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New York Times Crossword January 2 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the New York Times Crossword for January 2 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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Havanese greeting31 AcrossReveal answer → Tolstoy book whose title asks a question94 AcrossReveal answer → Reluctantly stoop513 AcrossReveal answer → They rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scale916 AcrossReveal answer → H.S. class for tough life lessons?517 AcrossReveal answer → "Just tell me when it's over"918 AcrossReveal answer → Dance move also known as a backslide819 AcrossReveal answer → Skims, as soup stock621 AcrossReveal answer → Fig. that cannot start with 9322 AcrossReveal answer → Org. for The Rock and Brock Lesnar323 AcrossReveal answer → Tunnel-making machine524 AcrossReveal answer → Not many425 AcrossReveal answer → Windfalls527 AcrossReveal answer → Keep coming up528 AcrossReveal answer → One might lead to pay back930 AcrossReveal answer → Make some introductions, say534 AcrossReveal answer → The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A.335 AcrossReveal answer → Word from the Lakota for "they dwell"536 AcrossReveal answer → Emotional manipulation tactic937 AcrossReveal answer → Meaty meal539 AcrossReveal answer → Attraction on the western side of Carson Range540 AcrossReveal answer → "Oof!"441 AcrossReveal answer → Seems less impressive, so to speak542 AcrossReveal answer → Spray in the kitchen343 AcrossReveal answer → German stock market index344 AcrossReveal answer → Cumbrous647 AcrossReveal answer → One-to-one relationship849 AcrossReveal answer → Exchanges blows?951 AcrossReveal answer → Up to553 AcrossReveal answer → Eggless bread spread954 AcrossReveal answer → "A-a-a-and ___!" (improv show ender)555 AcrossReveal answer → High-carb snack956 AcrossReveal answer → May day celebrant357 AcrossReveal answer →

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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"51 DownReveal answer → Default outcomes, perhaps52 DownReveal answer → Kind of sequence that proceeds 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...93 DownReveal answer → Duration54 DownReveal answer → Modern security threat45 DownReveal answer → Org. with the Rule of Law Initiative36 DownReveal answer → Cylindrical oven77 DownReveal answer → Extremely well-liked?148 DownReveal answer → Personal opinion?109 DownReveal answer → Hooting and hollering510 DownReveal answer → Part of an underground network411 DownReveal answer → Pithy put-downs412 DownReveal answer → Main ingredient in an aviation cocktail314 DownReveal answer → "I like the sound of that!"1415 DownReveal answer → "So adorable!"320 DownReveal answer → Prepare to ship, say524 DownReveal answer → Delivery means to a gas station1026 DownReveal answer → Count in the Blues Hall of Fame527 DownReveal answer → On the ___ (frequently, informally)328 DownReveal answer → Bird whose eggs are sometimes a canvas for Aboriginal art329 DownReveal answer → Capotes are flapped at them530 DownReveal answer → "Let's go, sleepyhead!"931 DownReveal answer → Booking, for short332 DownReveal answer → Server's obstacle333 DownReveal answer → "Word on the street is ..."738 DownReveal answer → ___ Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code"341 DownReveal answer → Night of lawlessness in a long-running horror franchise, with "the"542 DownReveal answer → Try-hard543 DownReveal answer → Kind of acid545 DownReveal answer → Stem component546 DownReveal answer → Capitulate447 DownReveal answer → Lender's security448 DownReveal answer → Table outside449 DownReveal answer → Big purveyor of health supplements350 DownReveal answer → Gender-neutral term in a family352 DownReveal answer →

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