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UP AND UP AND UP

Monday, October 26, 2026 Constructed by Gail Grabowski 78 clues
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Across

  1. Look without blinking 5 ℓ
  2. Arrests, slangily 4 ℓ
  3. Venetian-blind strip 4 ℓ
  4. More adorable 5 ℓ
  5. Rail-riding wanderer 4 ℓ
  6. __ mater (one's former school) 4 ℓ
  7. Backyard swimming spot 15 ℓ
  8. Note from the boss 4 ℓ
  9. Remove from power 4 ℓ
  10. Vote into office 5 ℓ
  11. Windowsill, for one 5 ℓ
  12. Pub beverage 3 ℓ
  13. Throb 7 ℓ
  14. Portrait painter's surface 6 ℓ
  15. Goatee's location 4 ℓ
  16. Color of Santa's suit 3 ℓ
  17. Woodwind instruments 5 ℓ
  18. Feature of engraved invitations 15 ℓ
  19. Letter before tee 3 ℓ
  20. Des Moines' state 4 ℓ
  21. Joke around with 5 ℓ
  22. Talked back to 6 ℓ
  23. Clipped wool from 7 ℓ
  24. Pecan or cashew 3 ℓ
  25. Awaken rudely 5 ℓ
  26. Joggers' paces 5 ℓ
  27. Reach across 4 ℓ
  28. __ Canaveral, FL 4 ℓ
  29. Sweltering weather 15 ℓ
  30. Not doing anything 4 ℓ
  31. Null and __ (not valid) 4 ℓ
  32. Boot bottoms 5 ℓ
  33. Appear to be 4 ℓ
  34. Concludes 4 ℓ
  35. Dropped-egg sound 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. Con game 4 ℓ
  2. Pretzel topping 4 ℓ
  3. Popular college guy, briefly 4 ℓ
  4. Skin-soothing ingredient 4 ℓ
  5. Italian port 6 ℓ
  6. 2,000 pounds 3 ℓ
  7. Share a border with 4 ℓ
  8. Off the leash 5 ℓ
  9. "I don't know" gesture 5 ℓ
  10. Poet's "before" 3 ℓ
  11. Spins in circles 8 ℓ
  12. Molecule part 4 ℓ
  13. Toothpaste holder 4 ℓ
  14. Mythological figures 4 ℓ
  15. Farmer's place of song 4 ℓ
  16. Make simpler 4 ℓ
  17. Uncle's wife 4 ℓ
  18. Embarrass 5 ℓ
  19. Barely defeated 5 ℓ
  20. Feeling nervous 5 ℓ
  21. Opera solos 5 ℓ
  22. Greek pocket bread 4 ℓ
  23. Loud racket 5 ℓ
  24. Centers of apples 5 ℓ
  25. Chop down with an ax 3 ℓ
  26. Clumsy person 4 ℓ
  27. Weight loss plan 4 ℓ
  28. When planes are expected: Abbr. 4 ℓ
  29. Where a driver takes a break 8 ℓ
  30. Corrosion of iron 4 ℓ
  31. Court plaintiff 4 ℓ
  32. National song 6 ℓ
  33. Quick 5 ℓ
  34. Newspaper essays, for short 5 ℓ
  35. Bird's tree home 4 ℓ
  36. Region 4 ℓ
  37. Drag from behind 4 ℓ
  38. "We gotta get going!" 4 ℓ
  39. Make eyes at 4 ℓ
  40. Take a bus or train 4 ℓ
  41. The one here 4 ℓ
  42. Day before a holiday 3 ℓ
  43. Donkey 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Monday, October 26, 2026 is titled “UP AND UP AND UP” and was constructed by Gail Grabowski. 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.

Newsday UP AND UP AND UP Crossword October 26 2026 Answers