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Newsday Crossword January 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Newsday Crossword January 2 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 74 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Leave offSTOP4Across Way up highALOFT5Across Table leaves, e.g.INSETS6Across Tart citrusTANGELO7Across Wasn't upstandingLEANED6Across Cylindrical sweetECLAIR6Across Tall and thinLANK4Across Johann's "you"SIE3Across With 50-Across, very brieflyINA3Across Tot's cone topperNILLA5Across Lyrical linesODE3Across Facility at HeathrowLOO3Across Net salesETAIL5Across Oral subtletyTONE4Across Military band participantOBOE4Across Submit toOBEY4Across Canadian diverLOON4Across Italy's "Supreme Poet"DANTE5Across Lundi __ (NOLA parade day)GRAS4Across Nike alternativeAVIA4Across "Made up" thingMIND4Across Tattered attireRAGS4Across See 37-AcrossNUTSHELL8Across Novelist O'BrienEDNA4Across Twilled cottonCHINO5Across Subtle vibeAURA4Across Social media user labelsTAGS4Across Police procedureRAID4Across Cellphone protectorSKIN4Across How chili may be broughtONRICE6Across Grassy, for instanceVERDANT7Across No small favorBIGASK6Across Minor anomalyBLIP4Across Resort on Lake GenevaEVIAN5Across Debtor's conditionHOCK4Across Wetlands wadersEGRETS6Across Metaphors for forgotten historyDUSTBINS8Across Printer partTRAY4Across LackedHADNT5Across

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
First of 14 popesLEOI4Down Sofa + chairs + tableSUITE5Down Vacant, as staresGLASSY6Down It covers a lot of groundASPHALT7Down Noah ancestorENOS4Down "What am __ getting?"INOT4Down Jan. honoreeMLK3Down Small flapTAB3Down Word turned in the four longest Down answersLANE4Down Griffin, in partLION4Down Sauteing stapleEVOO4Down Second starterNANO4Down Runner's fuelCARB4Down For this reasonERGO4Down ZilchNOTEVENALITTLE14Down Trattoria entreeCHICKENALFREDO14Down Comes out withSAYS4Down Tiny buzzerGNAT4Down Workout by-productADRENALINE10Down Four of a kindTETRAD6Down Country quartersINN3Down Isn't sincereKIDS4Down Knee-ankle connectorSHANK5Down Lo mein cousinPADTHAI7Down ID scanner targetIRIS4Down Type of beach bashLUAU4Down Minstrel versifierBARD4Down Mean businessEVIL4Down Fly catchersTOADS5Down More than double a 9-DownNONET5Down Food for catfishGREENALGAE10Down Forster novel settingINDIA5Down Push higherBOOST5Down EncircleGIRD4Down Nectar sourceBOSC4Down

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Newsday crossword published on Friday, January 2, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.