NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 6, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 6, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Paul CoulterEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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The Grid

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Across 35

  1. 1Lt. ___, communications officer on the original "Star Trek" ↗UHURA
  2. 6Letter between rho and tau ↗SIGMA
  3. 11N.H.L. tiebreakers ↗OTS
  4. 14Allow to attack ↗LETAT
  5. 15Epic that ends "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses" ↗ILIAD
  6. 16Prefix with liberal ↗NEO
  7. 17With 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across ↗THERESNOTWO
  8. 19Online chats, in brief ↗IMS
  9. 20Nickname for Rihanna ↗RIRI
  10. 21Tummy muscles ↗ABS
  11. 22Drug used to treat Parkinson's ↗LDOPA
  12. 24The only person to have the opinion ↗AMINORITYOFONE
  13. 28Criticize harshly ↗PAN
  14. 29Unpleasant smells ↗ODORS
  15. 30Temporary state ↗PHASE
  16. 34Bread for a ham sandwich ↗RYE
  17. 35Its products often include wordless assembly instructions ↗IKEA
  18. 38Contrast ↗SETINOPPOSITION
  19. 42One-named supermodel ↗IMAN
  20. 43GQ or Cosmo ↗MAG
  21. 44Singer/dancer/actor ___ Osmond ↗DONNY
  22. 45Burton of "Star Trek: T.N.G." ↗LEVAR
  23. 47Fruity drink ↗ADE
  24. 49Thing bound to end in failure ↗NOWINSITUATION
  25. 55Search for water, in a way ↗DOWSE
  26. 56Racial justice movement, for short ↗BLM
  27. 57Analyst/ex-QB Tony ___ ↗ROMO
  28. 58Splendid serve ↗ACE
  29. 59See 17-Across ↗WAYSABOUTIT
  30. 63Apply gently ↗DAB
  31. 64Succulents that soothe ↗ALOES
  32. 65Exams for future docs ↗MCATS
  33. 66P.D. alert ↗APB
  34. 67Daredevil's deed ↗STUNT
  35. 68Painter's plaster ↗GESSO

Down 41

  1. 1The "U" in UHF ↗ULTRA
  2. 2Pronoun pair ↗HEHIM
  3. 3Amniocentesis targets ↗UTERI
  4. 4___ to go (stoked) ↗RARIN
  5. 5Broke bread ↗ATE
  6. 6Penalty box, in hockey lingo ↗SINBIN
  7. 7Also-ran's remark ↗ILOST
  8. 8"Am-scray!" ↗GIT
  9. 9Gullet ↗MAW
  10. 10One-named Cuban-born designer who fashioned Nancy Reagan's red outfits ↗ADOLFO
  11. 11Thin paper ↗ONIONSKIN
  12. 12Phoenix neighbor ↗TEMPE
  13. 13"Slammin' Sammy" of baseball ↗SOSA
  14. 18Poet Teasdale who won a Pulitzer for her volume "Love Songs" ↗SARA
  15. 23Spicy Sweet Chili chip ↗DORITO
  16. 25Dentist's directive ↗OPEN
  17. 26Toy that might "walk the dog" ↗YOYO
  18. 27Keats creations ↗ODES
  19. 30Tire inflation meas. ↗PSI
  20. 31Bottom line? ↗HEM
  21. 32In short supply, as energy ↗ATALOWEBB
  22. 33Muscle-bone connectors ↗SINEWS
  23. 34D&D, e.g. ↗RPG
  24. 36Forever and a day ↗EON
  25. 37To some extent ↗ANY
  26. 39Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas ↗OMAN
  27. 40Links numbers ↗PARS
  28. 41It comes to mind ↗IDEA
  29. 46Consider ↗VIEWAS
  30. 47"Finally!" ↗ATLAST
  31. 48___ luck ↗DUMB
  32. 49"For real!," in modern slang ↗NOCAP
  33. 50"Ghosts" playwright Henrik ↗IBSEN
  34. 51Cease-fire ↗TRUCE
  35. 52Minute amounts ↗IOTAS
  36. 53Drops ↗OMITS
  37. 54"Au contraire!" ↗NOTSO
  38. 55Art pioneered by Arp ↗DADA
  39. 60Key known as "Option" on a Mac ↗ALT
  40. 61"That means ___!" ↗YOU
  41. 62"Srsly?!" ↗OMG