Crossword Answers For: Friday, January 2, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Charges => BILLS
Down: During => AMID
Down: House shower? => CSPAN
Down: More slick => ICIER
Down: 2024 NBA All-Star Game MVP __ Time Lillard => DAME
Down: In the loop => AWARE
Down: Warning on a note passed in a seminar? => NOTFORPROF
Down: Sew loosely => BASTE
Down: Not gross => NET
Down: Some Duracells => AAS
Down: Like many fiddle-leaf figs => POTTED
Down: Land south of Eur. => AFR
Down: Crystal ball consulted atop Mount Everest? => HIGHEARTHORB
Down: Hawaiian for white => KEA
Down: Highest seed => ONE
Down: Regret => RUE
Down: Marble __ => RYE
Down: Up and about => ASTIR
Down: Mother with a Nobel Peace Prize => TERESA
Down: The discovery of the Lucy fossils, for one? => SIGNIFICANTDIG
Down: Agree => ASSENT
Down: Soccer star Sergio who scored more than 100 goals for Real Madrid => RAMOS
Down: Audible sighs => AHS
Down: Long. crosser => LAT
Down: Rugrats dad => STU
Down: Tiebreaker periods, for short => OTS
Down: Beauty school treatment? => LEARNERSPERM
Down: Opposite of oui => NON
Down: Release => LETOUT
Down: Singer Carly __ Jepsen => RAE
Down: Paramount+ partner, briefly => SHO
Down: Batter beater => WHISK
Down: Cut that out!, or an apt title for this puzzle => KNOCKITOFF
Down: Like déjà vu => EERIE
Down: Cry of dismay => OHNO
Down: Leaves for dinner => SALAD
Down: Freezing temps => TEENS
Down: Large number => SLEW
Down: Monster with regenerative heads => HYDRA
Down: Recycling container => BIN
Down: Admission of guilt => ICONFESS
Down: Well-read individuals => LITERATI
Down: Not right? => LEFT
Down: Sold-out letters => SRO
Down: Magazine income source => ADPAGE
Down: Swampy habitat => MARSH
Down: Texter's qualifier => IMO
Down: Pt. of HDTV => DEF
Down: Novelist Meg => CABOT
Down: Broad strip => SWATH
Down: Tacos al __ => PASTOR
Down: Aorta, for one => ARTERY
Down: (If) necessary => NEEDBE
Down: Picnic spoiler => RAIN
Down: Groom feathers => PREEN
Down: Pseudonym preceder => AKA
Down: Features of orchestras and rhinos => HORNS
Down: Upright => ERECT
Down: Spiritual glow => AURA
Down: Four-time French Open winner Swiatek => IGA
Down: Window shades => TINTS
Down: Play guitar => STRUM
Down: Org. for orthodontists => ADA
Down: Key => ISLET
Down: Dread => FEAR
Down: Comment from someone listening to elevator music, perhaps => IMONHOLD
Down: Push beyond acceptable limits => GOTOOFAR
Down: ID with two hyphens => SSN
Down: Totally wrong => ALLWET
Down: [Giggle] => HEEHEE
Down: Many a mockumentary => SATIRE
Down: Manatee, e.g. => SEACOW
Down: Taxing trip => TREK
Down: Gymnast's gripping aid => ROSIN
Down: Zaps => NUKES
Down: Susceptible (to) => PRONE
Down: Don't go! => STAY
Down: MMA stat => KOS
Down: Kraken's realm, briefly => NHL
Down: Or so => ISH
Down: HHS agency => FDA

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