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NYT Crossword Answers Jan 20, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 20, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Jonathan RaksinEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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3S
4I
5E
6S
7I
8F
9S
10O
11A
12S
13P
14G
R
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15S
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17A
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18L
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19N
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20O
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21A
22T
23L
24R
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X
25M
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26G
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27E
K
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28T
29H
30O
31L
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32R
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34A
M
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36N
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38O
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42R
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49A
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65I
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66Y
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67T
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68C
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Across 29

  1. 1Small bouquets ↗POSIES
  2. 7"In that case …" ↗IFSO
  3. 11Cleopatra's killer ↗ASP
  4. 14One of a record 30+ for Beyoncé ↗GRAMMY
  5. 15Short piano piece ↗SONATINA
  6. 17Improvises ↗ADLIBS
  7. 18One who's hanging around ↗LOITERER
  8. 19It begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu ↗NATOALPHABET
  9. 21The Falcons, on scoreboards ↗ATL
  10. 24Follower of "T." ↗REX
  11. 25Figure depicted in Michelangelo's "Pietà" ↗MARY
  12. 26Hellenistic storytelling ↗GREEKMYTHOLOGY
  13. 32Parade spoiler ↗RAIN
  14. 33East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name ↗WAWA
  15. 34Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers ↗AMAZONWAREHOUSE
  16. 42Flatbread from India ↗ROTI
  17. 43Fight night souvenir, perhaps ↗WELT
  18. 44Historic destination for Pueblo pilgrimages ↗THEGRANDCANYON
  19. 50Düsseldorf denial ↗NEIN
  20. 51Video game creature often depicted with green skin ↗ORC
  21. 52One place to find a Brazilian ↗SPA
  22. 53Skill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is ↗ECHOLOCATION
  23. 59Group of orcas ↗WHALEPOD
  24. 60Groups of scouts ↗TROOPS
  25. 64Suddenly motivated, with "under" ↗LITAFIRE
  26. 65Stuck ↗INARUT
  27. 66"Amen!" ↗YES
  28. 67Romeo or Juliet, notably ↗TEEN
  29. 68D flat equivalent ↗CSHARP

Down 45

  1. 1Tour overseer, for short ↗PGA
  2. 2Chicago airport code ↗ORD
  3. 3___ Minella ("The Muppet Show" Muppet) ↗SAL
  4. 4Poker declaration ↗IMIN
  5. 5Set sail ↗EMBARK
  6. 6The "S" of A.B.S. ↗SYSTEM
  7. 7Mallorca, por ejemplo ↗ISLA
  8. 8One pitied by Mr. T, in a catchphrase ↗FOOL
  9. 9Scissor cut ↗SNIP
  10. 10Words with one's right hand raised ↗OATH
  11. 11Novel feature of the 1974 Olds Toronado ↗AIRBAG
  12. 12Visibly disdainful ↗SNEERY
  13. 13Shindig ↗PARTY
  14. 16"I love you," in Spanish ↗TEAMO
  15. 20Prefix for element #8 ↗OXY
  16. 21Indian tourist city ↗AGRA
  17. 22Transport between terminals ↗TRAM
  18. 23"Star Wars" princess ↗LEIA
  19. 27Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem) ↗ENZ
  20. 28American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits ↗TWAIN
  21. 29Sarcastic laugh syllable ↗HAR
  22. 30Be behind ↗OWE
  23. 31___-di-dah ↗LAH
  24. 35See 47-Down ↗ORG
  25. 36Negative logic gate that works similarly to "and" ↗NOR
  26. 37Sports grp. for Coco Gauff ↗WTA
  27. 38Not lease, say ↗OWN
  28. 39One-eighties ↗UEYS
  29. 40Unappetizing food ↗SLOP
  30. 41Europe's highest volcano ↗ETNA
  31. 44Computer whiz ↗TECHIE
  32. 45Drum kit components descended from "sock cymbals" ↗HIHATS
  33. 46___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown ↗ENOLA
  34. 47With 35-Down, URL ending for Wikipedia ↗DOT
  35. 48Any poster on Yelp, essentially ↗CRITIC
  36. 49Squirrel's hoard ↗ACORNS
  37. 50Just now ↗NEWLY
  38. 54West side? ↗LEFT
  39. 55Mayberry boy of ’60s TV ↗OPIE
  40. 56McIntosh (or Macintosh) component ↗CORE
  41. 57Port of Yemen ↗ADEN
  42. 58One famously preparing for a flood ↗NOAH
  43. 61"… ___ lack thereof" ↗ORA
  44. 62Brita competitor ↗PUR
  45. 63Pennzoil competitor ↗STP