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A CENTURY AGO: What happened in 1926

Sunday, January 4, 2026 Constructed by S.N. 142 clues
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Across

  1. Wedding vow locale 5 ℓ
  2. __ latte (breakfast beverage) 5 ℓ
  3. Insignificant 4 ℓ
  4. Goad into action 4 ℓ
  5. Sharp increases 6 ℓ
  6. Burrowing mammals 5 ℓ
  7. Multivariety retail cartons 8 ℓ
  8. 1926, today 5 ℓ
  9. Doesn't stay put 5 ℓ
  10. Subtraction word 5 ℓ
  11. Rubber stamp refresher 6 ℓ
  12. Seasons, as fries 5 ℓ
  13. What whiteboards are 8 ℓ
  14. Leaks out slowly 5 ℓ
  15. Babe Ruth slugged them in one World Series game 11 ℓ
  16. Boathouse blade 3 ℓ
  17. __ legs (dog's twosome) 4 ℓ
  18. Actress Teri 4 ℓ
  19. Out of town 4 ℓ
  20. Cleverly done 4 ℓ
  21. Small canyon 5 ℓ
  22. Launcher of the 71-Across 3 ℓ
  23. He made the first flight over the North Pole 11 ℓ
  24. Protest singer Phil 4 ℓ
  25. Sign before Taurus 5 ℓ
  26. Welded together 6 ℓ
  27. Self-image 3 ℓ
  28. Cancels a deletion 5 ℓ
  29. Kitchen herb 4 ℓ
  30. Taking quite a while 7 ℓ
  31. Film fan 8 ℓ
  32. "Steady as __ goes" 3 ℓ
  33. Intermission follower 5 ℓ
  34. Broadcast media group founded 10 ℓ
  35. Rocket propellent first used 10 ℓ
  36. Folklore brutes 5 ℓ
  37. Ice cream thickener 4 ℓ
  38. Barcelona bull 4 ℓ
  39. Designer Geoffrey 5 ℓ
  40. Just waking up 5 ℓ
  41. One of the Brontes 4 ℓ
  42. Robin's friar friend 4 ℓ
  43. Bert's kid-vid friend 5 ℓ
  44. "Good heavens!" 5 ℓ
  45. Somewhat, informally 5 ℓ
  46. GPS calculations 4 ℓ
  47. Elevator giant 4 ℓ
  48. He recorded the first of his 2000+ tunes 10 ℓ
  49. George Bernard Shaw declined it 10 ℓ
  50. Federal Reserve increase 8 ℓ
  51. Ease off 5 ℓ
  52. Watch carefully 3 ℓ
  53. Race's safety vehicle 7 ℓ
  54. Secret schemes 5 ℓ
  55. Fill with cargo 4 ℓ
  56. Military swords 6 ℓ
  57. Request for a card 5 ℓ
  58. Verdi opera 4 ℓ
  59. X __ (tic-tac-toe choices) 3 ℓ
  60. Dracula title 5 ℓ
  61. 20-Grammy pop star was born 11 ℓ
  62. Nautical diary 3 ℓ
  63. Bart's bus driver 4 ℓ
  64. Sky shade 4 ℓ
  65. High-quality, as collectibles 4 ℓ
  66. "And besides..." 4 ℓ
  67. Was introduced to 3 ℓ
  68. He lost his heavyweight title to Gene Tunney 11 ℓ
  69. Talk show visitor 5 ℓ
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Down

  1. GNP or MIT 4 ℓ
  2. Nationality suffix 3 ℓ
  3. Turkish tasseled topper 3 ℓ
  4. Calendar column 3 ℓ
  5. Concur (with) 5 ℓ
  6. Imitative person 7 ℓ
  7. Poetic preposition 3 ℓ
  8. Broccoli __ (salad green) 4 ℓ
  9. Four-award achievements 5 ℓ
  10. Everglades mammal 7 ℓ
  11. Income for an author 7 ℓ
  12. Metro area 3 ℓ
  13. Sit for a picture 4 ℓ
  14. Feed, as a fire 5 ℓ
  15. Reach the Top-40 again 7 ℓ
  16. SoCal urbanite 8 ℓ
  17. Circus venue 4 ℓ
  18. Star Wars princess 4 ℓ
  19. Glass fragment 5 ℓ
  20. Bread seed source 5 ℓ
  21. Georgia urban transport system 5 ℓ
  22. General drift 5 ℓ
  23. Vast 5 ℓ
  24. Writer Allende 6 ℓ
  25. Modern music genre 6 ℓ
  26. Mideast rulers of yore 5 ℓ
  27. Mideast rulers 5 ℓ
  28. Went wrong 5 ℓ
  29. Hardware expert 5 ℓ
  30. Emphatic assent 5 ℓ
  31. Failed to happen as planned 8 ℓ
  32. Placed in a recess 6 ℓ
  33. Nest egg option 7 ℓ
  34. Unnerves 7 ℓ
  35. Eins + 2 4 ℓ
  36. Started chewing 7 ℓ
  37. Encouraging words 7 ℓ
  38. Bugaboo 4 ℓ
  39. Loses altitude 5 ℓ
  40. Movie excerpt 5 ℓ
  41. Astronaut attire 5 ℓ
  42. Duo + 1 4 ℓ
  43. 23- or 44-Across performance 4 ℓ
  44. Fourth century starter 4 ℓ
  45. Squeaked (out) 4 ℓ
  46. Possible babysitter 4 ℓ
  47. 15 min. of football 3 ℓ
  48. "On the other hand..." 3 ℓ
  49. Many miles from here 3 ℓ
  50. Prefix like equi- 3 ℓ
  51. Part of UNLV 3 ℓ
  52. Unburdens (of) 4 ℓ
  53. Result in 6 ℓ
  54. Film fiasco 4 ℓ
  55. It administered its first SATs 12 ℓ
  56. Synonym source 6 ℓ
  57. Spark to action 6 ℓ
  58. Devoutness 5 ℓ
  59. Longed (for) 5 ℓ
  60. Scoundrel 5 ℓ
  61. Early Web browser 5 ℓ
  62. His comedy classic The General debuted 12 ℓ
  63. Makes noise in traffic 5 ℓ
  64. Poker fees 5 ℓ
  65. Antique clock sounds 5 ℓ
  66. Snoops (around) 5 ℓ
  67. Myanmar alias 5 ℓ
  68. Confronted 5 ℓ
  69. Diner beverages 5 ℓ
  70. Novelist Zola 5 ℓ
  71. __ Carlo, Monaco 5 ℓ
  72. Luxurious 5 ℓ
  73. Take a stab 5 ℓ

About this puzzle

The Newsday Crossword for Sunday, January 4, 2026 is titled “A CENTURY AGO: What happened in 1926” and was constructed by S.N.. The puzzle features 142 clues arranged in a 21×21 grid — the standard format for Sunday-size puzzles.

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