Newsday Crossword January 2 2026 Answers (1/2/26)

Here are all of the answers to today's Newsday Crossword puzzle for January 2 2026 to help you finish it up!
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Our Newsday Crossword January 2, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Newsday Crossword is a syndicated crossword that is published across different apps and websites each day. It is one of the “easier” crosswords to work on compared to some of the heavy-hitters like the NYT Crossword.

There is a new puzzle to work through each day of the week. This crossword is considered to be balanced between being fun and engaging with some challenge but entirely solvable without tearing one’s hair out!

Newsday Crossword January 2, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Newsday Crossword on 1/2/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Minor anomaly
5A Cellphone protector
9A Social media user labels
13A Subtle vibe
14A Twilled cotton
15A Novelist O'Brien
16A Police procedure
17A Lacked
18A Printer part
19A Metaphors for forgotten history
21A Wetlands waders
23A Debtor's condition
24A Resort on Lake Geneva
25A No small favor
28A Grassy, for instance
31A How chili may be brought
32A "Made up" thing
33A Facility at Heathrow
34A Lyrical lines
35A Tot's cone topper
37A With 50-Across, very briefly
38A Johann's "you"
39A Tall and thin
40A Wasn't upstanding
43A Tart citrus
45A Table leaves, e.g.
46A Way up high
47A Leave off
48A Cylindrical sweet
50A See 37-Across
54A Tattered attire
55A Net sales
57A Nike alternative
58A Lundi __ (NOLA parade day)
59A Italy's "Supreme Poet"
60A Canadian diver
61A Submit to
62A Military band participant
63A Oral subtlety
1D Minstrel versifier
2D Type of beach bash
3D ID scanner target
4D Lo mein cousin
5D Knee-ankle connector
6D Isn't sincere
7D Country quarters
8D Zilch
9D Four of a kind
10D Workout by-product
11D Tiny buzzer
12D Comes out with
14D Trattoria entree
20D Nectar source
22D Encircle
24D Mean business
25D Push higher
26D Forster novel setting
27D Food for catfish
29D More than double a 9-Down
30D Fly catchers
32D Jan. honoree
36D "What am __ getting?"
39D First of 14 popes
41D Noah ancestor
42D It covers a lot of ground
44D Vacant, as stares
47D Sofa + chairs + table
48D For this reason
49D Runner's fuel
50D Second starter
51D Sauteing staple
52D Griffin, in part
53D Word turned in the four longest Down answers
56D Small flap

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