Newsday Crossword January 21, 2026 Answers

Across

Stately house5 Resorts with hot springs4 Astaire or Flintstone4 Chicago airport5 Folded Tex-Mex food4 Very hard to find4 Workers' pay ranges10 Novelist O'Brien or Ferber4 Slipped up5 Slow-moving animal in a shell5 Sheet-fastening device7 Confidential matter6 Bike's foot levers6 Slow-moving, tree-dwelling mammal5 Per item, informally4 Already in use5 50%4 "It's a __ formality"4 Three, on a sundial3 Spoken aloud4 Crystal ball gazer4 "Super!"5 Formal ceremony4 Hunts, as a lion, with "on"5 Highly decorated6 Zigzag ski race6 Collects in bulk7 "Dear sir or __..."5 Lawyers' assignments5 Help in wrongdoing4 Parts of novels visible on a shelf10 Part for an actor4 Vampire novelist Rice4 Lloyd Webber musical5 Three, in Spain4 Oboe accessory4 "Blowin' in the Wind" composer5

Down

Cut the grass3 "I get it now!"3 Pester persistently3 Mineral that's mined3 Offer used goods6 Ringo of the Beatles5 Nearly colorless4 Scored 100% on4 Ship's distress signal3 Coiled brass instruments11 Airplane-tracking device5 Bert's Sesame Street buddy5 Handed out poker cards5 Wave's top5 "On your mark, get __..."3 Sends junk email to5 Old West tent dwelling5 Really love5 Disposable picnic dishes11 Boy in the family3 Birds fly through them5 Star Wars princess4 Well-ventilated4 Diva's solos5 Espresso with milk5 Runs away from5 Emerald or ruby3 Hefty volumes5 CD-__ drive3 Spoke hoarsely6 Intelligent5 Parts and __ (repair bill lines)5 British singing star5 Posed a query5 Edible ice cream holder4 Top-tier4 Common butter shape3 Wall-climbing plant3 Nothing3 Incoming plane stat: Abbr.3 __ Juan, PR3