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NYT Crossword answers for January 5, 2026

NYT Crossword · January 5, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 76 clues from the Monday NYT Crossword (15 by 15), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with W
  • 6 starts with A
  • 9 starts with H
  • 13 starts with E
  • 14 starts with T
  • 15 starts with P
  • 16 starts with B
  • 18 starts with A
  • 19 starts with K
  • 20 starts with A
  • 21 starts with M
  • 24 starts with T
  • 26 starts with C
  • 29 starts with G
  • 30 starts with E
  • 31 starts with A
  • 32 starts with N
  • 34 starts with T
  • 40 starts with D
  • 41 starts with A
  • 42 starts with E
  • 45 starts with A
  • 46 starts with P
  • 48 starts with F
  • 51 starts with L
  • 52 starts with F
  • 53 starts with B
  • 56 starts with E
  • 57 starts with T
  • 61 starts with T
  • 62 starts with I
  • 63 starts with I
  • 64 starts with E
  • 65 starts with S
  • 66 starts with C
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Value WORTH
  • 6 Across: Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii ASH
  • 9 Across: Angel's headgear HALO
  • 13 Across: Listlessness ENNUI
  • 14 Across: Score like 5-5 or 10-10 TIE
  • 15 Across: Fruit-peeling gadget PARER
  • 16 Across: Meeting spot for a company's overseers BOARDROOM
  • 18 Across: Ventilated AIRED
  • 19 Across: Actor Reeves who plays John Wick KEANU
  • 20 Across: Clothing ATTIRE
  • 21 Across: Wrestler-turned-actor with a mohawk MRT
  • 24 Across: 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie TAXIDRIVER
  • 26 Across: Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice COUNSEL
  • 29 Across: Gloppy gunk GOO
  • 30 Across: Op-___ (newspaper pieces) EDS
  • 31 Across: Advantageous quality ASSET
  • 32 Across: Aristocrat NOBLE
  • 34 Across: Enjoy a vacation day, say TAKEOFFFROMWORK
  • 40 Across: Reside DWELL
  • 41 Across: Burr who dueled with Hamilton AARON
  • 42 Across: Wane EBB
  • 45 Across: One ___ time ATA
  • 46 Across: Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens PENNAME
  • 48 Across: Bug killer that goes "smack!" FLYSWATTER
  • 51 Across: Losing general at Appomattox LEE
  • 52 Across: Relating to a son or daughter FILIAL
  • 53 Across: Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl" BRICE
  • 56 Across: Poet Dickinson EMILY
  • 57 Across: Gridiron success … or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across TOUCHDOWN
  • 61 Across: Backpackers' shelters TENTS
  • 62 Across: Write-___ (unlikely election winners) INS
  • 63 Across: Home with a dome IGLOO
  • 64 Across: Lumps of coal, for a snowman EYES
  • 65 Across: Understand SEE
  • 66 Across: Relinquished CEDED
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with W
  • 2 starts with O
  • 3 starts with R
  • 4 starts with T
  • 5 starts with H
  • 6 starts with A
  • 7 starts with S
  • 8 starts with H
  • 9 starts with H
  • 10 starts with A
  • 11 starts with L
  • 12 starts with O
  • 15 starts with P
  • 17 starts with R
  • 20 starts with A
  • 21 starts with M
  • 22 starts with R
  • 23 starts with T
  • 25 starts with I
  • 27 starts with N
  • 28 starts with S
  • 32 starts with N
  • 33 starts with E
  • 35 starts with F
  • 36 starts with F
  • 37 starts with O
  • 38 starts with R
  • 39 starts with K
  • 42 starts with E
  • 43 starts with B
  • 44 starts with B
  • 46 starts with P
  • 47 starts with E
  • 49 starts with S
  • 50 starts with T
  • 54 starts with C
  • 55 starts with E
  • 57 starts with T
  • 58 starts with O
  • 59 starts with W
  • 60 starts with N
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Spider's creation WEB
  • 2 Down: Peace promoter Yoko ONO
  • 3 Down: Cell's messenger material RNA
  • 4 Down: Istanbul native TURK
  • 5 Down: Conceal HIDE
  • 6 Down: Lacking a key, in music ATONAL
  • 7 Down: Crazy Horse's people SIOUX
  • 8 Down: Adjustable skirt feature HEM
  • 9 Down: Port-au-Prince's country HAITI
  • 10 Down: Get there ARRIVE
  • 11 Down: Looked lasciviously LEERED
  • 12 Down: Commands ORDERS
  • 15 Down: Police officer who monitors an assigned area PATROLMAN
  • 17 Down: Label as G or R, say RATE
  • 20 Down: Spicy marinade with chili peppers ADOBO
  • 21 Down: Exam for a doctor-to-be MCAT
  • 22 Down: Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall ROSA
  • 23 Down: Walrus's long tooth TUSK
  • 25 Down: Composer Stravinsky IGOR
  • 27 Down: Have to have NEED
  • 28 Down: Passengers getting an illicit free ride STOWAWAYS
  • 32 Down: Org. with Patriot games NFL
  • 33 Down: Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo" EWAN
  • 35 Down: Pertaining to development in the womb FETAL
  • 36 Down: Opposite of hilly FLAT
  • 37 Down: Like some history or hygiene ORAL
  • 38 Down: City surrounding Vatican City ROME
  • 39 Down: On bended ___ KNEE
  • 42 Down: Overly refined EFFETE
  • 43 Down: "Yikes!," to a Brit BLIMEY
  • 44 Down: Reporter's attribution atop an article BYLINE
  • 46 Down: Read PERUSE
  • 47 Down: Rock's Carmen or Clapton ERIC
  • 49 Down: Earthy deposits by a river SILTS
  • 50 Down: Steak similar to a porterhouse TBONE
  • 54 Down: Stylish CHIC
  • 55 Down: Margin EDGE
  • 57 Down: "___ better to have loved and lost ..." TIS
  • 58 Down: Passé OLD
  • 59 Down: Misfortune WOE
  • 60 Down: Silent approval NOD
Show the solved grid
1W2O3R4T5H6A7S8H9H10A11L12O13ENNUI14TIE15PARER16BOARD17ROOM18AIRED19KEANU20ATTIRE21M22R23T24TAX25IDRIVER26COU27N28SEL29GOO30EDS31ASSET32NOBL33E34TAKEO35F36FFROMW37O38R39K40DWELL41AARON42E43B44B45ATA46P47ENNAME48FLY49SWAT50TER51LEE52FILIAL53BRI54C55E56EMILY57TOUCHD58O59W60N61TENTS62INS63IGLOO64EYES65SEE66CEDED

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