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HOT PURSUIT

Thursday, October 29, 2026 Constructed by Clive Probert 72 clues
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Across

  1. Parts of overalls 4 ℓ
  2. Bake sale orgs. 4 ℓ
  3. Defeats easily 5 ℓ
  4. Restarting fresh 4 ℓ
  5. Plane-seat selection 5 ℓ
  6. "Horrors!" 4 ℓ
  7. Palm-tree berry 4 ℓ
  8. Forster novel setting 5 ℓ
  9. Inventor Rubik 4 ℓ
  10. Zealous drive for success 15 ℓ
  11. Zealous 6 ℓ
  12. Bench-press muscle 3 ℓ
  13. Sodium hydroxide solution 3 ℓ
  14. Beast of burden 3 ℓ
  15. Per __ expenses 4 ℓ
  16. One standing in a 51-Across 6 ℓ
  17. Amalgamates 4 ℓ
  18. Certain bun filler 6 ℓ
  19. Short fuse 11 ℓ
  20. Obi-Wan after Alec 4 ℓ
  21. Trojan War hero 6 ℓ
  22. Kindling's kin 6 ℓ
  23. Humanities course, for short 3 ℓ
  24. Horse color 4 ℓ
  25. Ft. Worth summer setting 3 ℓ
  26. Betting setting 6 ℓ
  27. Amp (up) 3 ℓ
  28. Ruckuses 15 ℓ
  29. Not __ many words 4 ℓ
  30. Tree knot 5 ℓ
  31. A month of Sundays 4 ℓ
  32. Rhinelander's refusal 4 ℓ
  33. Expand, as a compressed file 5 ℓ
  34. Beguile 4 ℓ
  35. Melbourne greeting 4 ℓ
  36. Nissan rival 5 ℓ
  37. Egg-timer contents 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Sounds at a shearing 6 ℓ
  2. Oklahomans 7 ℓ
  3. Less than pleased 7 ℓ
  4. Mystery tale 8 ℓ
  5. Lyricist, essentially 4 ℓ
  6. Lobster habitat 6 ℓ
  7. Skycam locale 5 ℓ
  8. Shape with no end 4 ℓ
  9. More delicate 8 ℓ
  10. Loathsome ones 5 ℓ
  11. Parts of Santa costumes 6 ℓ
  12. Brings on 6 ℓ
  13. Food-stamping agcy. 4 ℓ
  14. Antarctic vista 3 ℓ
  15. Sundance Festival film 5 ℓ
  16. Irish singer 4 ℓ
  17. Utility device 5 ℓ
  18. Bowls over 4 ℓ
  19. Silver State city 4 ℓ
  20. Hurricane product 4 ℓ
  21. Disney's "concert feature" 8 ℓ
  22. Admission of fault 8 ℓ
  23. TWA competitor 5 ℓ
  24. Sort of art print 7 ℓ
  25. Made broader 7 ℓ
  26. Threw out 6 ℓ
  27. Office apprentice 6 ℓ
  28. Tongue, to Tacitus 6 ℓ
  29. Plywood source 6 ℓ
  30. Bard's "before" 3 ℓ
  31. Naval commandos 5 ℓ
  32. Big name on Wheel... 5 ℓ
  33. Stage trophy 4 ℓ
  34. Heckle 4 ℓ
  35. Electrical system 4 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, October 29, 2026 is titled “HOT PURSUIT” and was constructed by Clive Probert. The puzzle features 72 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 HOT PURSUIT Crossword October 29 2026 Answers