NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 1, 2026
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Clues76
Across34
Down42
ConstructorTopher Booth
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
You're looking at it! (4)
Starts with T, ends with STHIS→
5A
File type (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRASP→
9A
Piano technician (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTUNER→
14A
Parasite's target (4)
Starts with H, ends with THOST→
15A
Had no co-conspirators (10)
Starts with A, ends with EACTEDALONE→
17A
Preparation for many a surprise party (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERUSE→
18A
Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss? (12)
Starts with W, ends with BWHATABOUTBOB→
19A
Quotidian (5)
Starts with U, ends with LUSUAL→
21A
Charon's domain (4)
Starts with S, ends with XSTYX→
22A
Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish) (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALLA→
23A
Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon" (6)
Starts with M, ends with WMEEMAW→
25A
Are: Fr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETES→
27A
Gift for a musician (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
28A
Figure in much W.W. I propaganda (8)
Starts with U, ends with MUNCLESAM→
31A
Kid with a route (8)
Starts with P, ends with YPAPERBOY→
35A
Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021) (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATAMPA→
39A
What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"? (9)
Starts with T, ends with MTHESCREAM→
40A
42A
Like the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASIAN→
43A
Chill pill, essentially (8)
Starts with R, ends with TRELAXANT→
44A
Investigate (8)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOPEOUT→
47A
Prefix with genetics (3)
Starts with E, ends with IEPI→
50A
Assessment, informally (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVAL→
51A
Gorgon slain by Perseus (6)
Starts with M, ends with AMEDUSA→
56A
Cohort (4)
Starts with G, ends with GGANG→
58A
Where many family names begin O'- (4)
Starts with E, ends with NERIN→
60A
Denizen of hell (5)
Starts with D, ends with NDEMON→
61A
64A
Neighbor of Java (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBALI→
65A
Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes (10)
Starts with D, ends with SDETECTIVES→
66A
Prayer leader (4)
Starts with I, ends with MIMAM→
67A
Lit for fun, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSLANG→
68A
___-à-___ (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETETE→
Down
1D
Idly pluck, as a banjo (5)
Starts with T, ends with MTHRUM→
2D
It always wins, they say (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHOUSE→
3D
One of Us, say? (5)
Starts with I, ends with EISSUE→
4D
Driver of some engines (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSTEAM→
5D
Like most oysters served with mignonette (3)
Starts with R, ends with WRAW→
6D
Some Bavarian cries (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACHS→
7D
Majestic (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSTATELY→
8D
Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies? (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPETABYTE→
9D
19th letter (3)
Starts with T, ends with UTAU→
10D
Sephora competitor (4)
Starts with U, ends with AULTA→
11D
Gallant (5)
Starts with N, ends with ENOBLE→
12D
___ Gay (5)
Starts with E, ends with AENOLA→
13D
Steel rod with ridges (5)
Starts with R, ends with RREBAR→
16D
Maliciously publishes the private info of online (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOXES→
20D
Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix" (8)
Starts with L, ends with ELAURENCE→
24D
Org. for the Fever and the Dream (4)
Starts with W, ends with AWNBA→
26D
Filled (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSATIATED→
29D
End of many modern addresses (3)
Starts with C, ends with MCOM→
30D
Cat breed from an island in the Irish Sea (4)
Starts with M, ends with XMANX→
31D
Educational support grp. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APTA→
32D
Sounds of realization (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAHS→
33D
Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?" (5)
Starts with P, ends with IPESCI→
34D
Pitchers' stats (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
36D
What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya? (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMALTA→
37D
Go for the gold? (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPAN→
38D
Apropos (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
40D
Initialism for an online advertiser (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSEO→
41D
Pitted fruit (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPLUM→
43D
Take over for (7)
Starts with R, ends with ERELIEVE→
45D
Undisguised (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOVERT→
46D
"Sit!" (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPARKIT→
47D
"Horrors!" (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEGADS→
48D
Group of experts (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPANEL→
49D
2010 release now owned by Meta, informally (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINSTA→
52D
Entry in red ink (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDEBIT→
53D
So-called "fifth taste" (5)
Starts with U, ends with IUMAMI→
54D
Kind of wind … or an alternative to wind (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOLAR→
55D
"Mob Psycho 100" genre (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANIME→
57D
Singer Stefani (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGWEN→
59D
Negative for Nikolai (4)
Starts with N, ends with TNYET→
62D
Heart chart, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with GECG→
63D
Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESSE→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 1, 2026?+
76 clues: 34 Across and 42 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Topher Booth and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: You're looking at it! (THIS); File type (RASP); Piano technician (TUNER).
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