NYT CROSSWORD • FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2026

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 9, 2026

Complete answer list for the January 9, 2026 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Greg Snitkin and Glenn DavisEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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Across 31

  1. 1Crush ↗PUPPYLOVE
  2. 10They get picked up at clubs ↗TABS
  3. 14Winning like crazy ↗ONAHEATER
  4. 15Surfing destinations, for short ↗URLS
  5. 16Places many Cubans are found ↗CIGARBOXES
  6. 18Noggin ↗BEAN
  7. 19Clumsy oafs ↗OXES
  8. 20"You better believe it!" ↗HECKYEAH
  9. 22Bad thing to have in a poker game ↗TELL
  10. 25Dumps ↗STIES
  11. 26Apple core? ↗CPU
  12. 28Confirmation from a maître d' ↗OUI
  13. 30"I didn't do it!" ↗NOTME
  14. 34Stealthy flier ↗AIRMARSHAL
  15. 39Bummer at a casino game ↗CRAP
  16. 40It often comes with the job ↗BENEFITSPACKAGE
  17. 42___ Slush (frozen fruit drink) ↗ICEE
  18. 43"Watch your mouth!" ↗DONTSASSME
  19. 44Old-timey oath ↗NERTS
  20. 46Firm up ↗SET
  21. 47Eats ↗HAS
  22. 48Was rude on the road or the dance floor ↗CUTIN
  23. 52"Weed ’Em and ___," gardening book whose title is a spoonerism ↗REAP
  24. 54Led the charge ↗CRUSADED
  25. 57Prepares for a wild night, maybe ↗NAPS
  26. 60Monopoly token retired in 2017 ↗BOOT
  27. 61He's great for the time being ↗MRRIGHTNOW
  28. 64Be just chillin' ↗IDLE
  29. 65"Beats me!" ↗IVENOIDEA
  30. 66Jazz coda? ↗ZEES
  31. 67Unpack for the night, in a way ↗SETUPCAMP

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  1. 1Small bit, in Bogotá ↗POCO
  2. 2Windows alternative ↗UNIX
  3. 3Something you have trouble putting down ↗PAGETURNER
  4. 4Gradually introduce, with "in" ↗PHASE
  5. 5The Beatles' "___ Blues" ↗YER
  6. 6Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow ↗LAB
  7. 7"Then again …," to a texter ↗OTOH
  8. 8Puzzles ↗VEXES
  9. 9Build ↗ERECT
  10. 10Footwear that lacks defined heels ↗TUBESOCKS
  11. 11An "A" in geometry ↗AREA
  12. 12Dull ↗BLAH
  13. 13Often-redacted fig. ↗SSN
  14. 17Item that someone with cold feet might have ↗SKI
  15. 21Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_ ↗YEN
  16. 23Be just chillin' ↗LOAF
  17. 24Vividly shocking ↗LURID
  18. 26Kind of fever ↗CABIN
  19. 27Ballade or étude ↗PIECE
  20. 29Analogy words ↗ISTO
  21. 31Raccoon, humorously ↗TRASHPANDA
  22. 32It's bubbling below the surface ↗MAGMA
  23. 33Pointers for some fighters? ↗EPEES
  24. 35Rom-com plot points ↗MEETCUTES
  25. 36Channel offering deals ↗HSN
  26. 37There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr. ↗APTS
  27. 38Industrial cutter ↗LASER
  28. 41Oscar winner Blanchett ↗CATE
  29. 45Shady, in modern parlance ↗SUS
  30. 49Flat hat ↗TAM
  31. 50Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela ↗IDRIS
  32. 51"Some ___!" ↗NERVE
  33. 53Shenanigan ↗ANTIC
  34. 54Java ingredient? ↗CODE
  35. 55Listing on a jobs website ↗ROLE
  36. 56Losing effort ↗DIET
  37. 58Wilde thing ↗POEM
  38. 59Cashless transaction ↗SWAP
  39. 60Ad or show follower ↗BIZ
  40. 62African grazer ↗GNU
  41. 63Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps ↗HOP