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NYT Crossword January 12 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Monday, January 12 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Carolyn Davies Lynch and Christina Iverson · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Intimidate, with "out"5 lettersSee answer ›6Bird's dramatic dive5 lettersSee answer ›11Place to store a lawn mower4 lettersSee answer ›15Hawaiian greeting5 lettersSee answer ›16___ cold brew5 lettersSee answer ›17Concluding part of a song4 lettersSee answer ›18Rhyming advice to a spitting talker16 lettersSee answer ›21"Halt!"4 lettersSee answer ›22___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity)3 lettersSee answer ›23Use, as machinery7 lettersSee answer ›24Lots and lots6 lettersSee answer ›27Acronym of affection in ASL3 lettersSee answer ›28E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive"3 lettersSee answer ›31Rhyming advice to a gym rat12 lettersSee answer ›36Avoids, as capture6 lettersSee answer ›38French "not"3 lettersSee answer ›39Prefix that means "all"4 lettersSee answer ›40Garage jobs involving grease guns5 lettersSee answer ›41"If all ___ fails …"4 lettersSee answer ›43Comic/TV host O'Brien5 lettersSee answer ›44Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward4 lettersSee answer ›45Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across3 lettersSee answer ›46Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit6 lettersSee answer ›47Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes12 lettersSee answer ›51Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across3 lettersSee answer ›52Massachusetts' Cape ___3 lettersSee answer ›53Smooched6 lettersSee answer ›55"I'll take the blame here"7 lettersSee answer ›59Liquid that circulates in a plant3 lettersSee answer ›60Locale for Adam and Eve4 lettersSee answer ›64Rhyming advice to a procrastinator16 lettersSee answer ›67Fairy tale villain4 lettersSee answer ›68Lock of hair5 lettersSee answer ›69Leaf on a sushi tray5 lettersSee answer ›70Broad inlets4 lettersSee answer ›71Handle, as matters5 lettersSee answer ›72Conceal for the time being, as information5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Get a grade other than an F4 lettersSee answer ›2Mattress supporter4 lettersSee answer ›3Toy that can go "around the world"4 lettersSee answer ›4You might let these "fall where they may"5 lettersSee answer ›5A chef might wear a puffy white one3 lettersSee answer ›6Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop6 lettersSee answer ›7Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice"6 lettersSee answer ›8Baseball's Mel3 lettersSee answer ›9" … in that range"4 lettersSee answer ›10Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun"7 lettersSee answer ›11So great it's unnerving9 lettersSee answer ›12Georgetown athlete4 lettersSee answer ›13Put in a good word, perhaps?4 lettersSee answer ›14Something circled on a calendar4 lettersSee answer ›19Presentations during a product unveiling5 lettersSee answer ›20Move, to a Realtor4 lettersSee answer ›25More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S.4 lettersSee answer ›26Plaints of puppies4 lettersSee answer ›28One with many Insta followers, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›29Fancy feather5 lettersSee answer ›30Toy cube inventor Erno5 lettersSee answer ›32Scottish negative3 lettersSee answer ›33Test an OB may perform in the second trimester5 lettersSee answer ›34Silly5 lettersSee answer ›35Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush5 lettersSee answer ›37Where meats and cheeses are often displayed9 lettersSee answer ›41Blunder3 lettersSee answer ›42Vegetable that looks like a large scallion4 lettersSee answer ›43Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science)4 lettersSee answer ›45Incomplete sets on sale7 lettersSee answer ›46Source of motivation, in modern lingo5 lettersSee answer ›48Verb preceder, typically4 lettersSee answer ›49Most sagacious6 lettersSee answer ›50Parent's declaration in response to defiance6 lettersSee answer ›54New ___, capital of India5 lettersSee answer ›55"Get outta my hair!," in a text4 lettersSee answer ›56Discipline for the flexible4 lettersSee answer ›57Rage4 lettersSee answer ›58Ripped (up)4 lettersSee answer ›61Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare4 lettersSee answer ›62Canadian gas brand4 lettersSee answer ›63Element with the symbol Ne4 lettersSee answer ›65Last of 26 letters3 lettersSee answer ›66Initialism on a Navy carrier3 lettersSee answer ›