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New York Times Crossword January 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 2 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 68 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#
Havanese greetingARF3Across1 Tolstoy book whose title asks a questionWHATISART9Across4 Reluctantly stoopDEIGN5Across13 They rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scaleHABANEROS9Across16 H.S. class for tough life lessons?APBIO5Across17 "Just tell me when it's over"ICANTLOOK9Across18 Dance move also known as a backslideMOONWALK8Across19 Skims, as soup stockDEFATS6Across21 Fig. that cannot start with 9SSN3Across22 Org. for The Rock and Brock LesnarWWE3Across23 Tunnel-making machineBORER5Across24 Not manyAFEW4Across25 WindfallsBOONS5Across27 Keep coming upRECUR5Across28 One might lead to pay backTAXRETURN9Across30 Make some introductions, sayEMCEE5Across34 The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A.OSU3Across35 Word from the Lakota for "they dwell"TEPEE5Across36 Emotional manipulation tacticGUILTTRIP9Across37 Meaty mealFEAST5Across39 Attraction on the western side of Carson RangeTAHOE5Across40 "Oof!"DAMN4Across41 Seems less impressive, so to speakPALES5Across42 Spray in the kitchenPAM3Across43 German stock market indexDAX3Across44 CumbrousCLUNKY6Across47 One-to-one relationshipMONOGAMY8Across49 Exchanges blows?AIRKISSES9Across51 Up toUNTIL5Across53 Eggless bread spreadVEGENAISE9Across54 "A-a-a-and ___!" (improv show ender)SCENE5Across55 High-carb snackENERGYBAR9Across56 May day celebrantMOM3Across57

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
President who wrote "Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it"ADAMS5Down1 Default outcomes, perhapsREPOS5Down2 Kind of sequence that proceeds 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...FIBONACCI9Down3 DurationWHILE5Down4 Modern security threatHACK4Down5 Org. with the Rule of Law InitiativeABA3Down6 Cylindrical ovenTANDOOR7Down7 Extremely well-liked?INTERNETFAMOUS14Down8 Personal opinion?SELFESTEEM10Down9 Hooting and holleringAROAR5Down10 Part of an underground networkROOT4Down11 Pithy put-downsTSKS4Down12 Main ingredient in an aviation cocktailGIN3Down14 "I like the sound of that!"NOWWERETALKING14Down15 "So adorable!"AWW3Down20 Prepare to ship, sayBOXUP5Down24 Delivery means to a gas stationFUELTANKER10Down26 Count in the Blues Hall of FameBASIE5Down27 On the ___ (frequently, informally)REG3Down28 Bird whose eggs are sometimes a canvas for Aboriginal artEMU3Down29 Capotes are flapped at themTOROS5Down30 "Let's go, sleepyhead!"UPANDATEM9Down31 Booking, for shortRES3Down32 Server's obstacleNET3Down33 "Word on the street is ..."THEYSAY7Down38 ___ Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code"DAN3Down41 Night of lawlessness in a long-running horror franchise, with "the"PURGE5Down42 Try-hardPOSER5Down43 Kind of acidAMINO5Down45 Stem componentXYLEM5Down46 CapitulateCAVE4Down47 Lender's securityLIEN4Down48 Table outsideMESA4Down49 Big purveyor of health supplementsGNC3Down50 Gender-neutral term in a familySIB3Down52

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, January 2, 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.