NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 25, 2026
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Clues140
Across65
Down75
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Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Baggage accessory (5)
Starts with I, ends with GIDTAG→
6A
Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season (8)
Starts with T, ends with OTEDLASSO→
14A
In which baby spiders develop (6)
Starts with E, ends with CEGGSAC→
20A
Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas" (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPRADO→
21A
"I want to hear about that!" (8)
Starts with C, ends with NCLUEMEIN→
22A
Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESLEEVE→
23A
"That cabinet with plates looks awfully full" (14)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTOFDISKSPACE→
25A
Triangular sail (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLATEEN→
26A
Food court pizzeria (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSBARRO→
27A
Some M.I.T. grads, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEES→
28A
Resort amenity (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
30A
Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos" (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSAGET→
31A
A noble gas (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
33A
It's good for the long haul (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
36A
Sphere of creativity (8)
Starts with A, ends with EARTSCENE→
38A
Private investigator, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTEC→
41A
Cheese in a wax coating (4)
Starts with E, ends with MEDAM→
43A
"It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right" (12)
Starts with R, ends with RRUNTIMEERROR→
45A
Persian Gulf nation (4)
Starts with I, ends with QIRAQ→
47A
Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAVIA→
49A
Mix up (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
50A
Actress Edebiri of "The Bear" (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAYO→
51A
"Is that a cough I hear?" (13)
Starts with V, ends with DVIRUSDETECTED→
54A
Event for V.I.P. customers (7)
Starts with P, ends with EPRESALE→
58A
The planets in our solar system, e.g. (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOCTET→
59A
Sci-fi princess (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALEIA→
60A
Stretchy material (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALYCRA→
62A
Freight barge (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSCOW→
63A
Not fantastical (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREAL→
65A
La Città Eterna (4)
Starts with R, ends with AROMA→
67A
Haunted house sound (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHOWL→
69A
Something to use on your break? (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECUE→
70A
"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in" (19)
Starts with W, ends with DWINDOWSUPDATEFAILED→
75A
Group of humpbacks (3)
Starts with P, ends with DPOD→
76A
___ Bora (embattled Afghan region) (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATORA→
77A
Tel ___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with VAVIV→
78A
Designer Saint Laurent (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYVES→
79A
Little bits of energy (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERGS→
81A
New Zealanders, familiarly (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKIWIS→
84A
Color of undyed linen (4)
Starts with E, ends with UECRU→
86A
Course that doesn’t require much studying (5)
Starts with E, ends with AEASYA→
89A
"Gimme, gimme!" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TINEEDIT→
91A
"Those pancakes are piled way too high!" (13)
Starts with S, ends with WSTACKOVERFLOW→
94A
Boxy transport (3)
Starts with V, ends with NVAN→
95A
Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá (4)
Starts with F, ends with RFLOR→
96A
Like close-fitting clothes (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSNUG→
97A
It's just under a foot (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOLE→
98A
"Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" (12)
Starts with F, ends with EFILETOOLARGE→
103A
Undesirable roommate (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSLOB→
105A
Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution (3)
Starts with G, ends with DGOD→
106A
Part of M.O. (8)
Starts with O, ends with IOPERANDI→
107A
Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs" (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMOTH→
109A
Isn't feeling great (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAILS→
111A
Large flightless birds (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRHEAS→
112A
National Poetry Mo. (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAPR→
114A
"That ship ___ sailed" (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHAS→
116A
Beverage brewed outside using natural heat (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASUNTEA→
120A
___ beef (6)
Starts with C, ends with DCORNED→
122A
"Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!" (14)
Starts with S, ends with DSERVERNOTFOUND→
126A
Passes (6)
Starts with E, ends with SENACTS→
127A
Chips may go into it (8)
Starts with O, ends with PONIONDIP→
128A
Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (5)
Starts with F, ends with AFONDA→
129A
Have no stomach for (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDETEST→
130A
Doesn't care for (8)
Starts with N, ends with SNEGLECTS→
131A
Unexpected jerk (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSPASM→
Down
1D
Major N.Y.S.E. events (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPOS→
