Newsday Crossword hints and answers for July 12, 2026
A hint and the answer for every clue, each behind its own button. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues140
Across62
Down78
TitleCHOICE WORDS: Explained at 123-Across
Today’s Newsday Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
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A lot, in Lima (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMUCHO→
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Recline face-up (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELIEPRONE→
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Walk heavily (5)
Starts with C, ends with PCLOMP→
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Trivet kin (6)
Starts with H, ends with DHOTPAD→
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Witness (8)
Starts with O, ends with RONLOOKER→
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Title for un monarque (5)
Starts with L, ends with ILEROI→
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Prayer candle (6)
Starts with V, ends with EVOTIVE→
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Seems sensible (14)
Starts with S, ends with NSTANDSTOREASON→
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Expert (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
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Airport convenience (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
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Eleven, in Lourdes (4)
Starts with O, ends with EONZE→
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Choral clinker (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESOURNOTE→
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French couturier (13)
Starts with C, ends with RCHRISTIANDIOR→
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Biathlon need (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISKI→
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Subtle distinctions (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNUANCES→
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2028 L.A. Games group (3)
Starts with I, ends with CIOC→
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Major mess (5)
Starts with S, ends with USNAFU→
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Buttonhole, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLIT→
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Spanish hero El __ (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCID→
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Next-to-last syllable (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPENULT→
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Chance to play (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTURN→
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Squidlike (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTENARMED→
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Bespoke, as a suit (12)
Starts with H, ends with DHANDTAILORED→
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Shows remorse (6)
Starts with A, ends with SATONES→
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Treadless (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBALD→
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Sherbet flavor (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELIME→
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Needless fuss (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
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Marching musician's outfit (11)
Starts with B, ends with MBANDUNIFORM→
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Ad's "easy to clean" (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOMESS→
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Rembrandt contemporary (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSTEEN→
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Gift-wrapper's need (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAPE→
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Stretched tight (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTAUT→
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Snowman accessory (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSCARF→
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Central positions (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMIDSTS→
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Result of good shuffling (11)
Starts with R, ends with RRANDOMORDER→
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Regret (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERUE→
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Pledge in court (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOATH→
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Kid-vid explorer (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADORA→
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High-strung (6)
Starts with O, ends with EONEDGE→
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Aruba or Tahiti (12)
Starts with I, ends with TISLANDRESORT→
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What businessmen must often do (8)
Starts with T, ends with ETIESATIE→
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Loan guarantor (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSURETY→
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Unmannerly guy (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCAD→
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Subdued green (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOSS→
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Improvise orally (5)
Starts with A, ends with BADLIB→
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Jargon suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with EESE→
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Baby food dessert (7)
Starts with T, ends with ATAPIOCA→
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Got hitched (3)
Starts with W, ends with DWED→
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Require (13)
Starts with M, ends with YMAKEMANDATORY→
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Victorian prime minister (8)
Starts with D, ends with IDISRAELI→
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Shredded, with "up" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETORE→
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Neth. neighbor (3)
Starts with G, ends with RGER→
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Former OPEC state (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUAE→
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Pictures' proverbial worth (14)
Starts with A, ends with SATHOUSANDWORDS→
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Nissan sedan (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASENTRA→
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Tour of duty (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTINT→
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Pete of folk music (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSEEGER→
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Composer Carmichael (5)
Starts with H, ends with YHOAGY→
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Stop sign shade (8)
Starts with F, ends with DFIERYRED→
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What the eight longest answers share (5)
Starts with A, ends with RANDOR→
Down
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Scrounger (5)
Starts with M, ends with HMOOCH→
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Come out with (5)
Starts with U, ends with RUTTER→
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Cost-of-living no. (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICPI→
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Lake __ City, AZ (6)
Starts with H, ends with UHAVASU→
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Single-named folk singer (6)
Starts with O, ends with AODETTA→
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Part of UCLA (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLOS→
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Chanted (7)
Starts with I, ends with DINTONED→
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Spiral-horned antelopes (6)
Starts with E, ends with SELANDS→
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Infamous investment fraudster (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPONZI→
