xWord
Cracking Clues, Finding Answers!
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Advertisements

New York Times Crossword January 8 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 75 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 8 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 75 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

Also solved on January 8
Daily Themed Crossword   Eugene Sheffer Crossword   Evening Standard Crossword   Newsday Crossword   Puzzle Page Crossword   The Independent Crossword  

Across

Click a clue for every answer it has ever had
ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
___ cantoBEL3Across1 Lessons that might be spelled out for you?ABCS4Across4 Photographer DianeARBUS5Across8 Wide-open Q&AAMA3Across13 Coffee optionDRIP4Across14 Snatching sound, in the comicsYOINK5Across15 Nonverbal "well done"HIGHDIVE8Across16 Well-known scheme designerPONZI5Across18 One of the two Boolean values, in programmingTRUE4Across19 Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessoryTIANA5Across20 Gimlet baseGIN3Across22 Dundee dissentNAE3Across23 Cars with retractable roofsCROPTOPS8Across25 What Neapolitan ice cream is divided intoTHIRDS6Across27 Compete (for)VIE3Across30 Bit in a breakfast bowlOAT3Across31 Benefactor with a limited number of grants?GENIE5Across32 Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movementAFRO4Across35 College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across?GRADEINFLATION14Across39 Cathedral recessAPSE4Across42 Full of zingZESTY5Across43 Tallahassee sch.FSU3Across44 Get rid ofAXE3Across45 Tea traders?YENTAS6Across47 Accidentally burn, perhapsOVERBOOK8Across49 Influential powerSAY3Across54 Feel under the weatherAIL3Across55 It's a start!ONSET5Across56 ___-freeSCOT4Across58 Brand in the feminine care aisleKOTEX5Across61 Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoesALISTERS8Across63 Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and limeELOTE5Across65 Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High SchoolGLEE4Across66 Cpl. or sgt.NCO3Across67 GranniesNANAS5Across68 Fictional lover of RochesterEYRE4Across69 Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for shortTAS3Across70

Down

ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bangkok currencyBAHT4Down1 Doha dignitaryEMIR4Down2 Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water"LAGUNITAS9Down3 Go on, in dialogueADD3Down4 One who eats crisps and uses a looBRIT4Down5 Kind of dutyCIVIC5Down6 Stab, in a waySPEAR5Down7 Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!"AYPAPI6Down8 Small hopper in the Hundred Acre WoodROO3Down9 "Spot on!"BINGO5Down10 Open, as a fanny packUNZIP5Down11 ScrapesSKINS5Down12 Get wind ofHEAR4Down17 KnickknackNOVELTY7Down21 "We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960EDGE4Down24 Nursing spotTEAT4Down26 Attire for a fraternity party, maybeTOGA4Down27 Instrument originating in ancient SumerHARP4Down28 Jump at, as an opportunitySEIZEON7Down29 Opposite of SSWNNE3Down33 MaybesIFS3Down34 "In da Club" rapperFIFTYCENT9Down36 Parks in historyROSA4Down37 Albatross, so to speakONUS4Down38 BelovedDEAR4Down40 Thumbs-up votesAYES4Down41 PlayStation alternativesXBOXES6Down46 So-called "father of the American cartoon"NAST4Down48 Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster AbbeyOAKEN5Down49 It takes a bow in a concert hallVIOLA5Down50 Sir ___ Hercules JohnELTON5Down51 Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon"OSAGE5Down52 ___ greenKELLY5Down53 LayerTIER4Down57 Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birthORCA4Down59 Possessive of a Chinese menu?TSOS4Down60 Zeta followerETA3Down62 Go on dates withSEE3Down64

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Thursday, January 8, 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.