NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 8, 2026
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Clues75
Across37
Down38
ConstructorMallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
___ canto (3)
Starts with B, ends with LBEL→
4A
Lessons that might be spelled out for you? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SABCS→
8A
Photographer Diane (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARBUS→
13A
Wide-open Q&A (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAMA→
14A
Coffee option (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDRIP→
15A
Snatching sound, in the comics (5)
Starts with Y, ends with KYOINK→
16A
Nonverbal "well done" (8)
Starts with H, ends with EHIGHDIVE→
18A
Well-known scheme designer (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPONZI→
19A
One of the two Boolean values, in programming (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUE→
20A
Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessory (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATIANA→
22A
Gimlet base (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGIN→
23A
Dundee dissent (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENAE→
25A
Cars with retractable roofs (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCROPTOPS→
27A
What Neapolitan ice cream is divided into (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHIRDS→
30A
Compete (for) (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVIE→
31A
Bit in a breakfast bowl (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
32A
Benefactor with a limited number of grants? (5)
Starts with G, ends with EGENIE→
35A
Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movement (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAFRO→
39A
College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across? (14)
Starts with G, ends with NGRADEINFLATION→
42A
Cathedral recess (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAPSE→
43A
Full of zing (5)
Starts with Z, ends with YZESTY→
44A
Tallahassee sch. (3)
Starts with F, ends with UFSU→
45A
Get rid of (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAXE→
47A
Tea traders? (6)
Starts with Y, ends with SYENTAS→
49A
Accidentally burn, perhaps (8)
Starts with O, ends with KOVERBOOK→
54A
Influential power (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSAY→
55A
Feel under the weather (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAIL→
56A
It's a start! (5)
Starts with O, ends with TONSET→
58A
___-free (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
61A
Brand in the feminine care aisle (5)
Starts with K, ends with XKOTEX→
63A
Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoes (8)
Starts with A, ends with SALISTERS→
65A
Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and lime (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELOTE→
66A
Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGLEE→
67A
Cpl. or sgt. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONCO→
68A
Grannies (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNANAS→
69A
Fictional lover of Rochester (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEYRE→
70A
Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for short (3)
Starts with T, ends with STAS→
Down
1D
Bangkok currency (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBAHT→
2D
Doha dignitary (4)
Starts with E, ends with REMIR→
3D
Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water" (9)
Starts with L, ends with SLAGUNITAS→
4D
Go on, in dialogue (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
5D
One who eats crisps and uses a loo (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRIT→
6D
Kind of duty (5)
Starts with C, ends with CCIVIC→
7D
Stab, in a way (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSPEAR→
8D
Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!" (6)
Starts with A, ends with IAYPAPI→
9D
Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood (3)
Starts with R, ends with OROO→
10D
"Spot on!" (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBINGO→
11D
Open, as a fanny pack (5)
Starts with U, ends with PUNZIP→
12D
Scrapes (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSKINS→
17D
Get wind of (4)
Starts with H, ends with RHEAR→
21D
Knickknack (7)
Starts with N, ends with YNOVELTY→
24D
"We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960 (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDGE→
26D
Nursing spot (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEAT→
27D
Attire for a fraternity party, maybe (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATOGA→
28D
Instrument originating in ancient Sumer (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHARP→
29D
Jump at, as an opportunity (7)
Starts with S, ends with NSEIZEON→
33D
Opposite of SSW (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENNE→
34D
Maybes (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
36D
"In da Club" rapper (9)
Starts with F, ends with TFIFTYCENT→
37D
Parks in history (4)
Starts with R, ends with AROSA→
38D
Albatross, so to speak (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONUS→
40D
Beloved (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDEAR→
41D
Thumbs-up votes (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAYES→
46D
PlayStation alternatives (6)
Starts with X, ends with SXBOXES→
48D
So-called "father of the American cartoon" (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNAST→
49D
Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOAKEN→
50D
It takes a bow in a concert hall (5)
Starts with V, ends with AVIOLA→
51D
Sir ___ Hercules John (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELTON→
52D
Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon" (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOSAGE→
53D
___ green (5)
Starts with K, ends with YKELLY→
59D
Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birth (4)
Starts with O, ends with AORCA→
60D
Possessive of a Chinese menu? (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSOS→
62D
Zeta follower (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
64D
Go on dates with (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESEE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 8, 2026?+
75 clues: 37 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: ___ canto (BEL); Lessons that might be spelled out for you? (ABCS); Photographer Diane (ARBUS).
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