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NYT Crossword January 31 2026 Answers

Deborah Simmons ✓Solving & explaining puzzles since 1998 · Updated January 31 2026

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Every answer from the Saturday, January 31 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Grappling is used in this11 lettersSee answer ›12Ones who handle minor health problems?13 lettersSee answer ›14Dessert introduced to the U.S. in the 1780s, after Thomas Jefferson discovered it in France15 lettersSee answer ›16Like someone in pointe shoes, maybe5 lettersSee answer ›17___-di-dah3 lettersSee answer ›18Say "hey," slangily5 lettersSee answer ›19They're at the tops of some ladders, informally4 lettersSee answer ›20Offering that's fresh off the press?5 lettersSee answer ›22Pyroclastic material4 lettersSee answer ›23Sheet music abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›24Deliberate7 lettersSee answer ›26Sex Pistols song disparaging the band's former label3 lettersSee answer ›27Foundation of music?8 lettersSee answer ›29Fun activity for a summer day6 lettersSee answer ›31Dice rolls from Jail to Free Parking, in Monopoly4 lettersSee answer ›32Serving of meat loaf, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›33Evil spirits6 lettersSee answer ›36Accumulates8 lettersSee answer ›40"Silly me!"3 lettersSee answer ›41Barely gets (by)7 lettersSee answer ›43Org. associated with the Wanamaker Trophy3 lettersSee answer ›44Menu bar option4 lettersSee answer ›46Tennis legend who won the French Open when she was just 165 lettersSee answer ›47Season4 lettersSee answer ›48Protection, as from an organization5 lettersSee answer ›50Jaguar, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›51To whom you might say "I wish …"5 lettersSee answer ›52Southern California site whose 1909 opening was accompanied by a visit from the U.S.S. Albany15 lettersSee answer ›55Attraction at the 52-Across13 lettersSee answer ›56Old man?11 lettersSee answer ›

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1Guides7 lettersSee answer ›2"Peace out!"5 lettersSee answer ›3Perturb4 lettersSee answer ›4Chess legend Mikhail ___3 lettersSee answer ›5Bolognese, Parmesan, etc.8 lettersSee answer ›6Daughter of King Minos, in myth7 lettersSee answer ›7Tree growth indicative of good air quality6 lettersSee answer ›8Part of a great deal?3 lettersSee answer ›9Opulent4 lettersSee answer ›10Tubers from which a gluten-free type of flour is derived5 lettersSee answer ›11Herman ___, Dutch ophthalmologist known for his visual acuity testing7 lettersSee answer ›12Cafe chain6 lettersSee answer ›13Major product of Milan6 lettersSee answer ›14English lesson subject, for short5 lettersSee answer ›15"Science is ___ that works": Kurt Vonnegut5 lettersSee answer ›20Training courses7 lettersSee answer ›21Yes and no, say7 lettersSee answer ›24Common folk5 lettersSee answer ›25Rings5 lettersSee answer ›28Apt name for a chef3 lettersSee answer ›30Compound in some sleep aids, familiarly3 lettersSee answer ›32Largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area8 lettersSee answer ›33What do you have in mind?5 lettersSee answer ›34"Sorry, honey"6 lettersSee answer ›35French bun7 lettersSee answer ›36Parity7 lettersSee answer ›37Variety of dog associated with King Charles7 lettersSee answer ›38More unpleasant6 lettersSee answer ›39___ Noster (the Lord's Prayer)5 lettersSee answer ›42Capture, in a way6 lettersSee answer ›45Mr. or Mrs.5 lettersSee answer ›47Bodily partitions5 lettersSee answer ›49Room in an adobe4 lettersSee answer ›51Long cut4 lettersSee answer ›53Chaps3 lettersSee answer ›54One of three in the Horatio Henry Couldery painting "Curiosity"3 lettersSee answer ›