Newsday Crossword January 2, 2026 Answers

Across

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

Down

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