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NYT Crossword January 21 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated January 21 2026

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Every answer from the Wednesday, January 21 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz · Edited by Will Shortz

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1Practiced pitches6 lettersSee answer ›7What arms might do on a final gym rep7 lettersSee answer ›14Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day6 lettersSee answer ›15Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day7 lettersSee answer ›16Enemy of the Avengers6 lettersSee answer ›17Ones with the munchies, maybe8 lettersSee answer ›18In need of a massage, say4 lettersSee answer ›19Like those local to Universal Studios Japan6 lettersSee answer ›21Hide one's roots, perhaps3 lettersSee answer ›22Like the study of the kabbalah8 lettersSee answer ›24Drill insert3 lettersSee answer ›26Polarizing punctuation choice11 lettersSee answer ›31Bracket-busting wins in March Madness6 lettersSee answer ›35Friend or ___3 lettersSee answer ›36Complete disrepair4 lettersSee answer ›37Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way5 lettersSee answer ›38Recycling container3 lettersSee answer ›39Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way5 lettersSee answer ›40They might be foiled5 lettersSee answer ›41Treatment for a sprained ankle3 lettersSee answer ›42Like the villain at the end of a "Scooby-Doo" episode5 lettersSee answer ›43All ___4 lettersSee answer ›44Slime3 lettersSee answer ›45Jay-Z's and Alicia Keys's "___ State of Mind"6 lettersSee answer ›46Classic P.O.W. movie starring Steve McQueen, with "The"11 lettersSee answer ›49Heavy weight3 lettersSee answer ›50Transaction on an online marketplace8 lettersSee answer ›55Govt. org. in "Alias"3 lettersSee answer ›58Entertainer who says "If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?"6 lettersSee answer ›60Inflation measures, for short4 lettersSee answer ›61Opportunity to dress up8 lettersSee answer ›63Eagles' nests6 lettersSee answer ›65With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game7 lettersSee answer ›66With gossip and beer over Friday's ___ game6 lettersSee answer ›67Satisfies7 lettersSee answer ›68Luxurious cotton fabric6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Italian apology5 lettersSee answer ›2Some pullover shirts5 lettersSee answer ›3Any course whose name ends in "101"5 lettersSee answer ›4Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold5 lettersSee answer ›5Constellation near the Big Dipper3 lettersSee answer ›6Gentlemen, in Granada7 lettersSee answer ›7Captured4 lettersSee answer ›8Like government bonds and Uber drivers7 lettersSee answer ›9___ minority6 lettersSee answer ›10Mrs., en français3 lettersSee answer ›11Bit of sweat4 lettersSee answer ›12British title4 lettersSee answer ›13Ultimatum ender4 lettersSee answer ›17Life across the ___ is much the same12 lettersSee answer ›20British title3 lettersSee answer ›23These: Sp.5 lettersSee answer ›25Shredded, as a contract6 lettersSee answer ›27Top-of-the-line4 lettersSee answer ›28Prefix with vitamin or tool5 lettersSee answer ›29Athlete aiming for a four-minute finish, perhaps5 lettersSee answer ›30One end of an electrolytic cell5 lettersSee answer ›31Let float, as a currency5 lettersSee answer ›32Pertaining to hair5 lettersSee answer ›33Welcome sight for a sailor5 lettersSee answer ›34Patronizes, as a restaurant6 lettersSee answer ›38Life stories4 lettersSee answer ›39Warm and cozy5 lettersSee answer ›44Bona fide7 lettersSee answer ›45Govt. sites for testing pollutants7 lettersSee answer ›47Ones with chiseled abs?6 lettersSee answer ›48___ Dhabi3 lettersSee answer ›51Spar on a sailing boat5 lettersSee answer ›52Comment that breaks the fourth wall5 lettersSee answer ›53Feudal lord5 lettersSee answer ›54German steel city5 lettersSee answer ›55Provide for free, as a drink4 lettersSee answer ›56Suffix with method or metaphor4 lettersSee answer ›57Pine4 lettersSee answer ›59Collectible caps in the ’90s4 lettersSee answer ›62Steely Dan album whose name is pronounced "Asia"3 lettersSee answer ›64The Three Kingdoms in Chinese history, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›