NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 26, 2026
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorErica Hsiung Wojcik
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Pie nut (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPECAN→
6A
Boring task (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSLOG→
10A
"I want to be in the loop on this email" (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECCME→
14A
Love, Italian-style (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAMORE→
15A
Walking stick (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECANE→
16A
Sounds of inspiration (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAHAS→
17A
Classic flowering locale adjacent to the White House [baseball star] (10)
Starts with R, ends with NROSEGARDEN→
19A
Get gooey, maybe (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMELT→
20A
Backstreets (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALLEYS→
21A
Spooky (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEERIE→
22A
___ one and only (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETHE→
25A
Itinerary calculation, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
26A
Connections (3)
Starts with I, ends with SINS→
28A
Purple yam used to flavor desserts (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUBE→
29A
Grammy Award that's good for laughs? [1960s rock musician] (15)
Starts with B, ends with MBESTCOMEDYALBUM→
33A
Truffle pigs' assets (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSNOUTS→
34A
Connection between topics (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESEGUE→
35A
"Over here!" (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPSST→
36A
___ Vicious (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSID→
37A
Increase (4)
Starts with G, ends with PGOUP→
41A
"Do the Right ___" (Spike Lee film) (5)
Starts with T, ends with GTHING→
44A
Food court pizza chain (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSBARRO→
46A
North Carolina educational institution [former "S.N.L." cast member] (15)
Starts with D, ends with EDAVIDSONCOLLEGE→
50A
Allhallows ___ (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEVE→
51A
Cut, as grass (3)
Starts with M, ends with WMOW→
52A
Beverage that may come in a pint (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
53A
Cry between "Ready" and "Go!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
54A
Parisian thanks (5)
Starts with M, ends with IMERCI→
56A
Waiter or waitress (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSERVER→
59A
"Do ___ others …" (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUNTO→
60A
Athletic trifectas … or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across (10)
Starts with T, ends with STHREEPEATS→
64A
Wishes undone (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRUES→
65A
Fireplace fuel (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOGS→
66A
Jadedness (5)
Starts with E, ends with IENNUI→
67A
Send an eggplant or taco emoji, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSEXT→
68A
Ones appointed by corp. boards (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCEOS→
69A
No-nos (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDONTS→
Down
1D
Number on a golf card (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPAR→
2D
Music genre influenced by the Smiths and the Cure (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
3D
Modern lead-in to play (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCOS→
5D
Fail to take care of (7)
Starts with N, ends with TNEGLECT→
6D
"Aiiiiieeeee!," e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSCREAM→
7D
Noblewoman (4)
Starts with L, ends with YLADY→
8D
Like a biased presentation (8)
Starts with O, ends with DONESIDED→
9D
Lead-in to X, Y, Z or Alpha (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGEN→
10D
Arrived (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECAME→
11D
Winged figure in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna" (6)
Starts with C, ends with BCHERUB→
12D
Beach city west of Los Angeles (6)
Starts with M, ends with UMALIBU→
13D
Think highly of (6)
Starts with E, ends with MESTEEM→
18D
Stevie Nicks and Karen Carpenter, vocally (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALTOS→
21D
Jacob's brother in the Bible (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
22D
Baker's meas. (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTBSP→
23D
Mothers of barnyard chicks (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHENS→
24D
Those, in Spanish (4)
Starts with E, ends with SESOS→
27D
N.F.L. team at MetLife Stadium, as shown on scoreboards (3)
Starts with N, ends with GNYG→
30D
___-frutti (5)
Starts with T, ends with ITUTTI→
31D
Endorse digitally (5)
Starts with E, ends with NESIGN→
32D
Corporate department that handles contracts (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLEGAL→
36D
Oversize article of winter footwear (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESNOWSHOE→
38D
Metals that miners mine (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
39D
Egg (on) (4)
Starts with U, ends with EURGE→
40D
T.S. Eliot or W.H. Auden (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPOET→
42D
Kind of port in A/V (4)
Starts with H, ends with IHDMI→
43D
Prefix with -metric or -morphic (3)
Starts with I, ends with OISO→
44D
Puzzle out (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESOLVE→
45D
Censored, as on an audiotape (7)
Starts with B, ends with DBLEEPED→
46D
Takes exception (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDEMURS→
47D
Fifth or Madison, in Manhattan (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAVENUE→
48D
Point of a polygon (6)
Starts with V, ends with XVERTEX→
49D
Stroke lovingly (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCARESS→
55D
"It'll ___ ya" (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCOST→
58D
Nevada city near Lake Tahoe (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORENO→
60D
Extra attention, in brief (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTLC→
61D
Journalist Curry (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
62D
Famed Egyptian king, for short (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTUT→
63D
Bro's sibling (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSIS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 26, 2026?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Erica Hsiung Wojcik and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Pie nut (PECAN); Boring task (SLOG); "I want to be in the loop on this email" (CCME).
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