NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 14, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 14, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Joseph GangiEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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The Grid

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Across 39

  1. 1Wasn't even close, as in comparison ↗PALED
  2. 6Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent" ↗GUCCI
  3. 11Binary 10, in decimal value ↗TWO
  4. 14Garlicky sauce ↗AIOLI
  5. 15Beef up the arsenal, say ↗REARM
  6. 16Tuna variety ↗AHI
  7. 17"Sunday in the Park With George," for one ↗BROADWAYMUSICAL
  8. 20Big ___ (audacious thing to make) ↗ASK
  9. 21Ref. work with over 600,000 words ↗OED
  10. 22Moves (over) ↗SCOOTS
  11. 23Signs ↗INKS
  12. 25"Nonsense!" ↗PSHAW
  13. 27"Oh, that does make sense" ↗ISEE
  14. 29Milker's handful ↗TEAT
  15. 31They may be fixed or variable ↗RATES
  16. 35River at Memphis ↗NILE
  17. 36"We want more!" ↗ENCORE
  18. 38Ump's call ↗OUT
  19. 39Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld" ↗LEO
  20. 40Sent away for ↗ORDERED
  21. 41Historic stretch ↗ERA
  22. 42That's a me problem ↗EGO
  23. 43Madison Square Garden team ↗KNICKS
  24. 44Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s ↗GTOS
  25. 45Actress Thompson of "Westworld" ↗TESSA
  26. 47Oceanic ↗VAST
  27. 48Ill-considered ↗RASH
  28. 49Wired ↗HYPER
  29. 51Unappetizing gruel ↗SLOP
  30. 53Like a dress that falls short? ↗PETITE
  31. 56Burlesque accessory ↗BOA
  32. 57Vietnamese noodle dish ↗PHO
  33. 60Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George" ↗STEPHENSONDHEIM
  34. 64Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___ ↗INN
  35. 65Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered" ↗ELIOT
  36. 66Grub, e.g. ↗LARVA
  37. 67Pathetic ↗SAD
  38. 68Linking point ↗NEXUS
  39. 69German industrial city ↗ESSEN

Down 39

  1. 1Old sunscreen initialism ↗PABA
  2. 2Gets off one's chest ↗AIRS
  3. 3Ones who probably aren't buying it? ↗LOOKIELOOS
  4. 4She, in São Paulo ↗ELA
  5. 5Performed well enough ↗DIDOK
  6. 6Alum ↗GRAD
  7. 7180 ↗UEY
  8. 8Bit of spy gear, informally ↗CAM
  9. 9Defeat decisively ↗CRUSH
  10. 10Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!" ↗IMSCARED
  11. 11Kind of shell ↗TACO
  12. 12"Wait, ___?" ↗WHAT
  13. 13Makes less noisy, in a way ↗OILS
  14. 18"The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight" ↗WESTERN
  15. 19Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball ↗IOWA
  16. 24Once called ↗NEE
  17. 25Warm-up lap leader ↗PACECAR
  18. 26They communicate through bill-clattering ↗STORKS
  19. 27Cove ↗INLET
  20. 28Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g. ↗SIEGE
  21. 30Salad green ↗ENDIVE
  22. 32Tunes with an irresistible rhythm ↗TOETAPPERS
  23. 33Change across the Atlantic ↗EUROS
  24. 34Squirrel away ↗STASH
  25. 37Lies atop ↗RESTSON
  26. 40"Very well …" ↗OKAYTHEN
  27. 44Miracle-___ ↗GRO
  28. 46Modern suffix with situation ↗SHIP
  29. 50Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy ↗PEELE
  30. 5251-Across server ↗LADLE
  31. 53Trident-shaped letters ↗PSIS
  32. 54Sicilian landmark ↗ETNA
  33. 55Look after ↗TEND
  34. 56Most online customer service agents nowadays ↗BOTS
  35. 58Queen's domain ↗HIVE
  36. 59Sultanate near Yemen ↗OMAN
  37. 61Cancel ↗NIX
  38. 62Trifling amount ↗SOU
  39. 63Is blessed with ↗HAS