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New York Times Crossword January 17 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 17 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 72 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#
Expressions of disbelief or exasperationFACEPALMS9Across1 What "margarita" means in SpanishDAISY5Across10 Reputable, in a wayBRANDNAME9Across15 What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora"ELOPE5Across16 Too late, sayOUTOFTIME9Across17 Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariatLENIN5Across18 People often manage with them, in briefMBAS4Across19 You might say "Hmm" when something is thisODD3Across20 Toppings blended with ice creamMIXINS6Across21 Anti-troll measureBAN3Across22 TchotchkeKNICKKNACK10Across23 Protection from dropsRAINCOAT8Across25 With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledgeBID3Across26 City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" regionCAIRO5Across28 DemureCOY3Across30 Plant with psychoactive leavesCOCA4Across31 Offload (on)FOIST5Across32 Famous monogram found backward in the alphabetMLK3Across33 Tall and thinLANKY5Across34 Revel (in)BASK4Across35 One of five in a typical big bandSAX3Across36 ArchetypesMOLDS5Across37 "All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric)ILL3Across38 Artificially unsophisticatedFAUXNAIF8Across39 Units for a high-resolution cameraMEGAPIXELS10Across41 IntervalGAP3Across43 Setups for some elaborate group picturesRISERS6Across46 Subject to careful appraisalVET3Across47 Lawyer's assignmentCASE4Across48 Not budgingINERT5Across49 Ones running along a roadSIDEWALKS9Across50 Bracket contentsTEAMS5Across52 Where someone's height may be stretched?TINDERBIO9Across53 With 39-Down, pretentiously creativeARTSY5Across54 What antiperspirants can preventPITSTAINS9Across55

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Crude thing to drop, familiarlyFBOMB5Down1 Westernmost territory of the NetherlandsARUBA5Down2 Board game with resourcesCATAN5Down3 Grandson of EveENOS4Down4 Many an attachmentPDF3Down5 ___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa novaANTONIO7Down6 Made, as an easy basketball shotLAIDIN6Down7 Longest number writable in standard Roman numeralsMMMDCCCLXXXVIII15Down8 SpySEE3Down9 Use a roller on, as a jacketDELINT6Down10 Digital assistantALEXA5Down11 In which opposites attractIONICBOND9Down12 Flashy taekwondo movesSPINKICKS9Down13 CravingsYENS4Down14 "All right," folksilyMKAY4Down21 Super Mario ___KART4Down23 EccentricKOOK4Down24 Cybersecurity assessmentRISK4Down25 See 26-AcrossDAY3Down27 Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons"COALMINER9Down28 Cabin choiceAISLESEAT9Down29 Baby rhinoCALF4Down31 Part of the D.O.J.FBI3Down32 So-called "Valley Isle"MAUI4Down33 Writer LowryLOIS4Down34 Good marks?SAPS4Down36 Egg cream alternativesMALTEDS7Down37 See 54-AcrossFARTSY6Down39 Quaint contractionNEEDNT6Down40 Gentlemen, jocularlyGERMS5Down42 Korean barbecue rib dishGALBI5Down43 Greet hospitably at the doorASKIN5Down44 Dough at a taqueríaPESOS5Down45 Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale"RITA4Down46 Beloved, in ItalianCARA4Down48 Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphateSTP3Down50 Like the weather in much of Equatorial GuineaWET3Down51

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Saturday, January 17, 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.