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New York Times Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 76 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 76 clues from the New York Times Crossword for January 5 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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Value51 AcrossReveal answer → Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii36 AcrossReveal answer → Angel's headgear49 AcrossReveal answer → Listlessness513 AcrossReveal answer → Score like 5-5 or 10-10314 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit-peeling gadget515 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting spot for a company's overseers916 AcrossReveal answer → Ventilated518 AcrossReveal answer → Actor Reeves who plays John Wick519 AcrossReveal answer → Clothing620 AcrossReveal answer → Wrestler-turned-actor with a mohawk321 AcrossReveal answer → 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie1024 AcrossReveal answer → Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice726 AcrossReveal answer → Gloppy gunk329 AcrossReveal answer → Op-___ (newspaper pieces)330 AcrossReveal answer → Advantageous quality531 AcrossReveal answer → Aristocrat532 AcrossReveal answer → Enjoy a vacation day, say1534 AcrossReveal answer → Reside540 AcrossReveal answer → Burr who dueled with Hamilton541 AcrossReveal answer → Wane342 AcrossReveal answer → One ___ time345 AcrossReveal answer → Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens746 AcrossReveal answer → Bug killer that goes "smack!"1048 AcrossReveal answer → Losing general at Appomattox351 AcrossReveal answer → Relating to a son or daughter652 AcrossReveal answer → Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl"553 AcrossReveal answer → Poet Dickinson556 AcrossReveal answer → Gridiron success … or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across957 AcrossReveal answer → Backpackers' shelters561 AcrossReveal answer → Write-___ (unlikely election winners)362 AcrossReveal answer → Home with a dome563 AcrossReveal answer → Lumps of coal, for a snowman464 AcrossReveal answer → Understand365 AcrossReveal answer → Relinquished566 AcrossReveal answer →

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Spider's creation31 DownReveal answer → Peace promoter Yoko32 DownReveal answer → Cell's messenger material33 DownReveal answer → Istanbul native44 DownReveal answer → Conceal45 DownReveal answer → Lacking a key, in music66 DownReveal answer → Crazy Horse's people57 DownReveal answer → Adjustable skirt feature38 DownReveal answer → Port-au-Prince's country59 DownReveal answer → Get there610 DownReveal answer → Looked lasciviously611 DownReveal answer → Commands612 DownReveal answer → Police officer who monitors an assigned area915 DownReveal answer → Label as G or R, say417 DownReveal answer → Spicy marinade with chili peppers520 DownReveal answer → Exam for a doctor-to-be421 DownReveal answer → Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall422 DownReveal answer → Walrus's long tooth423 DownReveal answer → Composer Stravinsky425 DownReveal answer → Have to have427 DownReveal answer → Passengers getting an illicit free ride928 DownReveal answer → Org. with Patriot games332 DownReveal answer → Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo"433 DownReveal answer → Pertaining to development in the womb535 DownReveal answer → Opposite of hilly436 DownReveal answer → Like some history or hygiene437 DownReveal answer → City surrounding Vatican City438 DownReveal answer → On bended ___439 DownReveal answer → Overly refined642 DownReveal answer → "Yikes!," to a Brit643 DownReveal answer → Reporter's attribution atop an article644 DownReveal answer → Read646 DownReveal answer → Rock's Carmen or Clapton447 DownReveal answer → Earthy deposits by a river549 DownReveal answer → Steak similar to a porterhouse550 DownReveal answer → Stylish454 DownReveal answer → Margin455 DownReveal answer → "___ better to have loved and lost ..."357 DownReveal answer → Passé358 DownReveal answer → Misfortune359 DownReveal answer → Silent approval360 DownReveal answer →

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