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NYT Crossword January 14 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated January 14 2026

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Every answer from the Wednesday, January 14 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Wasn't even close, as in comparison5 lettersSee answer ›6Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent"5 lettersSee answer ›11Binary 10, in decimal value3 lettersSee answer ›14Garlicky sauce5 lettersSee answer ›15Beef up the arsenal, say5 lettersSee answer ›16Tuna variety3 lettersSee answer ›17"Sunday in the Park With George," for one15 lettersSee answer ›20Big ___ (audacious thing to make)3 lettersSee answer ›21Ref. work with over 600,000 words3 lettersSee answer ›22Moves (over)6 lettersSee answer ›23Signs4 lettersSee answer ›25"Nonsense!"5 lettersSee answer ›27"Oh, that does make sense"4 lettersSee answer ›29Milker's handful4 lettersSee answer ›31They may be fixed or variable5 lettersSee answer ›35River at Memphis4 lettersSee answer ›36"We want more!"6 lettersSee answer ›38Ump's call3 lettersSee answer ›39Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld"3 lettersSee answer ›40Sent away for7 lettersSee answer ›41Historic stretch3 lettersSee answer ›42That's a me problem3 lettersSee answer ›43Madison Square Garden team6 lettersSee answer ›44Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s4 lettersSee answer ›45Actress Thompson of "Westworld"5 lettersSee answer ›47Oceanic4 lettersSee answer ›48Ill-considered4 lettersSee answer ›49Wired5 lettersSee answer ›51Unappetizing gruel4 lettersSee answer ›53Like a dress that falls short?6 lettersSee answer ›56Burlesque accessory3 lettersSee answer ›57Vietnamese noodle dish3 lettersSee answer ›60Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George"15 lettersSee answer ›64Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___3 lettersSee answer ›65Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered"5 lettersSee answer ›66Grub, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›67Pathetic3 lettersSee answer ›68Linking point5 lettersSee answer ›69German industrial city5 lettersSee answer ›

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1Old sunscreen initialism4 lettersSee answer ›2Gets off one's chest4 lettersSee answer ›3Ones who probably aren't buying it?10 lettersSee answer ›4She, in São Paulo3 lettersSee answer ›5Performed well enough5 lettersSee answer ›6Alum4 lettersSee answer ›71803 lettersSee answer ›8Bit of spy gear, informally3 lettersSee answer ›9Defeat decisively5 lettersSee answer ›10Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!"8 lettersSee answer ›11Kind of shell4 lettersSee answer ›12"Wait, ___?"4 lettersSee answer ›13Makes less noisy, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›18"The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight"7 lettersSee answer ›19Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball4 lettersSee answer ›24Once called3 lettersSee answer ›25Warm-up lap leader7 lettersSee answer ›26They communicate through bill-clattering6 lettersSee answer ›27Cove5 lettersSee answer ›28Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›30Salad green6 lettersSee answer ›32Tunes with an irresistible rhythm10 lettersSee answer ›33Change across the Atlantic5 lettersSee answer ›34Squirrel away5 lettersSee answer ›37Lies atop7 lettersSee answer ›40"Very well …"8 lettersSee answer ›44Miracle-___3 lettersSee answer ›46Modern suffix with situation4 lettersSee answer ›50Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy5 lettersSee answer ›5251-Across server5 lettersSee answer ›53Trident-shaped letters4 lettersSee answer ›54Sicilian landmark4 lettersSee answer ›55Look after4 lettersSee answer ›56Most online customer service agents nowadays4 lettersSee answer ›58Queen's domain4 lettersSee answer ›59Sultanate near Yemen4 lettersSee answer ›61Cancel3 lettersSee answer ›62Trifling amount3 lettersSee answer ›63Is blessed with3 lettersSee answer ›