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HOT STUFF

Friday, September 4, 2026 Constructed by Billie Truitt 76 clues
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Across

  1. Carry colleague 4 ℓ
  2. Drain 3 ℓ
  3. Frozen digs 5 ℓ
  4. Tennis great on a 2005 stamp 4 ℓ
  5. High-maintenance 5 ℓ
  6. Medicinal shipment 4 ℓ
  7. Elk sausage seller 4 ℓ
  8. __ Hot 10 ℓ
  9. __TV (docusoap channel) 3 ℓ
  10. Avarice exemplar 5 ℓ
  11. Be boisterous 4 ℓ
  12. Hot __ 13 ℓ
  13. Short trip 3 ℓ
  14. Baby badger 3 ℓ
  15. Hoof healer's designation 3 ℓ
  16. Still to be caught 4 ℓ
  17. Stone mostly silicon 4 ℓ
  18. Maned mammal 5 ℓ
  19. "Hot __?" 15 ℓ
  20. What you might break into 4 ℓ
  21. Fabricated 4 ℓ
  22. Go formal 5 ℓ
  23. Open-and-shut-case org. 3 ℓ
  24. Cold-weather beverage 3 ℓ
  25. Fooled 3 ℓ
  26. "__ hot..." 13 ℓ
  27. Fascinates, so to speak 5 ℓ
  28. Romantic, to musicians 3 ℓ
  29. Keep hidden 4 ℓ
  30. Falsetto monster of TV 4 ℓ
  31. Hot-__ 10 ℓ
  32. Plenty 4 ℓ
  33. Edible ring 5 ℓ
  34. No longer crisp 4 ℓ
  35. -speak cousin 3 ℓ
  36. Holds up 5 ℓ
  37. Explanation intro 4 ℓ
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Down

  1. Largest North African city 5 ℓ
  2. Tangible encouragement 4 ℓ
  3. Vocal showcase 4 ℓ
  4. Delivery to 50-Down 9 ℓ
  5. Toon with a brother Castor 3 ℓ
  6. Elevated lines 3 ℓ
  7. Physicist Ohm 5 ℓ
  8. Part of a foot 6 ℓ
  9. Fireside decor 9 ℓ
  10. Paper bundle 5 ℓ
  11. "All I __ You" (Phantom... tune) 5 ℓ
  12. Arboreal primate 5 ℓ
  13. Black & Decker rival 4 ℓ
  14. Website with trailer videos 4 ℓ
  15. Novelist Tami 4 ℓ
  16. "It matters to me" 5 ℓ
  17. As it should be 4 ℓ
  18. Flight formations 4 ℓ
  19. Team on the same island as JFK 4 ℓ
  20. Sub rosa 9 ℓ
  21. Botanical vessel 3 ℓ
  22. Grown up 5 ℓ
  23. First Biblical grandson 4 ℓ
  24. 19th century autocrat 9 ℓ
  25. Hearty enjoyment 4 ℓ
  26. Drs.' associations 4 ℓ
  27. Telltale sign 4 ℓ
  28. Cosmic radiation studier 4 ℓ
  29. Research assistance 6 ℓ
  30. Emulate the Shelleys and Brownings 5 ℓ
  31. Impolite demand 5 ℓ
  32. Sub stations 5 ℓ
  33. "Indoors __?" 5 ℓ
  34. Rolls out 4 ℓ
  35. Drudges 5 ℓ
  36. Snow blower, more than likely 4 ℓ
  37. Mapa lines 4 ℓ
  38. Bloodwork letters 3 ℓ
  39. Name on macadamia jars 3 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, September 4, 2026 is titled “HOT STUFF” and was constructed by Billie Truitt. The puzzle features 76 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 STUFF Crossword September 4 2026 Answers