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NYT Crossword answers for January 20, 2026

NYT Crossword · January 20, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 74 clues from the Tuesday 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 P
  • 7 starts with I
  • 11 starts with A
  • 14 starts with G
  • 15 starts with S
  • 17 starts with A
  • 18 starts with L
  • 19 starts with N
  • 21 starts with A
  • 24 starts with R
  • 25 starts with M
  • 26 starts with G
  • 32 starts with R
  • 33 starts with W
  • 34 starts with A
  • 42 starts with R
  • 43 starts with W
  • 44 starts with T
  • 50 starts with N
  • 51 starts with O
  • 52 starts with S
  • 53 starts with E
  • 59 starts with W
  • 60 starts with T
  • 64 starts with L
  • 65 starts with I
  • 66 starts with Y
  • 67 starts with T
  • 68 starts with C
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Small bouquets POSIES
  • 7 Across: "In that case …" IFSO
  • 11 Across: Cleopatra's killer ASP
  • 14 Across: One of a record 30+ for Beyoncé GRAMMY
  • 15 Across: Short piano piece SONATINA
  • 17 Across: Improvises ADLIBS
  • 18 Across: One who's hanging around LOITERER
  • 19 Across: It begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu NATOALPHABET
  • 21 Across: The Falcons, on scoreboards ATL
  • 24 Across: Follower of "T." REX
  • 25 Across: Figure depicted in Michelangelo's "Pietà" MARY
  • 26 Across: Hellenistic storytelling GREEKMYTHOLOGY
  • 32 Across: Parade spoiler RAIN
  • 33 Across: East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name WAWA
  • 34 Across: Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers AMAZONWAREHOUSE
  • 42 Across: Flatbread from India ROTI
  • 43 Across: Fight night souvenir, perhaps WELT
  • 44 Across: Historic destination for Pueblo pilgrimages THEGRANDCANYON
  • 50 Across: Düsseldorf denial NEIN
  • 51 Across: Video game creature often depicted with green skin ORC
  • 52 Across: One place to find a Brazilian SPA
  • 53 Across: Skill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is ECHOLOCATION
  • 59 Across: Group of orcas WHALEPOD
  • 60 Across: Groups of scouts TROOPS
  • 64 Across: Suddenly motivated, with "under" LITAFIRE
  • 65 Across: Stuck INARUT
  • 66 Across: "Amen!" YES
  • 67 Across: Romeo or Juliet, notably TEEN
  • 68 Across: D flat equivalent CSHARP
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with P
  • 2 starts with O
  • 3 starts with S
  • 4 starts with I
  • 5 starts with E
  • 6 starts with S
  • 7 starts with I
  • 8 starts with F
  • 9 starts with S
  • 10 starts with O
  • 11 starts with A
  • 12 starts with S
  • 13 starts with P
  • 16 starts with T
  • 20 starts with O
  • 21 starts with A
  • 22 starts with T
  • 23 starts with L
  • 27 starts with E
  • 28 starts with T
  • 29 starts with H
  • 30 starts with O
  • 31 starts with L
  • 35 starts with O
  • 36 starts with N
  • 37 starts with W
  • 38 starts with O
  • 39 starts with U
  • 40 starts with S
  • 41 starts with E
  • 44 starts with T
  • 45 starts with H
  • 46 starts with E
  • 47 starts with D
  • 48 starts with C
  • 49 starts with A
  • 50 starts with N
  • 54 starts with L
  • 55 starts with O
  • 56 starts with C
  • 57 starts with A
  • 58 starts with N
  • 61 starts with O
  • 62 starts with P
  • 63 starts with S
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Tour overseer, for short PGA
  • 2 Down: Chicago airport code ORD
  • 3 Down: ___ Minella ("The Muppet Show" Muppet) SAL
  • 4 Down: Poker declaration IMIN
  • 5 Down: Set sail EMBARK
  • 6 Down: The "S" of A.B.S. SYSTEM
  • 7 Down: Mallorca, por ejemplo ISLA
  • 8 Down: One pitied by Mr. T, in a catchphrase FOOL
  • 9 Down: Scissor cut SNIP
  • 10 Down: Words with one's right hand raised OATH
  • 11 Down: Novel feature of the 1974 Olds Toronado AIRBAG
  • 12 Down: Visibly disdainful SNEERY
  • 13 Down: Shindig PARTY
  • 16 Down: "I love you," in Spanish TEAMO
  • 20 Down: Prefix for element #8 OXY
  • 21 Down: Indian tourist city AGRA
  • 22 Down: Transport between terminals TRAM
  • 23 Down: "Star Wars" princess LEIA
  • 27 Down: Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem) ENZ
  • 28 Down: American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits TWAIN
  • 29 Down: Sarcastic laugh syllable HAR
  • 30 Down: Be behind OWE
  • 31 Down: ___-di-dah LAH
  • 35 Down: See 47-Down ORG
  • 36 Down: Negative logic gate that works similarly to "and" NOR
  • 37 Down: Sports grp. for Coco Gauff WTA
  • 38 Down: Not lease, say OWN
  • 39 Down: One-eighties UEYS
  • 40 Down: Unappetizing food SLOP
  • 41 Down: Europe's highest volcano ETNA
  • 44 Down: Computer whiz TECHIE
  • 45 Down: Drum kit components descended from "sock cymbals" HIHATS
  • 46 Down: ___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown ENOLA
  • 47 Down: With 35-Down, URL ending for Wikipedia DOT
  • 48 Down: Any poster on Yelp, essentially CRITIC
  • 49 Down: Squirrel's hoard ACORNS
  • 50 Down: Just now NEWLY
  • 54 Down: West side? LEFT
  • 55 Down: Mayberry boy of ’60s TV OPIE
  • 56 Down: McIntosh (or Macintosh) component CORE
  • 57 Down: Port of Yemen ADEN
  • 58 Down: One famously preparing for a flood NOAH
  • 61 Down: "… ___ lack thereof" ORA
  • 62 Down: Brita competitor PUR
  • 63 Down: Pennzoil competitor STP
Show the solved grid
1P2O3S4I5E6S7I8F9S10O11A12S13P14GRAMMY15SONA16TINA17ADLIBS18LOITERER19NAT20OALPHABET21A22T23L24REX25MARY26GRE27EKMY28T29H30O31LOGY32RAIN33WAWA34AMAZ35O36N37WAREH38O39U40S41E42ROTI43WELT44T45H46EGRAN47D48C49ANYON50NEIN51ORC52SPA53ECHO54L55O56C57ATIO58N59WHALEPOD60TRO61O62P63S64LITAFIRE65INARUT66YES67TEEN68CSHARP

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