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New York Times Crossword January 1 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for January 1 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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You're looking at it!41 AcrossReveal answer → File type45 AcrossReveal answer → Piano technician59 AcrossReveal answer → Parasite's target414 AcrossReveal answer → Had no co-conspirators1015 AcrossReveal answer → Preparation for many a surprise party417 AcrossReveal answer → Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss?1218 AcrossReveal answer → Quotidian519 AcrossReveal answer → Charon's domain421 AcrossReveal answer → Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish)422 AcrossReveal answer → Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon"623 AcrossReveal answer → Are: Fr.425 AcrossReveal answer → Gift for a musician327 AcrossReveal answer → Figure in much W.W. I propaganda828 AcrossReveal answer → Kid with a route831 AcrossReveal answer → Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021)535 AcrossReveal answer → What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"?939 AcrossReveal answer → What fictional English heavy metal band consists of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls?940 AcrossReveal answer → Like the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism542 AcrossReveal answer → Chill pill, essentially843 AcrossReveal answer → Investigate844 AcrossReveal answer → Prefix with genetics347 AcrossReveal answer → Assessment, informally450 AcrossReveal answer → Gorgon slain by Perseus651 AcrossReveal answer → Cohort456 AcrossReveal answer → Where many family names begin O'-458 AcrossReveal answer → Denizen of hell560 AcrossReveal answer → Test graders' aids … or what is needed to respond to the six trivia questions in this puzzle?1061 AcrossReveal answer → Neighbor of Java464 AcrossReveal answer → Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes1065 AcrossReveal answer → Prayer leader466 AcrossReveal answer → Lit for fun, e.g.567 AcrossReveal answer → ___-à-___468 AcrossReveal answer → Bore469 AcrossReveal answer →

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Idly pluck, as a banjo51 DownReveal answer → It always wins, they say52 DownReveal answer → One of Us, say?53 DownReveal answer → Driver of some engines54 DownReveal answer → Like most oysters served with mignonette35 DownReveal answer → Some Bavarian cries46 DownReveal answer → Majestic77 DownReveal answer → Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies?88 DownReveal answer → 19th letter39 DownReveal answer → Sephora competitor410 DownReveal answer → Gallant511 DownReveal answer → ___ Gay512 DownReveal answer → Steel rod with ridges513 DownReveal answer → Maliciously publishes the private info of online516 DownReveal answer → Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix"820 DownReveal answer → Org. for the Fever and the Dream424 DownReveal answer → Filled826 DownReveal answer → End of many modern addresses329 DownReveal answer → Cat breed from an island in the Irish Sea430 DownReveal answer → Educational support grp.331 DownReveal answer → Sounds of realization332 DownReveal answer → Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?"533 DownReveal answer → Pitchers' stats434 DownReveal answer → What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya?536 DownReveal answer → Go for the gold?337 DownReveal answer → Apropos338 DownReveal answer → Initialism for an online advertiser340 DownReveal answer → Pitted fruit441 DownReveal answer → Take over for743 DownReveal answer → Undisguised545 DownReveal answer → "Sit!"646 DownReveal answer → "Horrors!"547 DownReveal answer → Group of experts548 DownReveal answer → 2010 release now owned by Meta, informally549 DownReveal answer → Entry in red ink552 DownReveal answer → So-called "fifth taste"553 DownReveal answer → Kind of wind … or an alternative to wind554 DownReveal answer → "Mob Psycho 100" genre555 DownReveal answer → Singer Stefani457 DownReveal answer → Negative for Nikolai459 DownReveal answer → Heart chart, for short362 DownReveal answer → Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir.363 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, January 1, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.