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NYT Crossword January 1 2026 Answers

All 76 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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1AYou're looking at it!4 lettersSee answer ›5AFile type4 lettersSee answer ›9APiano technician5 lettersSee answer ›14AParasite's target4 lettersSee answer ›15AHad no co-conspirators10 lettersSee answer ›17APreparation for many a surprise party4 lettersSee answer ›18AWhich 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss?12 lettersSee answer ›19AQuotidian5 lettersSee answer ›21ACharon's domain4 lettersSee answer ›22ABistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish)4 lettersSee answer ›23ARole for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon"6 lettersSee answer ›25AAre: Fr.4 lettersSee answer ›27AGift for a musician3 lettersSee answer ›28AFigure in much W.W. I propaganda8 lettersSee answer ›31AKid with a route8 lettersSee answer ›35AHome to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021)5 lettersSee answer ›39AWhat Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"?9 lettersSee answer ›40AWhat fictional English heavy metal band consists of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls?9 lettersSee answer ›42ALike the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism5 lettersSee answer ›43AChill pill, essentially8 lettersSee answer ›44AInvestigate8 lettersSee answer ›47APrefix with genetics3 lettersSee answer ›50AAssessment, informally4 lettersSee answer ›51AGorgon slain by Perseus6 lettersSee answer ›56ACohort4 lettersSee answer ›58AWhere many family names begin O'-4 lettersSee answer ›60ADenizen of hell5 lettersSee answer ›61ATest graders' aids … or what is needed to respond to the six trivia questions in this puzzle?10 lettersSee answer ›64ANeighbor of Java4 lettersSee answer ›65ANancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes10 lettersSee answer ›66APrayer leader4 lettersSee answer ›67ALit for fun, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›68A___-à-___4 lettersSee answer ›69ABore4 lettersSee answer ›
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1DIdly pluck, as a banjo5 lettersSee answer ›2DIt always wins, they say5 lettersSee answer ›3DOne of Us, say?5 lettersSee answer ›4DDriver of some engines5 lettersSee answer ›5DLike most oysters served with mignonette3 lettersSee answer ›6DSome Bavarian cries4 lettersSee answer ›7DMajestic7 lettersSee answer ›8DWhich unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies?8 lettersSee answer ›9D19th letter3 lettersSee answer ›10DSephora competitor4 lettersSee answer ›11DGallant5 lettersSee answer ›12D___ Gay5 lettersSee answer ›13DSteel rod with ridges5 lettersSee answer ›16DMaliciously publishes the private info of online5 lettersSee answer ›20DActor Fishburne of "The Matrix"8 lettersSee answer ›24DOrg. for the Fever and the Dream4 lettersSee answer ›26DFilled8 lettersSee answer ›29DEnd of many modern addresses3 lettersSee answer ›30DCat breed from an island in the Irish Sea4 lettersSee answer ›31DEducational support grp.3 lettersSee answer ›32DSounds of realization3 lettersSee answer ›33DWho won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?"5 lettersSee answer ›34DPitchers' stats4 lettersSee answer ›36DWhat Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya?5 lettersSee answer ›37DGo for the gold?3 lettersSee answer ›38DApropos3 lettersSee answer ›40DInitialism for an online advertiser3 lettersSee answer ›41DPitted fruit4 lettersSee answer ›43DTake over for7 lettersSee answer ›45DUndisguised5 lettersSee answer ›46D"Sit!"6 lettersSee answer ›47D"Horrors!"5 lettersSee answer ›48DGroup of experts5 lettersSee answer ›49D2010 release now owned by Meta, informally5 lettersSee answer ›52DEntry in red ink5 lettersSee answer ›53DSo-called "fifth taste"5 lettersSee answer ›54DKind of wind … or an alternative to wind5 lettersSee answer ›55D"Mob Psycho 100" genre5 lettersSee answer ›57DSinger Stefani4 lettersSee answer ›59DNegative for Nikolai4 lettersSee answer ›62DHeart chart, for short3 lettersSee answer ›63DBuffalo-to-Baltimore dir.3 lettersSee answer ›
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