Newsday Crossword Answers for Saturday, January 3, 2026
Saturday, January 3, 2026/70 clues solved
Every clue and answer from today's Newsday Crossword for Saturday, January 3, 2026, across and down, in grid order. Clues are kept with their answers rather than listed separately, so a half-remembered clue from an old grid stays findable — the whole archive is searchable the same way.
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Across
- 1Occasions for crumpets
- 10Split quickly
- 15Cameo role in eight 007 films
- 16Aural ID
- 17Illustration option
- 18Chicanery
- 19Stuhl or Bank of Germany
- 20How Juliet says "speed"
- 21Reading on concert hall walls
- 22Keep from skiing, say
- 24Form-fitting fabric
- 25Relatively probing
- 27Special disposal
- 28Virtuosic
- 29Springtime-sounding she
- 30__ low
- 31End of seven UN member names
- 32Major turning point
- 37Guy embodied by nonchalance
- 38Flat tip
- 39On Guerrilla Warfare author (1937)
- 40Variety
- 41What some crickets create
- 42"Where our people stand," per Odin (2017)
- 46Audio studio router
- 48"Roasted" side in a Twain tale
- 49Recipe's kick addition
- 50Any cashpoint
- 53Bogged down
- 54With no point
- 55England's game show channel
- 57Thread with a head
- 58Andean Explorer amenity
- 59Hard to see
- 60They're not there
Down
- 1Subs for a "team" mate
- 2Name on the cover of The Pope of Physics
- 3Rocks with bands
- 4Billboard biggest young-male group, 1987-2012
- 5Cos. with track records
- 6A person
- 7Three-syllable smoothie selection
- 8Mustard cousin
- 9Apt. cousin
- 10Flash bulb
- 11Prodigious portion
- 12Have emotional appeal
- 13Mac partner
- 14Where Alda shouts "I've eaten a river of liver"
- 21No-win situation
- 23Virtually
- 24Be piratic
- 26Idle
- 27Eely or froggy
- 31STORM + GALE weathery anagram
- 32What a bistro host handles
- 33League
- 34Parting suggestion
- 35Air __
- 36Word from Old English for "fire"
- 41What Longfellow calls his blacksmith's hands
- 43Directly
- 44Grammy category first won by Black Uhuru (1985)
- 45LG appliances
- 47Warm, neutral shade
- 50Hook model
- 51Products of wood carbonization
- 52Disneyland's __ Antoinette's Parfumerie
- 55Spring summer
- 56UK airport-search code
Hints before the answers
- Today's grid is 15x15 with 70 entries.
- There are 35 across and 35 down.
- The longest answer has 15 letters and is 32-across.
- Today's puzzle is titled "SATURDAY STUMPER".
All 70 answers
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- 1AOccasions for crumpetsTEABREAKS
- 10ASplit quicklySCRAM
- 15ACameo role in eight 007 filmsANGORACAT
- 16AAural IDTHEME
- 17AIllustration optionGRAYSCALE
- 18AChicaneryRUSES
- 19AStuhl or Bank of GermanySITZ
- 20AHow Juliet says "speed"HIE
- 21AReading on concert hall wallsDONORS
- 22AKeep from skiing, sayICEIN
- 24AForm-fitting fabricRIBKNIT
- 25ARelatively probingNOSIER
- 27ASpecial disposalSALE
- 28AVirtuosicACE
- 29ASpringtime-sounding sheMAE
- 30A__ lowLIE
- 31AEnd of seven UN member namesSTAN
- 32AMajor turning pointWATERSHEDMOMENT
- 37AGuy embodied by nonchalanceALAN
- 38AFlat tipTOE
- 39AOn Guerrilla Warfare author (1937)MAO
- 40AVarietyILK
- 41AWhat some crickets createSILK
- 42A"Where our people stand," per Odin (2017)ASGARD
- 46AAudio studio routerTIELINE
- 48A"Roasted" side in a Twain taleTATER
- 49ARecipe's kick additionLACING
- 50AAny cashpointATM
- 53ABogged downLOGY
- 54AWith no pointINANE
- 55AEngland's game show channelCHALLENGE
- 57AThread with a headSCREW
- 58AAndean Explorer amenityPARLORCAR
- 59AHard to seeTEENY
- 60AThey're not thereABSENTEES
- 1DSubs for a "team" mateTAGSIN
- 2DName on the cover of The Pope of PhysicsENRICO
- 3DRocks with bandsAGATES
- 4DBillboard biggest young-male group, 1987-2012BOYZIIMEN
- 5DCos. with track recordsRRS
- 6DA personEACH
- 7DThree-syllable smoothie selectionACAI
- 8DMustard cousinKALE
- 9DApt. cousinSTE
- 10DFlash bulbSTROBE
- 11DProdigious portionCHUNK
- 12DHave emotional appealRESONATE
- 13DMac partnerAMERICAN
- 14DWhere Alda shouts "I've eaten a river of liver"MESSTENT
- 21DNo-win situationDILEMMA
- 23DVirtuallyNEAR
- 24DBe piraticRAID
- 26DIdleRESTING
- 27DEely or froggySLEEK
- 31DSTORM + GALE weathery anagramSMOGALERT
- 32DWhat a bistro host handlesWAITLIST
- 33DLeagueALLIANCE
- 34DParting suggestionTAKECARE
- 35DAir __HOLE
- 36DWord from Old English for "fire"OAST
- 41DWhat Longfellow calls his blacksmith's handsSINEWY
- 43DDirectlyATONCE
- 44DGrammy category first won by Black Uhuru (1985)REGGAE
- 45DLG appliancesDRYERS
- 47DWarm, neutral shadeLINEN
- 50DHook modelAHAB
- 51DProducts of wood carbonizationTARS
- 52DDisneyland's __ Antoinette's ParfumerieMLLE
- 55DSpring summerCPA
- 56DUK airport-search codeLON
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The Saturday, January 3, 2026 grid has 70 entries. Every clue and its solution is listed above.
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