NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 7, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 7, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Adrianne BaikEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 39

  1. 1Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip" ↗JADA
  2. 5Gets better ↗HEALS
  3. 10"Great" animals ↗APES
  4. 14Super-cool ↗EPIC
  5. 15Subject of 2001 bankruptcy headlines ↗ENRON
  6. 16"That's crazy!," on the internet ↗WOAH
  7. 17Wing woman? ↗TINKERBELL
  8. 19Not right ↗AWRY
  9. 20Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim ↗LEE
  10. 21Right away ↗ASAP
  11. 22Sports center ↗ARENA
  12. 23They have pH's below 7 ↗ACIDS
  13. 25Cover girl? ↗NANCYDREW
  14. 28Kind of makeup you're born with? ↗GENETIC
  15. 30XXX counterpart ↗OOO
  16. 31Org. with a 3-1-1 rule ↗TSA
  17. 32Gave a meal ↗FED
  18. 33W-9 fig. ↗SSN
  19. 34San Francisco or San Antonio ↗CITY
  20. 35Homecoming queen? ↗DOROTHYGALE
  21. 38Unhealthy haze ↗SMOG
  22. 40Mathematician Terence ↗TAO
  23. 41Musical genre that's the subject of the 2007 book "Everybody Hurts" ↗EMO
  24. 42Game of pursuit ↗TAG
  25. 43On behalf of ↗FOR
  26. 44Places for pampering pups ↗PETSPAS
  27. 48Sister-in-law? ↗ELLEWOODS
  28. 51Witherspoon who played 48-Across ↗REESE
  29. 52"We need to talk" ↗AWORD
  30. 53Smurf elder ↗PAPA
  31. 55Miss, e.g. ↗SHE
  32. 56Hot stuff ↗LAVA
  33. 57Cat lady? ↗HELLOKITTY
  34. 60Uno más dos ↗TRES
  35. 61Grads, now ↗ALUMS
  36. 62Potatoes, in Indian cooking ↗ALOO
  37. 63Text sent upon arrival ↗HERE
  38. 64Rapper ___ Elliott ↗MISSY
  39. 65Course list? ↗MENU

Down 37

  1. 1Circadian dysrhythmia, less fancily ↗JETLAG
  2. 2By the item ↗APIECE
  3. 3Enjoy a home-cooked meal, say ↗DINEIN
  4. 4"Oh no!," in comics ↗ACK
  5. 5Certain possessive pronoun ↗HERS
  6. 6With all judges present ↗ENBANC
  7. 7Grilled cornmeal cake ↗AREPA
  8. 8"haha" ↗LOL
  9. 9"Black Jeopardy!" show, in brief ↗SNL
  10. 10Nobel, for one ↗AWARD
  11. 11Bold accessory for a suit ↗POWERTIE
  12. 12Sincere ↗EARNEST
  13. 13Back off (from) ↗SHYAWAY
  14. 18Day for hunting ↗EASTER
  15. 22"The Bear" actress Edebiri ↗AYO
  16. 24Clear up, as a windshield ↗DEFOG
  17. 26Snoopy ↗NOSY
  18. 27Savory rice porridge ↗CONGEE
  19. 29Words of concurrence ↗IDOTOO
  20. 33"___ 'nuff!" ↗SHO
  21. 34Almost there ↗CLOSE
  22. 35Cynophilist ↗DOGLOVER
  23. 36Purple boba choice ↗TARO
  24. 37Travel option that serves 46 states ↗AMTRAK
  25. 38Secrecy ↗STEALTH
  26. 39Virus of sorts ↗MALWARE
  27. 43Chain email abbr. ↗FWD
  28. 44Biblical collection of 150 poems ↗PSALMS
  29. 45Kitchen grinder ↗PESTLE
  30. 46Kutcher of "That '70s Show" ↗ASHTON
  31. 47"Later" ↗SEEYOU
  32. 49Clear, as a whiteboard ↗ERASE
  33. 50Equivalent of a 1.3 G.P.A., say ↗DPLUS
  34. 54Small bouquet ↗POSY
  35. 57Hawaiian pizza topping ↗HAM
  36. 58Lilly of pharmaceuticals ↗ELI
  37. 59Dr. Seuss's Sam-___ ↗IAM