2D
Beat handily (4)
Starts with D, ends with BDRUB→
3D
"See ya later!" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATATA→
4D
Deck out (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADORN→
6D
Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999 (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITCI→
7D
"What ___?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELSE→
8D
William, Edward and Harry, e.g. (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDUKES→
9D
To a ___ degree (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLESSER→
10D
Stage booster (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAMP→
11D
Domain for salty dogs (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
12D
Urges to attack, with "on" (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSICS→
13D
What this hand has: AAKQ6 (7)
Starts with O, ends with RONEPAIR→
14D
Fluency-building subj. (3)
Starts with E, ends with LESL→
15D
Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk (8)
Starts with G, ends with EGLASSEYE→
16D
Convey (9)
Starts with G, ends with SGETACROSS→
17D
Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSEEGER→
18D
Skin care company (6)
Starts with A, ends with OAVEENO→
19D
Football snapper (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCENTER→
24D
Thingamabob (6)
Starts with D, ends with DDOODAD→
29D
Either side of a cheerleader's "A" (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
32D
Kind of orange (5)
Starts with N, ends with LNAVEL→
34D
It's not optional (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMUST→
35D
Silicon Valley giant (5)
Starts with I, ends with LINTEL→
37D
Easily detached (8)
Starts with T, ends with YTEARAWAY→
38D
Pioneering DVR brand (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTIVO→
39D
George Orwell's first name at birth (4)
Starts with E, ends with CERIC→
40D
Purchase for the Atari 2600 (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECARTRIDGE→
42D
One cutting corners (8)
Starts with M, ends with WMITERSAW→
46D
One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky (5)
Starts with Q, ends with NQUEEN→
48D
"Trade discount" quintet (5)
Starts with A, ends with UAEIOU→
52D
German for "city" (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTADT→
53D
Something to pitch (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCAMP→
54D
Univ. worker (4)
Starts with P, ends with FPROF→
55D
Site-seeing list? (9)
Starts with A, ends with GACCESSLOG→
57D
Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
61D
V-shaped designs (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCHEVRONS→
64D
Visit, as for a safety check (8)
Starts with L, ends with NLOOKINON→
66D
Mathematician Lovelace (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
68D
Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLIVER→
70D
Frayed (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWORN→
71D
Court order (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWRIT→
72D
With, in Oise (4)
Starts with A, ends with CAVEC→
73D
Exam marks (5)
Starts with T, ends with STICKS→
74D
N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEAFS→
75D
Smallest Canadian prov. (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPEI→
80D
Canning package? (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESEVERANCE→
82D
Mallorca, por ejemplo (4)
Starts with I, ends with AISLA→
83D
Reason for turbulence (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSTORM→
85D
Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have (5)
Starts with U, ends with AUVULA→
87D
Modern "seize the day" (4)
Starts with Y, ends with OYOLO→
88D
Stunned (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAWED→
90D
Computer model inputs (8)
Starts with D, ends with SDATASETS→
92D
Ship that transported the Golden Fleece (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARGO→
93D
Hardly a team player (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEGOIST→
95D
Betrays, in a way (7)
Starts with F, ends with NFLIPSON→
98D
Like an unnatural smile (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFORCED→
99D
Tech debut of 2007 (6)
Starts with I, ends with EIPHONE→
100D
Examine creepily (6)
Starts with L, ends with TLEERAT→
101D
___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost") (3)
Starts with O, ends with AODA→
102D
World's most-produced organic compound (6)
Starts with E, ends with EETHENE→
104D
Puts up a false front (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBLUFFS→
108D
Property of curium, but not cerium (5)
Starts with H, ends with CHARDC→
110D
Eavesdrop, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSNOOP→
113D
Surrealist Magritte (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERENE→
115D
Fit of irritation (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSNIT→
117D
Fish in niçoise salad (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATUNA→
118D
Cuts off (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
119D
Actor Brody of "The O.C." (4)
Starts with A, ends with MADAM→
121D
"Spring forward" hrs. (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDST→
123D
Illegally interfere with, as an election (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRIG→
124D
Remote abbr. (3)
Starts with V, ends with LVOL→
125D
Special ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 25, 2026?+
140 clues: 65 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mark MacLachlan and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Baggage accessory (IDTAG); Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season (TEDLASSO); In which baby spiders develop (EGGSAC).
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