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.

The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1___ canto BEL
  2. 4Lessons that might be spelled out for you? ABCS
  3. 8Photographer Diane ARBUS
  4. 13Wide-open Q&A AMA
  5. 14Coffee option DRIP
  6. 15Snatching sound, in the comics YOINK
  7. 16Nonverbal "well done" HIGHDIVE
  8. 18Well-known scheme designer PONZI
  9. 19One of the two Boolean values, in programming TRUE
  10. 20Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessory TIANA
  11. 22Gimlet base GIN
  12. 23Dundee dissent NAE
  13. 25Cars with retractable roofs CROPTOPS
  14. 27What Neapolitan ice cream is divided into THIRDS
  15. 30Compete (for) VIE
  16. 31Bit in a breakfast bowl OAT
  17. 32Benefactor with a limited number of grants? GENIE
  18. 35Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movement AFRO
  19. 39College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across? GRADEINFLATION
  20. 42Cathedral recess APSE
  21. 43Full of zing ZESTY
  22. 44Tallahassee sch. FSU
  23. 45Get rid of AXE
  24. 47Tea traders? YENTAS
  25. 49Accidentally burn, perhaps OVERBOOK
  26. 54Influential power SAY
  27. 55Feel under the weather AIL
  28. 56It's a start! ONSET
  29. 58___-free SCOT
  30. 61Brand in the feminine care aisle KOTEX
  31. 63Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoes ALISTERS
  32. 65Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and lime ELOTE
  33. 66Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School GLEE
  34. 67Cpl. or sgt. NCO
  35. 68Grannies NANAS
  36. 69Fictional lover of Rochester EYRE
  37. 70Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for short TAS

Down 38

  1. 1Bangkok currency BAHT
  2. 2Doha dignitary EMIR
  3. 3Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water" LAGUNITAS
  4. 4Go on, in dialogue ADD
  5. 5One who eats crisps and uses a loo BRIT
  6. 6Kind of duty CIVIC
  7. 7Stab, in a way SPEAR
  8. 8Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!" AYPAPI
  9. 9Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood ROO
  10. 10"Spot on!" BINGO
  11. 11Open, as a fanny pack UNZIP
  12. 12Scrapes SKINS
  13. 17Get wind of HEAR
  14. 21Knickknack NOVELTY
  15. 24"We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960 EDGE
  16. 26Nursing spot TEAT
  17. 27Attire for a fraternity party, maybe TOGA
  18. 28Instrument originating in ancient Sumer HARP
  19. 29Jump at, as an opportunity SEIZEON
  20. 33Opposite of SSW NNE
  21. 34Maybes IFS
  22. 36"In da Club" rapper FIFTYCENT
  23. 37Parks in history ROSA
  24. 38Albatross, so to speak ONUS
  25. 40Beloved DEAR
  26. 41Thumbs-up votes AYES
  27. 46PlayStation alternatives XBOXES
  28. 48So-called "father of the American cartoon" NAST
  29. 49Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey OAKEN
  30. 50It takes a bow in a concert hall VIOLA
  31. 51Sir ___ Hercules John ELTON
  32. 52Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon" OSAGE
  33. 53___ green KELLY
  34. 57Layer TIER
  35. 59Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birth ORCA
  36. 60Possessive of a Chinese menu? TSOS
  37. 62Zeta follower ETA
  38. 64Go on dates with SEE