10. 60-Across owner 10 ℓ
  11. Keeper of REM records 8 ℓ
  12. Uncompromising 5 ℓ
  13. Procedural pain 6 ℓ
  14. Has bought 4 ℓ
  15. Savings combinations 5 ℓ
  16. Savings partner 4 ℓ
  17. Corporate advancement 6 ℓ
  18. Kors competitor 5 ℓ
  19. One holding 46-Across 8 ℓ
  20. Chocolate or cherry 3 ℓ
  21. Predatory insects 11 ℓ
  22. Hold in reserve 5 ℓ
  23. Debt notes 4 ℓ
  24. Two-use 4 ℓ
  25. Sound of swine 4 ℓ
  26. Castaways' homes 4 ℓ
  27. Water sport of a sort 11 ℓ
  28. Artist Matisse 5 ℓ
  29. Novelist Patchett 3 ℓ
  30. Winless racehorse 6 ℓ
  31. Retail proceeds 8 ℓ
  32. Ward worker 5 ℓ
  33. Venerable luxury car, for short 5 ℓ
  34. IQ test developer 5 ℓ
  35. Telegraph pioneer 5 ℓ
  36. Green guarder, often 8 ℓ
  37. "Eureka," for California 5 ℓ
  38. Artistic approaches 6 ℓ
  39. Electrified weapon 5 ℓ
  40. Freudian study 11 ℓ
  41. Tenth-century starter 3 ℓ
  42. Surrounded by 4 ℓ
  43. Moonwalker Shepard 4 ℓ
  44. Moonwalker Cernan 4 ℓ
  45. Arias, for example 4 ℓ
  46. Flavor of the month 5 ℓ
  47. West Side Story weapon 11 ℓ
  48. Checkers choice 3 ℓ
  49. Property tort 8 ℓ
  50. Quite a while 5 ℓ
  51. Improvised in a band 6 ℓ
  52. Police squad 5 ℓ
  53. Dubbed titles 4 ℓ
  54. Acknowledge 4 ℓ
  55. Burn slightly 5 ℓ
  56. '90s fad dance 8 ℓ
  57. Narrow channel 6 ℓ
  58. What the 10 longest answers (including this one) all lack 10 ℓ
  59. '20s fad dance 10 ℓ
  60. Lobby for 4 ℓ
  61. Crime-story story 5 ℓ
  62. Russia's __ Mountains 4 ℓ
  63. Musical's usual conclusion 5 ℓ
  64. Club collection 4 ℓ
  65. Societal customs 5 ℓ
  66. Fun and games 4 ℓ
  67. Naval commandos 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Hanes alternatives 4 ℓ
  2. Miser's shout 4 ℓ
  3. Son of 15-Across 4 ℓ
  4. Follows relentlessly 4 ℓ
  5. Four-time Australian Open champ 6 ℓ
  6. Sorority recruitment period 8 ℓ
  7. Cry of fright 3 ℓ
  8. Oven for ceramics 4 ℓ
  9. Aromas 5 ℓ
  10. Decathlon event 7 ℓ
  11. Top-40 tune 7 ℓ
  12. Half-__ (latte order) 3 ℓ
  13. Ishmael's boss 4 ℓ
  14. Actor Hawke 5 ℓ
  15. Instructions starter 7 ℓ
  16. Boisterous celebrants 8 ℓ
  17. Author Wiesel 4 ℓ
  18. Rank below marquis 4 ℓ
  19. Board under a bed 4 ℓ
  20. Harry Potter film props 5 ℓ
  21. Ruckus 4 ℓ
  22. Bell sounds 5 ℓ
  23. Circular gasket 5 ℓ
  24. Like most people 5 ℓ
  25. Sculpting medium 5 ℓ
  26. Rural region 11 ℓ
  27. Ruckuses 5 ℓ
  28. Loretta Lynn mentor 5 ℓ
  29. Storm sound 11 ℓ
  30. Far-out 5 ℓ
  31. Amber, for one 5 ℓ
  32. Impose (on) 5 ℓ
  33. Bros 5 ℓ
  34. Toys that may talk 5 ℓ
  35. Film caper 5 ℓ
  36. Tess Durbeyfield creator 5 ℓ
  37. Chemical coolant 5 ℓ
  38. Total 5 ℓ
  39. Storage rentals 5 ℓ
  40. Harvest machine 5 ℓ
  41. Word in many Alps names 5 ℓ
  42. Put new bottoms on 5 ℓ
  43. Antiseptic acid 5 ℓ
  44. It's west of New Brunswick 5 ℓ
  45. Longed (for) 5 ℓ
  46. Render speechless 5 ℓ
  47. Motorless vehicles 5 ℓ
  48. Not as scintillating 5 ℓ
  49. Get going 5 ℓ
  50. Gets mushy 5 ℓ
  51. Presence of mind 5 ℓ
  52. Ice-cream thickeners 5 ℓ
  53. What some detentes have deterred 8 ℓ
  54. Police squad 8 ℓ
  55. South American capital 7 ℓ
  56. Ready to skate 7 ℓ
  57. Glacier remnant 4 ℓ
  58. Treat too well 5 ℓ
  59. Cape Cod hub 7 ℓ
  60. Entangles 6 ℓ
  61. End of a Latin boast 4 ℓ
  62. Sister of Charlie Brown 5 ℓ
  63. Mythical weeper 5 ℓ
  64. With no representations 4 ℓ
  65. Moonwalker Armstrong 4 ℓ
  66. "At Last" singer James 4 ℓ
  67. PG assigner, formerly 4 ℓ
  68. Angry episode 4 ℓ
  69. Via, for short 4 ℓ
  70. Gulf War missile 4 ℓ
  71. Ruckus 4 ℓ
  72. Browser bookmark 3 ℓ
  73. Pavement caution 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, October 18, 2026 is titled “NOT AGAIN: Explained at 100-Across” and was constructed by Jerry Clarkson. The puzzle features 140 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.

Newsday NOT AGAIN: Explained at 100-Across Crossword October 18 2026 Answers