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Newsday Crossword January 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 74 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 74 clues from the Newsday Crossword for January 2 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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Leave off4 AcrossReveal answer → Way up high5 AcrossReveal answer → Table leaves, e.g.6 AcrossReveal answer → Tart citrus7 AcrossReveal answer → Wasn't upstanding6 AcrossReveal answer → Cylindrical sweet6 AcrossReveal answer → Tall and thin4 AcrossReveal answer → Johann's "you"3 AcrossReveal answer → With 50-Across, very briefly3 AcrossReveal answer → Tot's cone topper5 AcrossReveal answer → Lyrical lines3 AcrossReveal answer → Facility at Heathrow3 AcrossReveal answer → Net sales5 AcrossReveal answer → Oral subtlety4 AcrossReveal answer → Military band participant4 AcrossReveal answer → Submit to4 AcrossReveal answer → Canadian diver4 AcrossReveal answer → Italy's "Supreme Poet"5 AcrossReveal answer → Lundi __ (NOLA parade day)4 AcrossReveal answer → Nike alternative4 AcrossReveal answer → "Made up" thing4 AcrossReveal answer → Tattered attire4 AcrossReveal answer → See 37-Across8 AcrossReveal answer → Novelist O'Brien4 AcrossReveal answer → Twilled cotton5 AcrossReveal answer → Subtle vibe4 AcrossReveal answer → Social media user labels4 AcrossReveal answer → Police procedure4 AcrossReveal answer → Cellphone protector4 AcrossReveal answer → How chili may be brought6 AcrossReveal answer → Grassy, for instance7 AcrossReveal answer → No small favor6 AcrossReveal answer → Minor anomaly4 AcrossReveal answer → Resort on Lake Geneva5 AcrossReveal answer → Debtor's condition4 AcrossReveal answer → Wetlands waders6 AcrossReveal answer → Metaphors for forgotten history8 AcrossReveal answer → Printer part4 AcrossReveal answer → Lacked5 AcrossReveal answer →

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First of 14 popes4 DownReveal answer → Sofa + chairs + table5 DownReveal answer → Vacant, as stares6 DownReveal answer → It covers a lot of ground7 DownReveal answer → Noah ancestor4 DownReveal answer → "What am __ getting?"4 DownReveal answer → Jan. honoree3 DownReveal answer → Small flap3 DownReveal answer → Word turned in the four longest Down answers4 DownReveal answer → Griffin, in part4 DownReveal answer → Sauteing staple4 DownReveal answer → Second starter4 DownReveal answer → Runner's fuel4 DownReveal answer → For this reason4 DownReveal answer → Zilch14 DownReveal answer → Trattoria entree14 DownReveal answer → Comes out with4 DownReveal answer → Tiny buzzer4 DownReveal answer → Workout by-product10 DownReveal answer → Four of a kind6 DownReveal answer → Country quarters3 DownReveal answer → Isn't sincere4 DownReveal answer → Knee-ankle connector5 DownReveal answer → Lo mein cousin7 DownReveal answer → ID scanner target4 DownReveal answer → Type of beach bash4 DownReveal answer → Minstrel versifier4 DownReveal answer → Mean business4 DownReveal answer → Fly catchers5 DownReveal answer → More than double a 9-Down5 DownReveal answer → Food for catfish10 DownReveal answer → Forster novel setting5 DownReveal answer → Push higher5 DownReveal answer → Encircle4 DownReveal answer → Nectar source4 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Newsday crossword published on Friday, January 2, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.