NYT CROSSWORD • MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 5, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 5, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Lynn LempelEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Value ↗WORTH
  2. 6Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii ↗ASH
  3. 9Angel's headgear ↗HALO
  4. 13Listlessness ↗ENNUI
  5. 14Score like 5-5 or 10-10 ↗TIE
  6. 15Fruit-peeling gadget ↗PARER
  7. 16Meeting spot for a company's overseers ↗BOARDROOM
  8. 18Ventilated ↗AIRED
  9. 19Actor Reeves who plays John Wick ↗KEANU
  10. 20Clothing ↗ATTIRE
  11. 21Wrestler-turned-actor with a mohawk ↗MRT
  12. 241976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie ↗TAXIDRIVER
  13. 26Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice ↗COUNSEL
  14. 29Gloppy gunk ↗GOO
  15. 30Op-___ (newspaper pieces) ↗EDS
  16. 31Advantageous quality ↗ASSET
  17. 32Aristocrat ↗NOBLE
  18. 34Enjoy a vacation day, say ↗TAKEOFFFROMWORK
  19. 40Reside ↗DWELL
  20. 41Burr who dueled with Hamilton ↗AARON
  21. 42Wane ↗EBB
  22. 45One ___ time ↗ATA
  23. 46Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens ↗PENNAME
  24. 48Bug killer that goes "smack!" ↗FLYSWATTER
  25. 51Losing general at Appomattox ↗LEE
  26. 52Relating to a son or daughter ↗FILIAL
  27. 53Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl" ↗BRICE
  28. 56Poet Dickinson ↗EMILY
  29. 57Gridiron success … or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across ↗TOUCHDOWN
  30. 61Backpackers' shelters ↗TENTS
  31. 62Write-___ (unlikely election winners) ↗INS
  32. 63Home with a dome ↗IGLOO
  33. 64Lumps of coal, for a snowman ↗EYES
  34. 65Understand ↗SEE
  35. 66Relinquished ↗CEDED

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  1. 1Spider's creation ↗WEB
  2. 2Peace promoter Yoko ↗ONO
  3. 3Cell's messenger material ↗RNA
  4. 4Istanbul native ↗TURK
  5. 5Conceal ↗HIDE
  6. 6Lacking a key, in music ↗ATONAL
  7. 7Crazy Horse's people ↗SIOUX
  8. 8Adjustable skirt feature ↗HEM
  9. 9Port-au-Prince's country ↗HAITI
  10. 10Get there ↗ARRIVE
  11. 11Looked lasciviously ↗LEERED
  12. 12Commands ↗ORDERS
  13. 15Police officer who monitors an assigned area ↗PATROLMAN
  14. 17Label as G or R, say ↗RATE
  15. 20Spicy marinade with chili peppers ↗ADOBO
  16. 21Exam for a doctor-to-be ↗MCAT
  17. 22Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall ↗ROSA
  18. 23Walrus's long tooth ↗TUSK
  19. 25Composer Stravinsky ↗IGOR
  20. 27Have to have ↗NEED
  21. 28Passengers getting an illicit free ride ↗STOWAWAYS
  22. 32Org. with Patriot games ↗NFL
  23. 33Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo" ↗EWAN
  24. 35Pertaining to development in the womb ↗FETAL
  25. 36Opposite of hilly ↗FLAT
  26. 37Like some history or hygiene ↗ORAL
  27. 38City surrounding Vatican City ↗ROME
  28. 39On bended ___ ↗KNEE
  29. 42Overly refined ↗EFFETE
  30. 43"Yikes!," to a Brit ↗BLIMEY
  31. 44Reporter's attribution atop an article ↗BYLINE
  32. 46Read ↗PERUSE
  33. 47Rock's Carmen or Clapton ↗ERIC
  34. 49Earthy deposits by a river ↗SILTS
  35. 50Steak similar to a porterhouse ↗TBONE
  36. 54Stylish ↗CHIC
  37. 55Margin ↗EDGE
  38. 57"___ better to have loved and lost ..." ↗TIS
  39. 58Passé ↗OLD
  40. 59Misfortune ↗WOE
  41. 60Silent approval ↗NOD