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NYT Crossword January 20 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated January 20 2026

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Every answer from the Tuesday, January 20 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Jonathan Raksin · Edited by Will Shortz

Across

1Small bouquets6 lettersSee answer ›7"In that case …"4 lettersSee answer ›11Cleopatra's killer3 lettersSee answer ›14One of a record 30+ for Beyoncé6 lettersSee answer ›15Short piano piece8 lettersSee answer ›17Improvises6 lettersSee answer ›18One who's hanging around8 lettersSee answer ›19It begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu12 lettersSee answer ›21The Falcons, on scoreboards3 lettersSee answer ›24Follower of "T."3 lettersSee answer ›25Figure depicted in Michelangelo's "Pietà"4 lettersSee answer ›26Hellenistic storytelling14 lettersSee answer ›32Parade spoiler4 lettersSee answer ›33East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name4 lettersSee answer ›34Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers15 lettersSee answer ›42Flatbread from India4 lettersSee answer ›43Fight night souvenir, perhaps4 lettersSee answer ›44Historic destination for Pueblo pilgrimages14 lettersSee answer ›50Düsseldorf denial4 lettersSee answer ›51Video game creature often depicted with green skin3 lettersSee answer ›52One place to find a Brazilian3 lettersSee answer ›53Skill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is12 lettersSee answer ›59Group of orcas8 lettersSee answer ›60Groups of scouts6 lettersSee answer ›64Suddenly motivated, with "under"8 lettersSee answer ›65Stuck6 lettersSee answer ›66"Amen!"3 lettersSee answer ›67Romeo or Juliet, notably4 lettersSee answer ›68D flat equivalent6 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Tour overseer, for short3 lettersSee answer ›2Chicago airport code3 lettersSee answer ›3___ Minella ("The Muppet Show" Muppet)3 lettersSee answer ›4Poker declaration4 lettersSee answer ›5Set sail6 lettersSee answer ›6The "S" of A.B.S.6 lettersSee answer ›7Mallorca, por ejemplo4 lettersSee answer ›8One pitied by Mr. T, in a catchphrase4 lettersSee answer ›9Scissor cut4 lettersSee answer ›10Words with one's right hand raised4 lettersSee answer ›11Novel feature of the 1974 Olds Toronado6 lettersSee answer ›12Visibly disdainful6 lettersSee answer ›13Shindig5 lettersSee answer ›16"I love you," in Spanish5 lettersSee answer ›20Prefix for element #83 lettersSee answer ›21Indian tourist city4 lettersSee answer ›22Transport between terminals4 lettersSee answer ›23"Star Wars" princess4 lettersSee answer ›27Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem)3 lettersSee answer ›28American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits5 lettersSee answer ›29Sarcastic laugh syllable3 lettersSee answer ›30Be behind3 lettersSee answer ›31___-di-dah3 lettersSee answer ›35See 47-Down3 lettersSee answer ›36Negative logic gate that works similarly to "and"3 lettersSee answer ›37Sports grp. for Coco Gauff3 lettersSee answer ›38Not lease, say3 lettersSee answer ›39One-eighties4 lettersSee answer ›40Unappetizing food4 lettersSee answer ›41Europe's highest volcano4 lettersSee answer ›44Computer whiz6 lettersSee answer ›45Drum kit components descended from "sock cymbals"6 lettersSee answer ›46___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown5 lettersSee answer ›47With 35-Down, URL ending for Wikipedia3 lettersSee answer ›48Any poster on Yelp, essentially6 lettersSee answer ›49Squirrel's hoard6 lettersSee answer ›50Just now5 lettersSee answer ›54West side?4 lettersSee answer ›55Mayberry boy of ’60s TV4 lettersSee answer ›56McIntosh (or Macintosh) component4 lettersSee answer ›57Port of Yemen4 lettersSee answer ›58One famously preparing for a flood4 lettersSee answer ›61"… ___ lack thereof"3 lettersSee answer ›62Brita competitor3 lettersSee answer ›63Pennzoil competitor3 lettersSee answer ›