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NYT Crossword January 23 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Friday, January 23 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1Barely enough5 lettersSee answer ›6What some may be dyeing to conceal?4 lettersSee answer ›10Environmental concern4 lettersSee answer ›14"Don't be absurd!"10 lettersSee answer ›16___ Mountain (ski area in Killington, Vt.)4 lettersSee answer ›17She's out there!10 lettersSee answer ›18Many a choirgirl4 lettersSee answer ›19"Black-ish" patriarch3 lettersSee answer ›20Dulcet5 lettersSee answer ›21Fiddle with feathers, say5 lettersSee answer ›22Backstreet ___4 lettersSee answer ›23Like kyawthuite, among gems6 lettersSee answer ›25Designer Geoffrey5 lettersSee answer ›27A-list6 lettersSee answer ›28Like quartzite vis-à-vis quartz6 lettersSee answer ›29They really click as a pair8 lettersSee answer ›32Masters of manipulation5 lettersSee answer ›33Commercial preceder of Geo3 lettersSee answer ›34Capital near the Red Sea5 lettersSee answer ›35Micromobility option8 lettersSee answer ›37On the level6 lettersSee answer ›38Mouth organ6 lettersSee answer ›39Internal turmoil5 lettersSee answer ›40Say "I do," say6 lettersSee answer ›41One may be carried in a concert hall4 lettersSee answer ›42Recent recruit5 lettersSee answer ›43First name on the Supreme Court5 lettersSee answer ›45Zilch3 lettersSee answer ›48Cushy4 lettersSee answer ›49It is "making the complicated simple, awesomely simple," per Charles Mingus10 lettersSee answer ›51Out of joint?4 lettersSee answer ›52Text insert for a flash-forward film scene10 lettersSee answer ›53Ink4 lettersSee answer ›54Apt rhyme for "pads"4 lettersSee answer ›55Guck5 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1Completely convinced4 lettersSee answer ›2French letter opener4 lettersSee answer ›3Niche for a shrine4 lettersSee answer ›4Essence of the matter3 lettersSee answer ›5"I'll take the blame"12 lettersSee answer ›6Some body builders?5 lettersSee answer ›7Broccoli ___4 lettersSee answer ›8How to look at your hot fudge sundae8 lettersSee answer ›9A little possessive, perhaps?3 lettersSee answer ›10Pocket money11 lettersSee answer ›11Momentous moments10 lettersSee answer ›12Bits in a byte, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›13"I'm listening"4 lettersSee answer ›15One who's on the defense, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›21Digital applications?12 lettersSee answer ›22Longing look11 lettersSee answer ›24Rigi of Switzerland, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›25One setting on speakers4 lettersSee answer ›26Classic toy for budding engineers10 lettersSee answer ›27Long look5 lettersSee answer ›28Peach or plum3 lettersSee answer ›30Interest of Marco Polo, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›31Settled on the bottom?3 lettersSee answer ›33Gelded8 lettersSee answer ›36___ Fridays3 lettersSee answer ›37Hangouts6 lettersSee answer ›40Grammy-winning R&B singer named for a Revlon fragrance5 lettersSee answer ›41They make streaks on cheeks5 lettersSee answer ›42Mass4 lettersSee answer ›44Tip4 lettersSee answer ›45Trattoria tubes4 lettersSee answer ›46Couple4 lettersSee answer ›47Funeral ___4 lettersSee answer ›49Texter's "ciao"3 lettersSee answer ›50Late actor Kilmer3 lettersSee answer ›