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New York Times Crossword January 4 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 136 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 136 clues from the New York Times Crossword for January 4 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
It protects the heart71 AcrossReveal answer → Egyptian god of the underworld68 AcrossReveal answer → Dr.'s order?314 AcrossReveal answer → Substances found in cured meats and explosives817 AcrossReveal answer → Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets1118 AcrossReveal answer → High marks821 AcrossReveal answer → "That's enough bickering!"1222 AcrossReveal answer → Valletta's land524 AcrossReveal answer → Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"325 AcrossReveal answer → Max's opposite327 AcrossReveal answer → Morpheus, to 25-Across628 AcrossReveal answer → Good ol' boy529 AcrossReveal answer → Actor Thomas ___ Church531 AcrossReveal answer → Stares stupidly534 AcrossReveal answer → General who crossed the Rubicon635 AcrossReveal answer → Snubs737 AcrossReveal answer → Ultimate end, to Aristotle539 AcrossReveal answer → TV E.T.340 AcrossReveal answer → Secondary list of options741 AcrossReveal answer → ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter543 AcrossReveal answer → Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)445 AcrossReveal answer → Classification that anyone can donate to647 AcrossReveal answer → Got off448 AcrossReveal answer → With warts and all449 AcrossReveal answer → Pesto ingredients853 AcrossReveal answer → Made less angry now855 AcrossReveal answer → Ozone no-no, for short358 AcrossReveal answer → The dash in many an emoticon459 AcrossReveal answer → It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath660 AcrossReveal answer → Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel661 AcrossReveal answer → Derived from gold563 AcrossReveal answer → Steals, informally766 AcrossReveal answer → Something a bug produces567 AcrossReveal answer → Certain Army noncom668 AcrossReveal answer → Points to a church?670 AcrossReveal answer → What the 7 may mean in 7/11471 AcrossReveal answer → Brewed beverage373 AcrossReveal answer → Perseveres874 AcrossReveal answer → Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website876 AcrossReveal answer → "Horsefeathers!"480 AcrossReveal answer → "Fiddlesticks!"482 AcrossReveal answer → Combine using heat without melting, as particles683 AcrossReveal answer → Make a lot, say?485 AcrossReveal answer → Famed firefighter Red586 AcrossReveal answer → "All right, but that's not my opinion"788 AcrossReveal answer → L.A.P.D. unit?390 AcrossReveal answer → The Lamb591 AcrossReveal answer → Devoted effort to looking attractive793 AcrossReveal answer → Leaning696 AcrossReveal answer → Bandage brand598 AcrossReveal answer → Possessed, biblically599 AcrossReveal answer → Word before winner or after Wonder5100 AcrossReveal answer → Brick homes6101 AcrossReveal answer → Buffalo's home: Abbr.3103 AcrossReveal answer → "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"3104 AcrossReveal answer → Eponym of element 965106 AcrossReveal answer → They'll get there eventually12109 AcrossReveal answer → Like the cultivation of land8113 AcrossReveal answer → Country whose border shape is the world's roundest11115 AcrossReveal answer → Zero8116 AcrossReveal answer → Co.'s $$$ head3117 AcrossReveal answer → Steal for ransom6118 AcrossReveal answer → Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"7119 AcrossReveal answer →

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Kelly of morning TV41 DownReveal answer → "Come on and let loose for a while!"92 DownReveal answer → Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot63 DownReveal answer → Wrinkly fruits74 DownReveal answer → Parts of many online handles35 DownReveal answer → Davis of "Thelma & Louise"56 DownReveal answer → "___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto)47 DownReveal answer → 1940s spy grp.38 DownReveal answer → Ready … or a word after ready39 DownReveal answer → Chemist's variant610 DownReveal answer → Violent seizure, as of property611 DownReveal answer → "Sign me up"412 DownReveal answer → He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne313 DownReveal answer → Soothing goo714 DownReveal answer → Hawaiian for "long mountain"815 DownReveal answer → Intermission follower on Broadway616 DownReveal answer → War zone for Rambo, informally317 DownReveal answer → Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"319 DownReveal answer → Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g.520 DownReveal answer → Hosp. areas323 DownReveal answer → "I'm flattered!"526 DownReveal answer → Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him630 DownReveal answer → State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol932 DownReveal answer → Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively1333 DownReveal answer → Kids' summer getaway435 DownReveal answer → Kyrgyzstani mountain range436 DownReveal answer → Urchins437 DownReveal answer → Fans out638 DownReveal answer → Where idols go head-to-head?539 DownReveal answer → Small part in a gig442 DownReveal answer → British isle344 DownReveal answer → It's in your jeans546 DownReveal answer → Plot divisions548 DownReveal answer → Traumatize450 DownReveal answer → "Assuming that's true …"451 DownReveal answer → He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew452 DownReveal answer → "Not gonna lie …"554 DownReveal answer → First enactors of democracy956 DownReveal answer → Fencing contests557 DownReveal answer → Chemistry lab dropper560 DownReveal answer → Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast562 DownReveal answer → Chop-chop463 DownReveal answer → Wrinkly fruit464 DownReveal answer → GPS lines: Abbr.465 DownReveal answer → Programming language that's also a musical key666 DownReveal answer → He sold out his master in exchange for silver569 DownReveal answer → Baby in a pouch471 DownReveal answer → Pandemonium672 DownReveal answer → Title for a guru375 DownReveal answer → Survivor's affliction, for short476 DownReveal answer → Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring"977 DownReveal answer → Big name in makeup478 DownReveal answer → Music score squiggle479 DownReveal answer → Disagrees (with)881 DownReveal answer → Ixnays from Irkutsk584 DownReveal answer → Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially787 DownReveal answer → Possible scenario, to a coder789 DownReveal answer → 2011 Lady Gaga hit591 DownReveal answer → Steamy692 DownReveal answer → Paired chips with dips?694 DownReveal answer → Touch lightly, as a gas pedal695 DownReveal answer → Floral victory symbol697 DownReveal answer → Lead-in to Tech398 DownReveal answer → Spawned5100 DownReveal answer → Camera inits.3102 DownReveal answer → ___ me tangere (Latin warning)4103 DownReveal answer → Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"4105 DownReveal answer → Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall4107 DownReveal answer → Official lang. of Liberia3108 DownReveal answer → Acorn, in the future3110 DownReveal answer → Messenger ___3111 DownReveal answer → Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr.3112 DownReveal answer → "Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")3114 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, January 4, 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.