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Bull-riding venue (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORODEO→
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Gives approval for (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
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Mosquito stoppers (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNETS→
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Suffix for smack (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEROO→
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Store staff (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCLERKS→
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Embrace, as inconvenience (8)
Starts with L, ends with OLEANINTO→
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Approximately (4)
Starts with O, ends with OORSO→
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Not worth discussing (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOOT→
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Knotty wood (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPINE→
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Climate control, for short (4)
Starts with H, ends with CHVAC→
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Toys __ (store chain) (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRUS→
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Cut up finely (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMINCE→
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Side by side (8)
Starts with I, ends with MINTANDEM→
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Battery fluid (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
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Orange exterior (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRIND→
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Audibly (7)
Starts with O, ends with DOUTLOUD→
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Lay __ (assert ownership of) (7)
Starts with C, ends with OCLAIMTO→
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Eerie ambience (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAURA→
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Stone Age toon (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFRED→
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Wild guesses (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSTABS→
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Unleash upon (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLETAT→
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Hole __ (golfer's dream) (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINONE→
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Tropical tree (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPALM→
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"Pencils down!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIME→
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Family gathering (7)
Starts with R, ends with NREUNION→
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Yahoo! rival (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMSN→
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Also-ran of fable (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHARE→
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Learning experiences (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLESSONS→
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Knocks on the noggin (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBOPS→
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"No kidding!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EITSTRUE→
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June honorees (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFATHERS→
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Granny (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANANA→
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Bawl out (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSCREAMAT→
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Pucker-inducing (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTART→
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Expand on (5)
Starts with A, ends with OADDTO→
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Philbin of TV (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREGIS→
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Sets loose (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFREES→
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June honorees (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDADS→
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Golfer McIlroy (4)
Starts with R, ends with YRORY→
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Homer's bartender (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMOE→
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Tequila cocktail, for short (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARITA→
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Pre-owned (4)
Starts with U, ends with DUSED→
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Israeli carrier (4)
Starts with E, ends with LELAL→
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105-Down counterpart (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDOT→
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"Do you doubt me?" (8)
Starts with A, ends with GAMIWRONG→
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Appear to be (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEEM→
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Spanish appetizer (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATAPA→
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Picking from a lineup (5)
Starts with I, ends with GIDING→
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Was now payable (7)
Starts with C, ends with ECAMEDUE→
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Aesthete's appreciation (6)
Starts with B, ends with YBEAUTY→
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Big brat (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTERROR→
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Black Sea port (6)
Starts with O, ends with AODESSA→
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__ Moines, IA (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDES→
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Doing battle (5)
Starts with A, ends with RATWAR→
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Eccentric (5)
Starts with K, ends with YKOOKY→
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Money spent (5)
Starts with O, ends with OOUTGO→
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Harder to find (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRARER→
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Number on class rings (4)
Starts with Y, ends with RYEAR→
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Telegraphy symbol (4)
Starts with D, ends with HDASH→
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"So what's __ you?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with OITTO→
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Branch of Islam (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASHIA→
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Guffaw, informally (4)
Starts with L, ends with FLAFF→
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Cross inscription (4)
Starts with I, ends with IINRI→
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Low grade (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
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Norm: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSTD→
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Homer's neighbor (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNED→
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Newsday Crossword FAQ
How many clues are in the Newsday Crossword for July 12, 2026?+
140 clues: 62 Across and 78 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Billie Truitt.
What are some answers in today’s Newsday Crossword?+
For example: A lot, in Lima (MUCHO); Recline face-up (LIEPRONE); Walk heavily (CLOMP).
Who makes the Newsday Crossword?+
It is edited by Stan Newman, who also constructs many of the puzzles under pseudonyms.
Where can I find past Newsday Crossword answers?+
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