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NYT Crossword January 15 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated January 15 2026

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Every answer from the Thursday, January 15 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Wendy L. Brandes and Barbara Lin · Edited by Will Shortz

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1Cattle calls4 lettersSee answer ›5Visible sign of hard work5 lettersSee answer ›10El ___ (precursor of the Expressionists)5 lettersSee answer ›15Novelist Quindlen who wrote "One True Thing"4 lettersSee answer ›16One of five ... or maybe six?5 lettersSee answer ›17Like darts5 lettersSee answer ›18*Oft-quoted advice in Matthew 7:716 lettersSee answer ›21Herb related to parsley5 lettersSee answer ›22Part of L.G.B.T.Q.3 lettersSee answer ›23Races longer than marathons, informally6 lettersSee answer ›24First name in rap?3 lettersSee answer ›25Stat for Aaron Judge3 lettersSee answer ›27Puts the finishing touches on, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›28*24/7/36512 lettersSee answer ›32Some scanners, for short3 lettersSee answer ›35Jan. 1 through today3 lettersSee answer ›36Oodles of time4 lettersSee answer ›37Elate4 lettersSee answer ›38Nobelist Joliot-Curie who synthesized radioactive isotopes5 lettersSee answer ›41Stereotypical dog4 lettersSee answer ›42Bases of shipbuilding5 lettersSee answer ›43Sol, but not Luna4 lettersSee answer ›44Word with sponge or fish4 lettersSee answer ›45Quarterback's asset3 lettersSee answer ›46Shiny little platters3 lettersSee answer ›47*Evening spent playing with the kids, say12 lettersSee answer ›52Stare in astonishment4 lettersSee answer ›53Just peachy3 lettersSee answer ›54Possible response to "Tu veux du chocolat?"3 lettersSee answer ›55Idiomatic partner of "lose"6 lettersSee answer ›58Disney still3 lettersSee answer ›60Directive written in currants in "Alice in Wonderland"5 lettersSee answer ›62Tendency to reinforce one's established beliefs … or a hint to answering this puzzle's starred clues16 lettersSee answer ›65Playwright Chekhov5 lettersSee answer ›66Following5 lettersSee answer ›67"Sorry ... hard pass"4 lettersSee answer ›68Corporate musical chairs, for short5 lettersSee answer ›69Rib5 lettersSee answer ›70Quinceañera celebrant, e.g.4 lettersSee answer ›

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1Indian spice blend6 lettersSee answer ›2Low soccer score6 lettersSee answer ›3Food writer Molly6 lettersSee answer ›4Fifth Avenue store4 lettersSee answer ›5W-9 fig.3 lettersSee answer ›6One method of sibling torture6 lettersSee answer ›7Oscar-nominated singer/songwriter for "May It Be" (2001)4 lettersSee answer ›8Like a used firepit4 lettersSee answer ›9What might give you a brewed awakening?3 lettersSee answer ›10Narrow kitchen6 lettersSee answer ›11Results of feuds5 lettersSee answer ›12Title for any male in the House of Saud4 lettersSee answer ›13Actor John who has granted more than 650 wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation4 lettersSee answer ›14Sportsbook calculation4 lettersSee answer ›19Make bubbly6 lettersSee answer ›20Created Yoda, he did5 lettersSee answer ›26Brief letters?3 lettersSee answer ›27Fig. on a driver's license4 lettersSee answer ›29Unit of force4 lettersSee answer ›30Energy-healing practice5 lettersSee answer ›31Fluctuate between normal singing and falsetto5 lettersSee answer ›32Bit of concert merch3 lettersSee answer ›33Show that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›34About a third of an N.F.L. broadcast3 lettersSee answer ›37Highway behemoth4 lettersSee answer ›38Fortune competitor3 lettersSee answer ›395.5 yards3 lettersSee answer ›40Subject of astrobiology, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›41Star quality4 lettersSee answer ›42Seattle N.H.L. team6 lettersSee answer ›44April fool, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›45Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address3 lettersSee answer ›47Throwing for a loop6 lettersSee answer ›48Bulldog supporters6 lettersSee answer ›49The moment of truth6 lettersSee answer ›50"The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being ___": Mahatma Gandhi6 lettersSee answer ›51Dons, as an apron6 lettersSee answer ›52Really try to get5 lettersSee answer ›55C-section reminder4 lettersSee answer ›56Nada4 lettersSee answer ›57Not fooled by4 lettersSee answer ›58Where the coffee and Wi-Fi might both be strong4 lettersSee answer ›59"At Last" singer James4 lettersSee answer ›61Adjoin4 lettersSee answer ›63Place to strike a pose?3 lettersSee answer ›64Seam contents3 lettersSee answer ›