NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 17, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 17, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 35

  1. 1Expressions of disbelief or exasperation ↗FACEPALMS
  2. 10What "margarita" means in Spanish ↗DAISY
  3. 15Reputable, in a way ↗BRANDNAME
  4. 16What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora" ↗ELOPE
  5. 17Too late, say ↗OUTOFTIME
  6. 18Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat ↗LENIN
  7. 19People often manage with them, in brief ↗MBAS
  8. 20You might say "Hmm" when something is this ↗ODD
  9. 21Toppings blended with ice cream ↗MIXINS
  10. 22Anti-troll measure ↗BAN
  11. 23Tchotchke ↗KNICKKNACK
  12. 25Protection from drops ↗RAINCOAT
  13. 26With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledge ↗BID
  14. 28City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region ↗CAIRO
  15. 30Demure ↗COY
  16. 31Plant with psychoactive leaves ↗COCA
  17. 32Offload (on) ↗FOIST
  18. 33Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet ↗MLK
  19. 34Tall and thin ↗LANKY
  20. 35Revel (in) ↗BASK
  21. 36One of five in a typical big band ↗SAX
  22. 37Archetypes ↗MOLDS
  23. 38"All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric) ↗ILL
  24. 39Artificially unsophisticated ↗FAUXNAIF
  25. 41Units for a high-resolution camera ↗MEGAPIXELS
  26. 43Interval ↗GAP
  27. 46Setups for some elaborate group pictures ↗RISERS
  28. 47Subject to careful appraisal ↗VET
  29. 48Lawyer's assignment ↗CASE
  30. 49Not budging ↗INERT
  31. 50Ones running along a road ↗SIDEWALKS
  32. 52Bracket contents ↗TEAMS
  33. 53Where someone's height may be stretched? ↗TINDERBIO
  34. 54With 39-Down, pretentiously creative ↗ARTSY
  35. 55What antiperspirants can prevent ↗PITSTAINS

Down 37

  1. 1Crude thing to drop, familiarly ↗FBOMB
  2. 2Westernmost territory of the Netherlands ↗ARUBA
  3. 3Board game with resources ↗CATAN
  4. 4Grandson of Eve ↗ENOS
  5. 5Many an attachment ↗PDF
  6. 6___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova ↗ANTONIO
  7. 7Made, as an easy basketball shot ↗LAIDIN
  8. 8Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals ↗MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
  9. 9Spy ↗SEE
  10. 10Use a roller on, as a jacket ↗DELINT
  11. 11Digital assistant ↗ALEXA
  12. 12In which opposites attract ↗IONICBOND
  13. 13Flashy taekwondo moves ↗SPINKICKS
  14. 14Cravings ↗YENS
  15. 21"All right," folksily ↗MKAY
  16. 23Super Mario ___ ↗KART
  17. 24Eccentric ↗KOOK
  18. 25Cybersecurity assessment ↗RISK
  19. 27See 26-Across ↗DAY
  20. 28Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons" ↗COALMINER
  21. 29Cabin choice ↗AISLESEAT
  22. 31Baby rhino ↗CALF
  23. 32Part of the D.O.J. ↗FBI
  24. 33So-called "Valley Isle" ↗MAUI
  25. 34Writer Lowry ↗LOIS
  26. 36Good marks? ↗SAPS
  27. 37Egg cream alternatives ↗MALTEDS
  28. 39See 54-Across ↗FARTSY
  29. 40Quaint contraction ↗NEEDNT
  30. 42Gentlemen, jocularly ↗GERMS
  31. 43Korean barbecue rib dish ↗GALBI
  32. 44Greet hospitably at the door ↗ASKIN
  33. 45Dough at a taquería ↗PESOS
  34. 46Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale" ↗RITA
  35. 48Beloved, in Italian ↗CARA
  36. 50Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate ↗STP
  37. 51Like the weather in much of Equatorial Guinea ↗WET