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NYT Crossword January 6 2026 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, January 6 2026 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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1Lt. ___, communications officer on the original "Star Trek"5 lettersSee answer ›6Letter between rho and tau5 lettersSee answer ›11N.H.L. tiebreakers3 lettersSee answer ›14Allow to attack5 lettersSee answer ›15Epic that ends "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses"5 lettersSee answer ›16Prefix with liberal3 lettersSee answer ›17With 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across11 lettersSee answer ›19Online chats, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›20Nickname for Rihanna4 lettersSee answer ›21Tummy muscles3 lettersSee answer ›22Drug used to treat Parkinson's5 lettersSee answer ›24The only person to have the opinion14 lettersSee answer ›28Criticize harshly3 lettersSee answer ›29Unpleasant smells5 lettersSee answer ›30Temporary state5 lettersSee answer ›34Bread for a ham sandwich3 lettersSee answer ›35Its products often include wordless assembly instructions4 lettersSee answer ›38Contrast15 lettersSee answer ›42One-named supermodel4 lettersSee answer ›43GQ or Cosmo3 lettersSee answer ›44Singer/dancer/actor ___ Osmond5 lettersSee answer ›45Burton of "Star Trek: T.N.G."5 lettersSee answer ›47Fruity drink3 lettersSee answer ›49Thing bound to end in failure14 lettersSee answer ›55Search for water, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›56Racial justice movement, for short3 lettersSee answer ›57Analyst/ex-QB Tony ___4 lettersSee answer ›58Splendid serve3 lettersSee answer ›59See 17-Across11 lettersSee answer ›63Apply gently3 lettersSee answer ›64Succulents that soothe5 lettersSee answer ›65Exams for future docs5 lettersSee answer ›66P.D. alert3 lettersSee answer ›67Daredevil's deed5 lettersSee answer ›68Painter's plaster5 lettersSee answer ›

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1The "U" in UHF5 lettersSee answer ›2Pronoun pair5 lettersSee answer ›3Amniocentesis targets5 lettersSee answer ›4___ to go (stoked)5 lettersSee answer ›5Broke bread3 lettersSee answer ›6Penalty box, in hockey lingo6 lettersSee answer ›7Also-ran's remark5 lettersSee answer ›8"Am-scray!"3 lettersSee answer ›9Gullet3 lettersSee answer ›10One-named Cuban-born designer who fashioned Nancy Reagan's red outfits6 lettersSee answer ›11Thin paper9 lettersSee answer ›12Phoenix neighbor5 lettersSee answer ›13"Slammin' Sammy" of baseball4 lettersSee answer ›18Poet Teasdale who won a Pulitzer for her volume "Love Songs"4 lettersSee answer ›23Spicy Sweet Chili chip6 lettersSee answer ›25Dentist's directive4 lettersSee answer ›26Toy that might "walk the dog"4 lettersSee answer ›27Keats creations4 lettersSee answer ›30Tire inflation meas.3 lettersSee answer ›31Bottom line?3 lettersSee answer ›32In short supply, as energy9 lettersSee answer ›33Muscle-bone connectors6 lettersSee answer ›34D&D, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›36Forever and a day3 lettersSee answer ›37To some extent3 lettersSee answer ›39Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas4 lettersSee answer ›40Links numbers4 lettersSee answer ›41It comes to mind4 lettersSee answer ›46Consider6 lettersSee answer ›47"Finally!"6 lettersSee answer ›48___ luck4 lettersSee answer ›49"For real!," in modern slang5 lettersSee answer ›50"Ghosts" playwright Henrik5 lettersSee answer ›51Cease-fire5 lettersSee answer ›52Minute amounts5 lettersSee answer ›53Drops5 lettersSee answer ›54"Au contraire!"5 lettersSee answer ›55Art pioneered by Arp4 lettersSee answer ›60Key known as "Option" on a Mac3 lettersSee answer ›61"That means ___!"3 lettersSee answer ›62"Srsly?!"3 lettersSee answer ›