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NYT Crossword January 4 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, January 4 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1It protects the heart7 lettersSee answer ›8Egyptian god of the underworld6 lettersSee answer ›14Dr.'s order?3 lettersSee answer ›17Substances found in cured meats and explosives8 lettersSee answer ›18Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets11 lettersSee answer ›21High marks8 lettersSee answer ›22"That's enough bickering!"12 lettersSee answer ›24Valletta's land5 lettersSee answer ›25Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"3 lettersSee answer ›27Max's opposite3 lettersSee answer ›28Morpheus, to 25-Across6 lettersSee answer ›29Good ol' boy5 lettersSee answer ›31Actor Thomas ___ Church5 lettersSee answer ›34Stares stupidly5 lettersSee answer ›35General who crossed the Rubicon6 lettersSee answer ›37Snubs7 lettersSee answer ›39Ultimate end, to Aristotle5 lettersSee answer ›40TV E.T.3 lettersSee answer ›41Secondary list of options7 lettersSee answer ›43___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter5 lettersSee answer ›45Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)4 lettersSee answer ›47Classification that anyone can donate to6 lettersSee answer ›48Got off4 lettersSee answer ›49With warts and all4 lettersSee answer ›53Pesto ingredients8 lettersSee answer ›55Made less angry now8 lettersSee answer ›58Ozone no-no, for short3 lettersSee answer ›59The dash in many an emoticon4 lettersSee answer ›60It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath6 lettersSee answer ›61Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel6 lettersSee answer ›63Derived from gold5 lettersSee answer ›66Steals, informally7 lettersSee answer ›67Something a bug produces5 lettersSee answer ›68Certain Army noncom6 lettersSee answer ›70Points to a church?6 lettersSee answer ›71What the 7 may mean in 7/114 lettersSee answer ›73Brewed beverage3 lettersSee answer ›74Perseveres8 lettersSee answer ›76Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website8 lettersSee answer ›80"Horsefeathers!"4 lettersSee answer ›82"Fiddlesticks!"4 lettersSee answer ›83Combine using heat without melting, as particles6 lettersSee answer ›85Make a lot, say?4 lettersSee answer ›86Famed firefighter Red5 lettersSee answer ›88"All right, but that's not my opinion"7 lettersSee answer ›90L.A.P.D. unit?3 lettersSee answer ›91The Lamb5 lettersSee answer ›93Devoted effort to looking attractive7 lettersSee answer ›96Leaning6 lettersSee answer ›98Bandage brand5 lettersSee answer ›99Possessed, biblically5 lettersSee answer ›100Word before winner or after Wonder5 lettersSee answer ›101Brick homes6 lettersSee answer ›103Buffalo's home: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›104"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"3 lettersSee answer ›106Eponym of element 965 lettersSee answer ›109They'll get there eventually12 lettersSee answer ›113Like the cultivation of land8 lettersSee answer ›115Country whose border shape is the world's roundest11 lettersSee answer ›116Zero8 lettersSee answer ›117Co.'s $$$ head3 lettersSee answer ›118Steal for ransom6 lettersSee answer ›119Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"7 lettersSee answer ›

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1Kelly of morning TV4 lettersSee answer ›2"Come on and let loose for a while!"9 lettersSee answer ›3Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot6 lettersSee answer ›4Wrinkly fruits7 lettersSee answer ›5Parts of many online handles3 lettersSee answer ›6Davis of "Thelma & Louise"5 lettersSee answer ›7"___ quam videri" (North Carolina's motto)4 lettersSee answer ›81940s spy grp.3 lettersSee answer ›9Ready … or a word after ready3 lettersSee answer ›10Chemist's variant6 lettersSee answer ›11Violent seizure, as of property6 lettersSee answer ›12"Sign me up"4 lettersSee answer ›13He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne3 lettersSee answer ›14Soothing goo7 lettersSee answer ›15Hawaiian for "long mountain"8 lettersSee answer ›16Intermission follower on Broadway6 lettersSee answer ›17War zone for Rambo, informally3 lettersSee answer ›19Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"3 lettersSee answer ›20Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›23Hosp. areas3 lettersSee answer ›26"I'm flattered!"5 lettersSee answer ›30Believing his friend and ally had too much power, he led a party of conspirators to put an end to him6 lettersSee answer ›32State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol9 lettersSee answer ›33Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively13 lettersSee answer ›35Kids' summer getaway4 lettersSee answer ›36Kyrgyzstani mountain range4 lettersSee answer ›37Urchins4 lettersSee answer ›38Fans out6 lettersSee answer ›39Where idols go head-to-head?5 lettersSee answer ›42Small part in a gig4 lettersSee answer ›44British isle3 lettersSee answer ›46It's in your jeans5 lettersSee answer ›48Plot divisions5 lettersSee answer ›50Traumatize4 lettersSee answer ›51"Assuming that's true …"4 lettersSee answer ›52He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew4 lettersSee answer ›54"Not gonna lie …"5 lettersSee answer ›56First enactors of democracy9 lettersSee answer ›57Fencing contests5 lettersSee answer ›60Chemistry lab dropper5 lettersSee answer ›62Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast5 lettersSee answer ›63Chop-chop4 lettersSee answer ›64Wrinkly fruit4 lettersSee answer ›65GPS lines: Abbr.4 lettersSee answer ›66Programming language that's also a musical key6 lettersSee answer ›69He sold out his master in exchange for silver5 lettersSee answer ›71Baby in a pouch4 lettersSee answer ›72Pandemonium6 lettersSee answer ›75Title for a guru3 lettersSee answer ›76Survivor's affliction, for short4 lettersSee answer ›77Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring"9 lettersSee answer ›78Big name in makeup4 lettersSee answer ›79Music score squiggle4 lettersSee answer ›81Disagrees (with)8 lettersSee answer ›84Ixnays from Irkutsk5 lettersSee answer ›87Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially7 lettersSee answer ›89Possible scenario, to a coder7 lettersSee answer ›912011 Lady Gaga hit5 lettersSee answer ›92Steamy6 lettersSee answer ›94Paired chips with dips?6 lettersSee answer ›95Touch lightly, as a gas pedal6 lettersSee answer ›97Floral victory symbol6 lettersSee answer ›98Lead-in to Tech3 lettersSee answer ›100Spawned5 lettersSee answer ›102Camera inits.3 lettersSee answer ›103___ me tangere (Latin warning)4 lettersSee answer ›105Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"4 lettersSee answer ›107Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall4 lettersSee answer ›108Official lang. of Liberia3 lettersSee answer ›110Acorn, in the future3 lettersSee answer ›111Messenger ___3 lettersSee answer ›112Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›114"Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")3 lettersSee answer ›