NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 29, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 29, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kit SheffieldEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Vehicle in which it's often legal to drink alcohol ↗LIMO
  2. 5Jokesters ↗WAGS
  3. 9Moistens, as a fern ↗MISTS
  4. 14First lady's partner ↗ADAM
  5. 15Object of veneration ↗IDOL
  6. 16Oft-disparaged family member ↗INLAW
  7. 17Busiest French airport not serving Paris ↗NICE
  8. 18Prefix with technology ↗NANO
  9. 19Roman goddess often depicted with a bow and arrow ↗DIANA
  10. 20Expand ↗GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
  11. 23Sonia Sotomayor or Clarence Thomas, once ↗YALIE
  12. 24Abbreviation in a help-wanted ad ↗EEO
  13. 25Part of U.S.N.A.: Abbr. ↗NAV
  14. 27@ @ @ ↗ATSIGNS
  15. 30Trippy stuff ↗LSD
  16. 33Folie ___ ↗ADEUX
  17. 35Villain portrayer in "Rocky III" ↗MRT
  18. 36Lavish celebration ↗FETE
  19. 37Sadness ↗SORSORSORSORSOR
  20. 41Base x height, for a parallelogram ↗AREA
  21. 42Sound made with a wince ↗OOF
  22. 43Extending brim ↗VISOR
  23. 44Guided ↗LED
  24. 45Michigan's historic 1991 basketball team, familiarly ↗FABFIVE
  25. 48Texter's declaration of affection ↗ILY
  26. 49Shags or bobs ↗DOS
  27. 507-Elevens, e.g. ↗MARTS
  28. 52Day after today ↗TOMORTOMORTOMOR
  29. 59Make a delivery, say ↗ORATE
  30. 60___-golf ↗MINI
  31. 61"Think again!" ↗NOPE
  32. 62Lowlands ↗DALES
  33. 63City in NW Pennsylvania ↗ERIE
  34. 64God of war ↗ARES
  35. 65Like some minor celebrities ↗DLIST
  36. 66Five train in Brooklyn ↗NETS
  37. 67Time when one might give up alcohol ↗LENT

Down 39

  1. 1Clubber ___, "Rocky III" villain ↗LANG
  2. 2"Capisce" ↗IDIG
  3. 3Like a listening device made out of a paper clip, a plastic straw and seven Lego blocks ↗MACGYVERED
  4. 4Symbol for ohms ↗OMEGA
  5. 5Improvise ↗WINGIT
  6. 6Pithy truths ↗ADAGES
  7. 7Signal to get off the stage, say ↗GONG
  8. 8Arduous journey ↗SLOG
  9. 9Tiny flies ↗MIDGES
  10. 10___ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" character ↗INIGO
  11. 11Mining waste ↗SLAG
  12. 12Powdered drink used by NASA ↗TANG
  13. 13Thief's haul ↗SWAG
  14. 21___SmithKline (2000 pharmaceutical merger) ↗GLAXO
  15. 22Chaps ↗GENTS
  16. 25Like some passages ↗NASAL
  17. 26Love, love, love ↗ADORE
  18. 28"Toodles!" ↗IMOFF
  19. 29[That makes me so mad!] ↗GRR
  20. 30"Too many cooks spoil the broth" principle ↗LESSISMORE
  21. 31Bum's place in a bar ↗STOOL
  22. 32Second-largest city in Northern Ireland ↗DERRY
  23. 34Country that has hosted the most Olympics ↗USA
  24. 36Common day to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers: Abbr. ↗FRI
  25. 38___ beast (dish in Whoville) ↗ROAST
  26. 39Break down in tears ↗SOB
  27. 40Blindingly obvious ↗OVERT
  28. 45Ranger's domain ↗FOREST
  29. 46"Leave this to me" ↗IMONIT
  30. 47Is all over the map ↗VARIES
  31. 49Showers affection (on) ↗DOTES
  32. 51Like the Vietnamese language ↗TONAL
  33. 52Rod Flanders's brother on "The Simpsons" ↗TODD
  34. 53Like some traditions ↗ORAL
  35. 54Bamako's land ↗MALI
  36. 55Sign sought by one reading tea leaves ↗OMEN
  37. 56Muck ↗MIRE
  38. 57Major tennis tournament ↗OPEN
  39. 58Pause indicator in sheet music ↗REST