NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2026
NYT Crossword Answers Jan 8, 2026
Complete answer list for the January 8, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.
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Across 37
- 1___ canto ↗BEL
- 4Lessons that might be spelled out for you? ↗ABCS
- 8Photographer Diane ↗ARBUS
- 13Wide-open Q&A ↗AMA
- 14Coffee option ↗DRIP
- 15Snatching sound, in the comics ↗YOINK
- 16Nonverbal "well done" ↗HIGHDIVE
- 18Well-known scheme designer ↗PONZI
- 19One of the two Boolean values, in programming ↗TRUE
- 20Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessory ↗TIANA
- 22Gimlet base ↗GIN
- 23Dundee dissent ↗NAE
- 25Cars with retractable roofs ↗CROPTOPS
- 27What Neapolitan ice cream is divided into ↗THIRDS
- 30Compete (for) ↗VIE
- 31Bit in a breakfast bowl ↗OAT
- 32Benefactor with a limited number of grants? ↗GENIE
- 35Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movement ↗AFRO
- 39College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across? ↗GRADEINFLATION
- 42Cathedral recess ↗APSE
- 43Full of zing ↗ZESTY
- 44Tallahassee sch. ↗FSU
- 45Get rid of ↗AXE
- 47Tea traders? ↗YENTAS
- 49Accidentally burn, perhaps ↗OVERBOOK
- 54Influential power ↗SAY
- 55Feel under the weather ↗AIL
- 56It's a start! ↗ONSET
- 58___-free ↗SCOT
- 61Brand in the feminine care aisle ↗KOTEX
- 63Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoes ↗ALISTERS
- 65Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and lime ↗ELOTE
- 66Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School ↗GLEE
- 67Cpl. or sgt. ↗NCO
- 68Grannies ↗NANAS
- 69Fictional lover of Rochester ↗EYRE
- 70Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for short ↗TAS
Down 38
- 1Bangkok currency ↗BAHT
- 2Doha dignitary ↗EMIR
- 3Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water" ↗LAGUNITAS
- 4Go on, in dialogue ↗ADD
- 5One who eats crisps and uses a loo ↗BRIT
- 6Kind of duty ↗CIVIC
- 7Stab, in a way ↗SPEAR
- 8Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!" ↗AYPAPI
- 9Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood ↗ROO
- 10"Spot on!" ↗BINGO
- 11Open, as a fanny pack ↗UNZIP
- 12Scrapes ↗SKINS
- 17Get wind of ↗HEAR
- 21Knickknack ↗NOVELTY
- 24"We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960 ↗EDGE
- 26Nursing spot ↗TEAT
- 27Attire for a fraternity party, maybe ↗TOGA
- 28Instrument originating in ancient Sumer ↗HARP
- 29Jump at, as an opportunity ↗SEIZEON
- 33Opposite of SSW ↗NNE
- 34Maybes ↗IFS
- 36"In da Club" rapper ↗FIFTYCENT
- 37Parks in history ↗ROSA
- 38Albatross, so to speak ↗ONUS
- 40Beloved ↗DEAR
- 41Thumbs-up votes ↗AYES
- 46PlayStation alternatives ↗XBOXES
- 48So-called "father of the American cartoon" ↗NAST
- 49Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey ↗OAKEN
- 50It takes a bow in a concert hall ↗VIOLA
- 51Sir ___ Hercules John ↗ELTON
- 52Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon" ↗OSAGE
- 53___ green ↗KELLY
- 57Layer ↗TIER
- 59Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birth ↗ORCA
- 60Possessive of a Chinese menu? ↗TSOS
- 62Zeta follower ↗ETA
- 64Go on dates with ↗SEE