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TURNDOWNS

Friday, January 2, 2026 Constructed by Guilherme Gilioli 74 clues
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Across

  1. Minor anomaly 4 ℓ
  2. Social media user labels 4 ℓ
  3. Cellphone protector 4 ℓ
  4. Tart citrus 7 ℓ
  5. Table leaves, e.g. 6 ℓ
  6. Way up high 5 ℓ
  7. Leave off 4 ℓ
  8. See 37-Across 8 ℓ
  9. Cylindrical sweet 6 ℓ
  10. Nike alternative 4 ℓ
  11. Net sales 5 ℓ
  12. Tattered attire 4 ℓ
  13. Italy's "Supreme Poet" 5 ℓ
  14. Lundi __ (NOLA parade day) 4 ℓ
  15. Canadian diver 4 ℓ
  16. Submit to 4 ℓ
  17. Military band participant 4 ℓ
  18. Oral subtlety 4 ℓ
  19. Subtle vibe 4 ℓ
  20. Twilled cotton 5 ℓ
  21. Novelist O'Brien 4 ℓ
  22. Police procedure 4 ℓ
  23. Lacked 5 ℓ
  24. Printer part 4 ℓ
  25. Wetlands waders 6 ℓ
  26. Metaphors for forgotten history 8 ℓ
  27. Debtor's condition 4 ℓ
  28. Resort on Lake Geneva 5 ℓ
  29. No small favor 6 ℓ
  30. Grassy, for instance 7 ℓ
  31. How chili may be brought 6 ℓ
  32. "Made up" thing 4 ℓ
  33. Facility at Heathrow 3 ℓ
  34. Lyrical lines 3 ℓ
  35. Tot's cone topper 5 ℓ
  36. With 50-Across, very briefly 3 ℓ
  37. Tall and thin 4 ℓ
  38. Johann's "you" 3 ℓ
  39. Wasn't upstanding 6 ℓ
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Down

  1. Minstrel versifier 4 ℓ
  2. Comes out with 4 ℓ
  3. Tiny buzzer 4 ℓ
  4. Workout by-product 10 ℓ
  5. Four of a kind 6 ℓ
  6. Zilch 14 ℓ
  7. Country quarters 3 ℓ
  8. Isn't sincere 4 ℓ
  9. Knee-ankle connector 5 ℓ
  10. Lo mein cousin 7 ℓ
  11. ID scanner target 4 ℓ
  12. Type of beach bash 4 ℓ
  13. Vacant, as stares 6 ℓ
  14. Sofa + chairs + table 5 ℓ
  15. Word turned in the four longest Down answers 4 ℓ
  16. Griffin, in part 4 ℓ
  17. Sauteing staple 4 ℓ
  18. Second starter 4 ℓ
  19. Runner's fuel 4 ℓ
  20. For this reason 4 ℓ
  21. Small flap 3 ℓ
  22. Trattoria entree 14 ℓ
  23. Nectar source 4 ℓ
  24. Encircle 4 ℓ
  25. Mean business 4 ℓ
  26. Food for catfish 10 ℓ
  27. Push higher 5 ℓ
  28. Forster novel setting 5 ℓ
  29. More than double a 9-Down 5 ℓ
  30. Fly catchers 5 ℓ
  31. Jan. honoree 3 ℓ
  32. "What am __ getting?" 4 ℓ
  33. First of 14 popes 4 ℓ
  34. Noah ancestor 4 ℓ
  35. It covers a lot of ground 7 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Friday, January 2, 2026 is titled “TURNDOWNS” and was constructed by Guilherme Gilioli. The puzzle features 74 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

Click any clue above to view its dedicated answer page, which includes letter-by-letter analysis, the puzzle context, and a history of every other Newsday puzzle the same clue or answer has appeared in. To see the complete grid filled in with every answer, use the “Reveal grid” button at the top of the grid.

The Newsday Crossword is published daily by Newsday on Long Island and edited by Stan Newman. Difficulty builds across the week from a gentle Monday introduction up to Saturday’s legendary themeless Stumper. The official puzzle is available on the Newsday Games site. For other days, browse the complete Newsday Crossword archive indexed by date.

Newsday TURNDOWNS Crossword January 2 2026 Answers