NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 1, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 1, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Topher BoothEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 34

  1. 1You're looking at it! ↗THIS
  2. 5File type ↗RASP
  3. 9Piano technician ↗TUNER
  4. 14Parasite's target ↗HOST
  5. 15Had no co-conspirators ↗ACTEDALONE
  6. 17Preparation for many a surprise party ↗RUSE
  7. 18Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss? ↗WHATABOUTBOB
  8. 19Quotidian ↗USUAL
  9. 21Charon's domain ↗STYX
  10. 22Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish) ↗ALLA
  11. 23Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon" ↗MEEMAW
  12. 25Are: Fr. ↗ETES
  13. 27Gift for a musician ↗EAR
  14. 28Figure in much W.W. I propaganda ↗UNCLESAM
  15. 31Kid with a route ↗PAPERBOY
  16. 35Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021) ↗TAMPA
  17. 39What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"? ↗THESCREAM
  18. 40What fictional English heavy metal band consists of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls? ↗SPINALTAP
  19. 42Like the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism ↗ASIAN
  20. 43Chill pill, essentially ↗RELAXANT
  21. 44Investigate ↗SCOPEOUT
  22. 47Prefix with genetics ↗EPI
  23. 50Assessment, informally ↗EVAL
  24. 51Gorgon slain by Perseus ↗MEDUSA
  25. 56Cohort ↗GANG
  26. 58Where many family names begin O'- ↗ERIN
  27. 60Denizen of hell ↗DEMON
  28. 61Test graders' aids … or what is needed to respond to the six trivia questions in this puzzle? ↗ANSWERKEYS
  29. 64Neighbor of Java ↗BALI
  30. 65Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes ↗DETECTIVES
  31. 66Prayer leader ↗IMAM
  32. 67Lit for fun, e.g. ↗SLANG
  33. 68___-à-___ ↗TETE
  34. 69Bore ↗TIRE

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  1. 1Idly pluck, as a banjo ↗THRUM
  2. 2It always wins, they say ↗HOUSE
  3. 3One of Us, say? ↗ISSUE
  4. 4Driver of some engines ↗STEAM
  5. 5Like most oysters served with mignonette ↗RAW
  6. 6Some Bavarian cries ↗ACHS
  7. 7Majestic ↗STATELY
  8. 8Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies? ↗PETABYTE
  9. 919th letter ↗TAU
  10. 10Sephora competitor ↗ULTA
  11. 11Gallant ↗NOBLE
  12. 12___ Gay ↗ENOLA
  13. 13Steel rod with ridges ↗REBAR
  14. 16Maliciously publishes the private info of online ↗DOXES
  15. 20Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix" ↗LAURENCE
  16. 24Org. for the Fever and the Dream ↗WNBA
  17. 26Filled ↗SATIATED
  18. 29End of many modern addresses ↗COM
  19. 30Cat breed from an island in the Irish Sea ↗MANX
  20. 31Educational support grp. ↗PTA
  21. 32Sounds of realization ↗AHS
  22. 33Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?" ↗PESCI
  23. 34Pitchers' stats ↗ERAS
  24. 36What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya? ↗MALTA
  25. 37Go for the gold? ↗PAN
  26. 38Apropos ↗APT
  27. 40Initialism for an online advertiser ↗SEO
  28. 41Pitted fruit ↗PLUM
  29. 43Take over for ↗RELIEVE
  30. 45Undisguised ↗OVERT
  31. 46"Sit!" ↗PARKIT
  32. 47"Horrors!" ↗EGADS
  33. 48Group of experts ↗PANEL
  34. 492010 release now owned by Meta, informally ↗INSTA
  35. 52Entry in red ink ↗DEBIT
  36. 53So-called "fifth taste" ↗UMAMI
  37. 54Kind of wind … or an alternative to wind ↗SOLAR
  38. 55"Mob Psycho 100" genre ↗ANIME
  39. 57Singer Stefani ↗GWEN
  40. 59Negative for Nikolai ↗NYET
  41. 62Heart chart, for short ↗ECG
  42. 63Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir. ↗SSE