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New York Times Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 5 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 76 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ValueWORTH5Across1 Volcanic coating that buried PompeiiASH3Across6 Angel's headgearHALO4Across9 ListlessnessENNUI5Across13 Score like 5-5 or 10-10TIE3Across14 Fruit-peeling gadgetPARER5Across15 Meeting spot for a company's overseersBOARDROOM9Across16 VentilatedAIRED5Across18 Actor Reeves who plays John WickKEANU5Across19 ClothingATTIRE6Across20 Wrestler-turned-actor with a mohawkMRT3Across21 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbieTAXIDRIVER10Across24 Lawyer, or a lawyer's adviceCOUNSEL7Across26 Gloppy gunkGOO3Across29 Op-___ (newspaper pieces)EDS3Across30 Advantageous qualityASSET5Across31 AristocratNOBLE5Across32 Enjoy a vacation day, sayTAKEOFFFROMWORK15Across34 ResideDWELL5Across40 Burr who dueled with HamiltonAARON5Across41 WaneEBB3Across42 One ___ timeATA3Across45 Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne ClemensPENNAME7Across46 Bug killer that goes "smack!"FLYSWATTER10Across48 Losing general at AppomattoxLEE3Across51 Relating to a son or daughterFILIAL6Across52 Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl"BRICE5Across53 Poet DickinsonEMILY5Across56 Gridiron success … or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-AcrossTOUCHDOWN9Across57 Backpackers' sheltersTENTS5Across61 Write-___ (unlikely election winners)INS3Across62 Home with a domeIGLOO5Across63 Lumps of coal, for a snowmanEYES4Across64 UnderstandSEE3Across65 RelinquishedCEDED5Across66

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Spider's creationWEB3Down1 Peace promoter YokoONO3Down2 Cell's messenger materialRNA3Down3 Istanbul nativeTURK4Down4 ConcealHIDE4Down5 Lacking a key, in musicATONAL6Down6 Crazy Horse's peopleSIOUX5Down7 Adjustable skirt featureHEM3Down8 Port-au-Prince's countryHAITI5Down9 Get thereARRIVE6Down10 Looked lasciviouslyLEERED6Down11 CommandsORDERS6Down12 Police officer who monitors an assigned areaPATROLMAN9Down15 Label as G or R, sayRATE4Down17 Spicy marinade with chili peppersADOBO5Down20 Exam for a doctor-to-beMCAT4Down21 Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary HallROSA4Down22 Walrus's long toothTUSK4Down23 Composer StravinskyIGOR4Down25 Have to haveNEED4Down27 Passengers getting an illicit free rideSTOWAWAYS9Down28 Org. with Patriot gamesNFL3Down32 Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo"EWAN4Down33 Pertaining to development in the wombFETAL5Down35 Opposite of hillyFLAT4Down36 Like some history or hygieneORAL4Down37 City surrounding Vatican CityROME4Down38 On bended ___KNEE4Down39 Overly refinedEFFETE6Down42 "Yikes!," to a BritBLIMEY6Down43 Reporter's attribution atop an articleBYLINE6Down44 ReadPERUSE6Down46 Rock's Carmen or ClaptonERIC4Down47 Earthy deposits by a riverSILTS5Down49 Steak similar to a porterhouseTBONE5Down50 StylishCHIC4Down54 MarginEDGE4Down55 "___ better to have loved and lost ..."TIS3Down57 PasséOLD3Down58 MisfortuneWOE3Down59 Silent approvalNOD3Down60

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Monday, January 5, 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.