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SMOOTH SOLVING

Thursday, September 3, 2026 Constructed by Fred Piscop 78 clues
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Across

  1. Electric-dart propeller 5 ℓ
  2. Derive (from) 4 ℓ
  3. Finds a place for 4 ℓ
  4. Tot's ice cream flavor 5 ℓ
  5. Big Easy alias 4 ℓ
  6. Unlikely to excite 4 ℓ
  7. Weekly pub patron, perhaps 10 ℓ
  8. Novelist Murdoch 4 ℓ
  9. '70s hot spots 6 ℓ
  10. Slip-up sheet 6 ℓ
  11. Brown, as steak 4 ℓ
  12. Simpson family member 3 ℓ
  13. Narrow marcher line 10 ℓ
  14. Huckleberry's dad 3 ℓ
  15. Nonexistent 4 ℓ
  16. Frequenter, so to speak 3 ℓ
  17. Major mess 5 ℓ
  18. Sandal piece 5 ℓ
  19. Sherwood Florist, for instance 3 ℓ
  20. Door rapper's reply 5 ℓ
  21. Polynesian pendant 4 ℓ
  22. Earth turner 3 ℓ
  23. Makes mention of 5 ℓ
  24. Certain freight hauler 10 ℓ
  25. IRA payees 3 ℓ
  26. Astronaut Jemison 3 ℓ
  27. Comb creation 4 ℓ
  28. Flock leader 6 ℓ
  29. Copy machine attachment 6 ℓ
  30. Viola's range 4 ℓ
  31. Wearisome routine 10 ℓ
  32. Trade barbs 4 ℓ
  33. Series shortener 4 ℓ
  34. Daisy's cousin 5 ℓ
  35. More than miffed 4 ℓ
  36. Audition sample 4 ℓ
  37. What rolls often are 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. What you can have a blast with 3 ℓ
  2. Badlands topography 4 ℓ
  3. Cast forth 4 ℓ
  4. GWTW setting 4 ℓ
  5. Homogenize, perhaps 4 ℓ
  6. Sure thing 7 ℓ
  7. Small wonder of myth 3 ℓ
  8. Yet to be delivered 6 ℓ
  9. Hoists 8 ℓ
  10. "King" on a 2015 US stamp 5 ℓ
  11. Fell some 4 ℓ
  12. What fills some tanks 3 ℓ
  13. Restaurant's __-chef 4 ℓ
  14. Exotic palm berry 4 ℓ
  15. Fault caller 3 ℓ
  16. Milne's first name 4 ℓ
  17. Winter weather warmer 5 ℓ
  18. Bugs chaser 5 ℓ
  19. Ardent enthusiasms 5 ℓ
  20. Avid about 4 ℓ
  21. Oliver Twist meal 5 ℓ
  22. Bit of mischievousness 5 ℓ
  23. "Here's a secret..." preceder 4 ℓ
  24. Marked down by 4 ℓ
  25. Not unreasonable 4 ℓ
  26. Head of the Holy See 4 ℓ
  27. It doesn't react much 8 ℓ
  28. Amassed out of sight 7 ℓ
  29. What can come before a one 4 ℓ
  30. Twin (or predecessor) of Artemis 6 ℓ
  31. Non-__ (food label) 3 ℓ
  32. Not at all windy 5 ℓ
  33. Formal observance 4 ℓ
  34. French Indo-China neighbor 4 ℓ
  35. Pulled (down) 4 ℓ
  36. First-billed 4 ℓ
  37. T-Bonz brand 4 ℓ
  38. "No thanks" 4 ℓ
  39. Eroded 3 ℓ
  40. Neighbor of Marge 3 ℓ
  41. Thirsty 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Thursday, September 3, 2026 is titled “SMOOTH SOLVING” and was constructed by Fred Piscop. 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.

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