NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 19, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 19, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Peter GormanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 38

  1. 1Package under a Christmas tree ↗GIFT
  2. 5Old-fashioned butter maker ↗CHURN
  3. 10Branded cotton swab ↗QTIP
  4. 14Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan ↗OMAR
  5. 15In on, as a trend ↗HIPTO
  6. 16Big coffee containers ↗URNS
  7. 171972 song by Elton John ↗TINYDANCER
  8. 19Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings ↗AUDI
  9. 20In progress ↗ONGOING
  10. 21:), ;), :D and others ↗SMILEYS
  11. 23Formal "you," in Spanish ↗USTED
  12. 25Comedian Wong ↗ALI
  13. 26Projects, as a shadow ↗CASTS
  14. 291985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp ↗SMALLTOWN
  15. 34Comes to light ↗ARISES
  16. 36X minus III, in old Rome ↗VII
  17. 37Cosmonaut Gagarin ↗YURI
  18. 38Held the reins ↗LED
  19. 39Spot for a massage ↗SPA
  20. 41R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10 ↗SZA
  21. 43Element used in bronze ↗TIN
  22. 44Sporting blade ↗EPEE
  23. 46Draft pick? ↗ALE
  24. 48Firstborn ↗ELDEST
  25. 501987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles ↗BABYGRAND
  26. 53Midsection measurement ↗GIRTH
  27. 54Apt rhyme for "shriek" ↗EEK
  28. 55Martial arts studios ↗DOJOS
  29. 57Disheveled ↗UNKEMPT
  30. 61Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it ↗CURACAO
  31. 65Gently persuade ↗COAX
  32. 66Capital of Arkansas … or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across? ↗LITTLEROCK
  33. 68In ___ land (daydreaming) ↗LALA
  34. 69"I wish I could ___ that!" ↗UNSEE
  35. 70A second helping, say ↗MORE
  36. 71"Excuse me …" ↗AHEM
  37. 72Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car ↗GEARS
  38. 73Winter coaster ↗SLED

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  1. 1___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board) ↗GOTO
  2. 2"Sign me up!" ↗IMIN
  3. 3Vampire's tooth ↗FANG
  4. 4Auditions ↗TRYOUTS
  5. 5"U-S-A! U-S-A! …," e.g. ↗CHANT
  6. 6Movable joints on a door ↗HINGES
  7. 7___ code (what most product packages have) ↗UPC
  8. 8Google Maps options: Abbr. ↗RTES
  9. 9Bring into the mainstream ↗NORMALIZE
  10. 10Counterpart of quantity ↗QUALITY
  11. 11Factual ↗TRUE
  12. 12Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally ↗INDY
  13. 13Letters before omegas ↗PSIS
  14. 18Insults ↗DISSES
  15. 22Springfield is its capital: Abbr. ↗ILL
  16. 24Org. with notoriously long lines ↗DMV
  17. 26Biblical spy for Moses ↗CALEB
  18. 27South American flatbread ↗AREPA
  19. 28Lesser-played part of a 45 ↗SIDEB
  20. 30ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two ↗AIS
  21. 31Word before space or Mongolia ↗OUTER
  22. 32Spot to find a pulse ↗WRIST
  23. 33Final inning, typically ↗NINTH
  24. 35Device for starting an engine ↗SPARKPLUG
  25. 40In the style of ↗ALA
  26. 42Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize ↗ALGORE
  27. 45Test taken at the 24-Down ↗EYEEXAM
  28. 47Finale ↗END
  29. 49Wins over with charm ↗DISARMS
  30. 51Jewel ↗GEM
  31. 52Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul" ↗DOCTER
  32. 56Novelist Verne ↗JULES
  33. 57The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins ↗UCLA
  34. 58Biblical ark builder ↗NOAH
  35. 59Dark leafy green ↗KALE
  36. 60Fork prong ↗TINE
  37. 62Chilly ↗COOL
  38. 63Surveyor's measure ↗ACRE
  39. 64Gave a thumbs-up ↗OKED
  40. 67Airport screening grp. ↗TSA