Newsday Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers

Across

Service academy studies4 Military's band4 Several thousand pounds of wood4 Very little salt5 Sea hunter4 Treat with cocoa4 Dusseldorf's water5 Sound of fans4 On its way4 Complex challenge12 Long lead-in3 "Here's a thought..."3 Star-studded arrays6 Real estate tech company6 Camp David Accords signer Begin8 "...but maybe not?"6 Doctor show sets3 "Himno Nacional," south of the border13 "You don't mean me?!"3 Point poorly6 App or main8 Got comfy6 Erupter of 20256 Lawn from farms3 Street map letters3 How nearly all countries measure12 Band sample4 Verdi princess4 Between, to Racine5 Mando cousins4 Get moving4 Dance or dip5 Unexcelled4 No great distance4 Hacienda hireling4

Down

"You're getting close"6 Stay attached6 Bred6 Return IDs4 "Beg pardon?"5 Suffix for buck4 Sign of healing4 Novelist Coben or Ellison6 Of immense extent6 It might hold gold3 __ Faire (role-playing place)3 Iota of ink3 Apple phone activator7 Barrel of laughs5 What Pam is missing3 "Slip-on" wear4 Duration4 Texting format: Abbr.3 Aesop's "sour grapes" beast3 Fluid ounce fraction5 Harbormaster data4 "I'll order that also"4 Champagne name4 Austrian article4 Thinnest iPods5 Back-in-fashion shirts7 Royal Navy designation3 "Delish!"3 Maximum effort6 Ending meaning "made of"3 Certain Siberians6 Rat someone out6 Very very6 Put down6 Hair holder5 Barrel of laughs4 Pointless4 Break (off)4 Add sound effects3 Barely manage, with "by"3 Pair that the five longest answers start and (reflected) end with3