NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Jan 21, 2026
Complete answer list for the January 21, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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MONJAN
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2026
By Peter Gorman
TUEJAN
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By Jonathan Raksin
WEDJAN
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By Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz
THUJAN
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By Joe DiPietro
FRIJAN
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By Joyce Keller
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Across 36
- 1Practiced pitches ↗SPIELS
- 7What arms might do on a final gym rep ↗TREMBLE
- 14Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day ↗CONGEE
- 15Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day ↗OATMEAL
- 16Enemy of the Avengers ↗ULTRON
- 17Ones with the munchies, maybe ↗POTHEADS
- 18In need of a massage, say ↗SORE
- 19Like those local to Universal Studios Japan ↗OSAKAN
- 21Hide one's roots, perhaps ↗DYE
- 22Like the study of the kabbalah ↗ESOTERIC
- 24Drill insert ↗BIT
- 26Polarizing punctuation choice ↗SERIALCOMMA
- 31Bracket-busting wins in March Madness ↗UPSETS
- 35Friend or ___ ↗FOE
- 36Complete disrepair ↗RUIN
- 37Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way ↗NIHAO
- 38Recycling container ↗BIN
- 39Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way ↗HELLO
- 40They might be foiled ↗PLOTS
- 41Treatment for a sprained ankle ↗ICE
- 42Like the villain at the end of a "Scooby-Doo" episode ↗OUTED
- 43All ___ ↗EARS
- 44Slime ↗GOO
- 45Jay-Z's and Alicia Keys's "___ State of Mind" ↗EMPIRE
- 46Classic P.O.W. movie starring Steve McQueen, with "The" ↗GREATESCAPE
- 49Heavy weight ↗TON
- 50Transaction on an online marketplace ↗EBAYSALE
- 55Govt. org. in "Alias" ↗CIA
- 58Entertainer who says "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" ↗RUPAUL
- 60Inflation measures, for short ↗PSIS
- 61Opportunity to dress up ↗OCCASION
- 63Eagles' nests ↗AERIES
- 65With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game ↗MAHJONG
- 66With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game ↗BRIDGE
- 67Satisfies ↗PLEASES
- 68Luxurious cotton fabric ↗SATEEN
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- 1Italian apology ↗SCUSE
- 2Some pullover shirts ↗POLOS
- 3Any course whose name ends in "101" ↗INTRO
- 4Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold ↗EGRET
- 5Constellation near the Big Dipper ↗LEO
- 6Gentlemen, in Granada ↗SENORES
- 7Captured ↗TOOK
- 8Like government bonds and Uber drivers ↗RATABLE
- 9___ minority ↗ETHNIC
- 10Mrs., en français ↗MME
- 11Bit of sweat ↗BEAD
- 12British title ↗LADY
- 13Ultimatum ender ↗ELSE
- 17Life across the ___ is much the same ↗PACIFICOCEAN
- 20British title ↗SIR
- 23These: Sp. ↗ESTOS
- 25Shredded, as a contract ↗TOREUP
- 27Top-of-the-line ↗AONE
- 28Prefix with vitamin or tool ↗MULTI
- 29Athlete aiming for a four-minute finish, perhaps ↗MILER
- 30One end of an electrolytic cell ↗ANODE
- 31Let float, as a currency ↗UNPEG
- 32Pertaining to hair ↗PILAR
- 33Welcome sight for a sailor ↗SHORE
- 34Patronizes, as a restaurant ↗EATSAT
- 38Life stories ↗BIOS
- 39Warm and cozy ↗HOMEY
- 44Bona fide ↗GENUINE
- 45Govt. sites for testing pollutants ↗EPALABS
- 47Ones with chiseled abs? ↗TORSOS
- 48___ Dhabi ↗ABU
- 51Spar on a sailing boat ↗SPRIT
- 52Comment that breaks the fourth wall ↗ASIDE
- 53Feudal lord ↗LIEGE
- 54German steel city ↗ESSEN
- 55Provide for free, as a drink ↗COMP
- 56Suffix with method or metaphor ↗ICAL
- 57Pine ↗ACHE
- 59Collectible caps in the ’90s ↗POGS
- 62Steely Dan album whose name is pronounced "Asia" ↗AJA
- 64The Three Kingdoms in Chinese history, e.g. ↗ERA