NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Jan 12, 2026
Complete answer list for the January 12, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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Across 37
- 1Intimidate, with "out" ↗PSYCH
- 6Bird's dramatic dive ↗SWOOP
- 11Place to store a lawn mower ↗SHED
- 15Hawaiian greeting ↗ALOHA
- 16___ cold brew ↗NITRO
- 17Concluding part of a song ↗CODA
- 18Rhyming advice to a spitting talker ↗SAYITDONTSPRAYIT
- 21"Halt!" ↗STOP
- 22___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity) ↗ECO
- 23Use, as machinery ↗OPERATE
- 24Lots and lots ↗SOMANY
- 27Acronym of affection in ASL ↗ILY
- 28E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" ↗CPR
- 31Rhyming advice to a gym rat ↗NOPAINNOGAIN
- 36Avoids, as capture ↗ELUDES
- 38French "not" ↗PAS
- 39Prefix that means "all" ↗OMNI
- 40Garage jobs involving grease guns ↗LUBES
- 41"If all ___ fails …" ↗ELSE
- 43Comic/TV host O'Brien ↗CONAN
- 44Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward ↗EMIL
- 45Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across ↗ORE
- 46Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit ↗IODINE
- 47Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes ↗BEKINDREWIND
- 51Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across ↗OER
- 52Massachusetts' Cape ___ ↗COD
- 53Smooched ↗KISSED
- 55"I'll take the blame here" ↗MYFAULT
- 59Liquid that circulates in a plant ↗SAP
- 60Locale for Adam and Eve ↗EDEN
- 64Rhyming advice to a procrastinator ↗YOUSNOOZEYOULOSE
- 67Fairy tale villain ↗OGRE
- 68Lock of hair ↗TRESS
- 69Leaf on a sushi tray ↗SHISO
- 70Broad inlets ↗BAYS
- 71Handle, as matters ↗SEETO
- 72Conceal for the time being, as information ↗SITON
Down 44
- 1Get a grade other than an F ↗PASS
- 2Mattress supporter ↗SLAT
- 3Toy that can go "around the world" ↗YOYO
- 4You might let these "fall where they may" ↗CHIPS
- 5A chef might wear a puffy white one ↗HAT
- 6Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop ↗SNOCAP
- 7Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice" ↗WINONA
- 8Baseball's Mel ↗OTT
- 9" … in that range" ↗ORSO
- 10Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun" ↗POPPINS
- 11So great it's unnerving ↗SCARYGOOD
- 12Georgetown athlete ↗HOYA
- 13Put in a good word, perhaps? ↗EDIT
- 14Something circled on a calendar ↗DATE
- 19Presentations during a product unveiling ↗DEMOS
- 20Move, to a Realtor ↗RELO
- 25More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S. ↗ONES
- 26Plaints of puppies ↗YIPS
- 28One with many Insta followers, perhaps ↗CELEB
- 29Fancy feather ↗PLUME
- 30Toy cube inventor Erno ↗RUBIK
- 32Scottish negative ↗NAE
- 33Test an OB may perform in the second trimester ↗AMNIO
- 34Silly ↗INANE
- 35Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush ↗NINER
- 37Where meats and cheeses are often displayed ↗DELICASES
- 41Blunder ↗ERR
- 42Vegetable that looks like a large scallion ↗LEEK
- 43Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science) ↗CODE
- 45Incomplete sets on sale ↗ODDLOTS
- 46Source of motivation, in modern lingo ↗INSPO
- 48Verb preceder, typically ↗NOUN
- 49Most sagacious ↗WISEST
- 50Parent's declaration in response to defiance ↗ISAYSO
- 54New ___, capital of India ↗DELHI
- 55"Get outta my hair!," in a text ↗MYOB
- 56Discipline for the flexible ↗YOGA
- 57Rage ↗FURY
- 58Ripped (up) ↗TORE
- 61Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare ↗DOIT
- 62Canadian gas brand ↗ESSO
- 63Element with the symbol Ne ↗NEON
- 65Last of 26 letters ↗ZEE
- 66Initialism on a Navy carrier ↗USS