Newsday Crossword January 4, 2026 Answers

Across

Wedding vow locale5 Goad into action4 Insignificant4 __ latte (breakfast beverage)5 Designer Geoffrey5 Barcelona bull4 Ice cream thickener4 Folklore brutes5 He recorded the first of his 2000+ tunes10 George Bernard Shaw declined it10 Federal Reserve increase8 Ease off5 Watch carefully3 Fill with cargo4 Secret schemes5 Race's safety vehicle7 Military swords6 Request for a card5 Verdi opera4 X __ (tic-tac-toe choices)3 Dracula title5 20-Grammy pop star was born11 Nautical diary3 "And besides..."4 High-quality, as collectibles4 Bart's bus driver4 Sky shade4 Was introduced to3 He lost his heavyweight title to Gene Tunney11 Talk show visitor5 Multivariety retail cartons8 Burrowing mammals5 Sharp increases6 Doesn't stay put5 Subtraction word5 1926, today5 Rubber stamp refresher6 Seasons, as fries5 What whiteboards are8 Leaks out slowly5 Babe Ruth slugged them in one World Series game11 Boathouse blade3 Out of town4 Cleverly done4 __ legs (dog's twosome)4 Actress Teri4 Launcher of the 71-Across3 He made the first flight over the North Pole11 Small canyon5 Self-image3 Protest singer Phil4 Sign before Taurus5 Welded together6 Taking quite a while7 Cancels a deletion5 Kitchen herb4 "Steady as __ goes"3 Intermission follower5 Film fan8 Rocket propellent first used10 Broadcast media group founded10 Just waking up5 One of the Brontes4 Robin's friar friend4 Bert's kid-vid friend5 Somewhat, informally5 GPS calculations4 Elevator giant4 "Good heavens!"5

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GNP or MIT4 Star Wars princess4 Circus venue4 SoCal urbanite8 Reach the Top-40 again7 Feed, as a fire5 Sit for a picture4 Metro area3 Income for an author7 Everglades mammal7 Four-award achievements5 Broccoli __ (salad green)4 Poetic preposition3 Imitative person7 Concur (with)5 Calendar column3 Turkish tasseled topper3 Nationality suffix3 Unburdens (of)4 Result in6 Film fiasco4 Longed (for)5 Devoutness5 It administered its first SATs12 Spark to action6 Synonym source6 Scoundrel5 Early Web browser5 His comedy classic The General debuted12 Makes noise in traffic5 Poker fees5 Antique clock sounds5 Snoops (around)5 Confronted5 Myanmar alias5 Diner beverages5 Novelist Zola5 __ Carlo, Monaco5 Luxurious5 Take a stab5 Bread seed source5 Glass fragment5 Georgia urban transport system5 General drift5 Writer Allende6 Modern music genre6 Mideast rulers of yore5 Mideast rulers5 Vast5 Went wrong5 Hardware expert5 Emphatic assent5 Placed in a recess6 Failed to happen as planned8 Nest egg option7 Unnerves7 Eins + 24 Started chewing7 Encouraging words7 Bugaboo4 Astronaut attire5 Movie excerpt5 Loses altitude5 Possible babysitter4 Fourth century starter4 23- or 44-Across performance4 Duo + 14 Squeaked (out)4 Part of UNLV3 Prefix like equi-3 15 min. of football3 Many miles from here3 "On the other hand..."3