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New York Times Crossword January 1 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 1 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 76 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
You're looking at it!THIS4Across1 File typeRASP4Across5 Piano technicianTUNER5Across9 Parasite's targetHOST4Across14 Had no co-conspiratorsACTEDALONE10Across15 Preparation for many a surprise partyRUSE4Across17 Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss?WHATABOUTBOB12Across18 QuotidianUSUAL5Across19 Charon's domainSTYX4Across21 Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish)ALLA4Across22 Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon"MEEMAW6Across23 Are: Fr.ETES4Across25 Gift for a musicianEAR3Across27 Figure in much W.W. I propagandaUNCLESAM8Across28 Kid with a routePAPERBOY8Across31 Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021)TAMPA5Across35 What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"?THESCREAM9Across39 What fictional English heavy metal band consists of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls?SPINALTAP9Across40 Like the origins of Buddhism and HinduismASIAN5Across42 Chill pill, essentiallyRELAXANT8Across43 InvestigateSCOPEOUT8Across44 Prefix with geneticsEPI3Across47 Assessment, informallyEVAL4Across50 Gorgon slain by PerseusMEDUSA6Across51 CohortGANG4Across56 Where many family names begin O'-ERIN4Across58 Denizen of hellDEMON5Across60 Test graders' aids … or what is needed to respond to the six trivia questions in this puzzle?ANSWERKEYS10Across61 Neighbor of JavaBALI4Across64 Nancy Drew and Sherlock HolmesDETECTIVES10Across65 Prayer leaderIMAM4Across66 Lit for fun, e.g.SLANG5Across67 ___-à-___TETE4Across68 BoreTIRE4Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Idly pluck, as a banjoTHRUM5Down1 It always wins, they sayHOUSE5Down2 One of Us, say?ISSUE5Down3 Driver of some enginesSTEAM5Down4 Like most oysters served with mignonetteRAW3Down5 Some Bavarian criesACHS4Down6 MajesticSTATELY7Down7 Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies?PETABYTE8Down8 19th letterTAU3Down9 Sephora competitorULTA4Down10 GallantNOBLE5Down11 ___ GayENOLA5Down12 Steel rod with ridgesREBAR5Down13 Maliciously publishes the private info of onlineDOXES5Down16 Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix"LAURENCE8Down20 Org. for the Fever and the DreamWNBA4Down24 FilledSATIATED8Down26 End of many modern addressesCOM3Down29 Cat breed from an island in the Irish SeaMANX4Down30 Educational support grp.PTA3Down31 Sounds of realizationAHS3Down32 Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?"PESCI5Down33 Pitchers' statsERAS4Down34 What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya?MALTA5Down36 Go for the gold?PAN3Down37 AproposAPT3Down38 Initialism for an online advertiserSEO3Down40 Pitted fruitPLUM4Down41 Take over forRELIEVE7Down43 UndisguisedOVERT5Down45 "Sit!"PARKIT6Down46 "Horrors!"EGADS5Down47 Group of expertsPANEL5Down48 2010 release now owned by Meta, informallyINSTA5Down49 Entry in red inkDEBIT5Down52 So-called "fifth taste"UMAMI5Down53 Kind of wind … or an alternative to windSOLAR5Down54 "Mob Psycho 100" genreANIME5Down55 Singer StefaniGWEN4Down57 Negative for NikolaiNYET4Down59 Heart chart, for shortECG3Down62 Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir.SSE3Down63

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, January 1, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.