Newsday Crossword Answers for Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026/78 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Wednesday, March 4, 2026, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.
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Across
- 1Metallic envelope closer
- 6Job benefit, for short
- 10Toy for a snowy day
- 14Juliet's love
- 15"It's my turn!"
- 16Cover with concrete
- 17Singly
- 19__ so (nevertheless)
- 20Ink-filled implements
- 21Animals encountered by Goldilocks
- 23London or Louisville
- 25Kept out of sight
- 26Inheritance
- 29Jogger's gait
- 31Yale student
- 34Wed secretly
- 35Serving from a caterer
- 36Adolescent
- 37Eisenhower or MacArthur's top rank
- 40Two-year-olds
- 41Alternatively
- 42"All kidding __..."
- 43Urban rds.
- 44Family diagram
- 45Declare under oath
- 46Lamb's father
- 47Pigsty dinner
- 48Golf clubs for fairways
- 53Footnote abbr.
- 57Part of the eye with color
- 58Common work shift start
- 60Quart fraction
- 61__ part (role-play)
- 62Sherlock creator's middle name
- 63Takes a glance at
- 64Glance (at)
- 65Covered with rocks
Down
- 1Cotton or soybeans
- 2Unassisted
- 3Prayer's final word
- 4Ocean-view paintings
- 5Soup cookware
- 6Brief but meaningfully worded
- 7Mideast ruler
- 8It surrounds the Vatican
- 9Desk's leg space
- 10Velocity
- 11Volcanic output
- 12Unceasingly
- 13Family rooms
- 18ABA member
- 22Tiny piece
- 24Chills with cubes
- 26Some car turns
- 27Poet TS
- 28Nations' managements: Abbr.
- 29Brief in speech
- 30Extreme anger
- 31Strange and spooky
- 32Goes first
- 33Bay or cove
- 35Stallion or rooster
- 36Person flying experimental planes
- 38Bus station
- 39USA alliance
- 44Light brown
- 45Moreover
- 46Stops for a break
- 47Crafty person
- 48Samples, as soup
- 49Lake bordering Ohio
- 50Grape plant
- 51San Juan, Puerto __
- 52Not fooled by
- 54Lawyer's pro __ work
- 55Optimist's assertion
- 56Big Apple-based fashion label
- 59Duplicate emails, for short
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 78 entries.
- There are 37 across and 41 down.
- The longest answer has 15 letters and is 37-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "WHAT ARE THE ODDS".
All 78 answers
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- 1AMetallic envelope closerCLASP
- 6AJob benefit, for shortPERK
- 10AToy for a snowy daySLED
- 14AJuliet's loveROMEO
- 15A"It's my turn!"IMON
- 16ACover with concretePAVE
- 17ASinglyONEATATIME
- 19A__ so (nevertheless)EVEN
- 20AInk-filled implementsPENS
- 21AAnimals encountered by GoldilocksTHREEBEARS
- 23ALondon or LouisvilleCITY
- 25AKept out of sightHID
- 26AInheritanceLEGACY
- 29AJogger's gaitTROT
- 31AYale studentELI
- 34AWed secretlyELOPE
- 35AServing from a catererMEAL
- 36AAdolescentTEEN
- 37AEisenhower or MacArthur's top rankFIVESTARGENERAL
- 40ATwo-year-oldsTOTS
- 41AAlternativelyELSE
- 42A"All kidding __..."ASIDE
- 43AUrban rds.STS
- 44AFamily diagramTREE
- 45ADeclare under oathATTEST
- 46ALamb's fatherRAM
- 47APigsty dinnerSLOP
- 48AGolf clubs for fairwaysSEVENIRONS
- 53AFootnote abbr.IBID
- 57APart of the eye with colorIRIS
- 58ACommon work shift startNINEOCLOCK
- 60AQuart fractionPINT
- 61A__ part (role-play)ACTA
- 62ASherlock creator's middle nameCONAN
- 63ATakes a glance atSEES
- 64AGlance (at)LOOK
- 65ACovered with rocksSTONY
- 1DCotton or soybeansCROP
- 2DUnassistedLONE
- 3DPrayer's final wordAMEN
- 4DOcean-view paintingsSEASCAPES
- 5DSoup cookwarePOT
- 6DBrief but meaningfully wordedPITHY
- 7DMideast rulerEMIR
- 8DIt surrounds the VaticanROME
- 9DDesk's leg spaceKNEEHOLE
- 10DVelocitySPEED
- 11DVolcanic outputLAVA
- 12DUnceasinglyEVER
- 13DFamily roomsDENS
- 18DABA memberATTY
- 22DTiny pieceBIT
- 24DChills with cubesICES
- 26DSome car turnsLEFTS
- 27DPoet TSELIOT
- 28DNations' managements: Abbr.GOVTS
- 29DBrief in speechTERSE
- 30DExtreme angerRAGE
- 31DStrange and spookyEERIE
- 32DGoes firstLEADS
- 33DBay or coveINLET
- 35DStallion or roosterMALE
- 36DPerson flying experimental planesTESTPILOT
- 38DBus stationTERMINAL
- 39DUSA allianceNATO
- 44DLight brownTAN
- 45DMoreoverALSO
- 46DStops for a breakRESTS
- 47DCrafty personSNEAK
- 48DSamples, as soupSIPS
- 49DLake bordering OhioERIE
- 50DGrape plantVINE
- 51DSan Juan, Puerto __RICO
- 52DNot fooled byONTO
- 54DLawyer's pro __ workBONO
- 55DOptimist's assertionICAN
- 56DBig Apple-based fashion labelDKNY
- 59DDuplicate emails, for shortCCS
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