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NYT Crossword January 16 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, January 16 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Coming-out party?10 lettersSee answer ›11Finish (up)4 lettersSee answer ›15"Hello-o-o?"10 lettersSee answer ›16Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for short4 lettersSee answer ›17Scenario calling for self-reliance10 lettersSee answer ›18Summer flier4 lettersSee answer ›19Classic 1926 poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance4 lettersSee answer ›20Do some cleaning4 lettersSee answer ›21Creatures that can turn into humans on land, in Scottish folklore5 lettersSee answer ›22Sound around a summer cornfield3 lettersSee answer ›23Wood used for flooring3 lettersSee answer ›24Trunk item6 lettersSee answer ›25Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days)8 lettersSee answer ›28Molecule that can self-splice3 lettersSee answer ›29Enthusiasm-curbing6 lettersSee answer ›32"Here we go!"8 lettersSee answer ›34Uncovered4 lettersSee answer ›35Some cuts of meat5 lettersSee answer ›37Tennis great who had a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A.4 lettersSee answer ›38Place for trading stories?8 lettersSee answer ›40Diverts6 lettersSee answer ›42It takes a long time to get this3 lettersSee answer ›43Leading character on social media?8 lettersSee answer ›45White House partner, for short6 lettersSee answer ›47Assume, as costs3 lettersSee answer ›48Do some cleaning3 lettersSee answer ›51Market for currencies, informally5 lettersSee answer ›52Financial aid basis4 lettersSee answer ›54Hand count?4 lettersSee answer ›55Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Wales4 lettersSee answer ›56One might help you hitch a ride10 lettersSee answer ›58Parmesan cheese feature4 lettersSee answer ›59Novel whence the line "Four legs good, two legs bad"10 lettersSee answer ›60Rests4 lettersSee answer ›61They're green year-round10 lettersSee answer ›

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1Bare-bones5 lettersSee answer ›2Oscar-winning musical role for Rita Moreno5 lettersSee answer ›3Already5 lettersSee answer ›4"The Memory Police" author ___ Ogawa4 lettersSee answer ›5Brand lead-in to Caps or Balls3 lettersSee answer ›6Unwieldy situation, metaphorically11 lettersSee answer ›7"As if!"6 lettersSee answer ›8Blows away4 lettersSee answer ›9Release4 lettersSee answer ›10Kind of cycle3 lettersSee answer ›11Listing on a W-2 form5 lettersSee answer ›12Stumbled upon9 lettersSee answer ›13Overwhelming amount9 lettersSee answer ›14Some terrarium denizens9 lettersSee answer ›21Declares4 lettersSee answer ›23Tai chi accessory3 lettersSee answer ›24Receives unfair criticism11 lettersSee answer ›25Nimble, zigzagging maneuver4 lettersSee answer ›26Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014's "Selma"5 lettersSee answer ›27P.E. unit3 lettersSee answer ›29Invitations to come on board9 lettersSee answer ›30First NASA mission broadcast live from orbit9 lettersSee answer ›31Secret offering?9 lettersSee answer ›33Julia of "The Addams Family"4 lettersSee answer ›36___ Excellency3 lettersSee answer ›39Like leatherette4 lettersSee answer ›41Witticism3 lettersSee answer ›44Start of a secret invitation, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›46Leans5 lettersSee answer ›48Locale of a semiannual fashion week5 lettersSee answer ›49Opposite of subtle5 lettersSee answer ›50Makes do for a while?5 lettersSee answer ›52Gram, by another name4 lettersSee answer ›53Composer Satie4 lettersSee answer ›54Goal-oriented global org.?4 lettersSee answer ›56Half-___3 lettersSee answer ›57Totally3 lettersSee answer ›