NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 22, 2026
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Clues74
Across38
Down36
ConstructorJoe DiPietro
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Purchase of ice cream or cream ale (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPINT→
5A
Cognac label letters (4)
Starts with V, ends with PVSOP→
9A
Escapade (5)
Starts with A, ends with CANTIC→
14A
Goddess depicted with cow's horns (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISIS→
15A
"Hey, look who's here!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOHHI→
16A
Film without much wardrobe, informally (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPORNO→
17A
Watch sound (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTICK→
18A
Happens (10)
Starts with C, ends with SCOMEREDASS→
20A
Left in (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSTETTED→
22A
Ingredient in a zombie (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRUM→
23A
Late ___ (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFEE→
24A
Anxious (5)
Starts with A, ends with YANTSY→
25A
Francis Ford Coppola's alma mater, for short (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUCLA→
26A
Org. that watches television (3)
Starts with F, ends with CFCC→
27A
Tackling the task at hand (14)
Starts with W, ends with TWORKINGREENNIT→
32A
Unceasingly (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOEND→
33A
Hotel room coolers, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with SACS→
34A
Band with the 2008 platinum single "Electric Feel" (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMGMT→
35A
Cut (in) (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
38A
Flabbergasted feeling (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAWE→
40A
Prefix meaning "heavens," as the name of a planet suggests (5)
Starts with U, ends with OURANO→
45A
Result of missing the boat (14)
Starts with L, ends with YLOREDPORTUNITY→
49A
Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly (3)
Starts with M, ends with KMLK→
50A
Sweeping (4)
Starts with V, ends with TVAST→
51A
Seth of Apple TV's "Platonic" (5)
Starts with R, ends with NROGEN→
52A
Furious feeling (3)
Starts with I, ends with EIRE→
53A
Rescue squad pro (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
54A
Country whose seven-letter name can be spelled using only one-point Scrabble tiles (7)
Starts with E, ends with AESTONIA→
56A
Striking through (10)
Starts with X, ends with TXINGREENUT→
59A
"___ what I'm talkin' 'bout!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDATS→
60A
Standard (5)
Starts with U, ends with LUSUAL→
61A
Lead-in to -drome (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAERO→
62A
Oversupply (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGLUT→
63A
Full of energy (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPEPPY→
64A
___ Mix (4)
Starts with M, ends with WMEOW→
65A
Catch a glimpse of (4)
Starts with E, ends with YESPY→
Down
1D
Tools requiring two people (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPITSAWS→
2D
"Am I wrong about that?" (7)
Starts with I, ends with TISITNOT→
3D
"Please, I know better than that" (7)
Starts with N, ends with YNICETRY→
4D
"You know better than that" (6)
Starts with T, ends with KTSKTSK→
5D
Sotto ___ (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVOCE→
6D
Sporting flats, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSHOD→
7D
Omega, in physics (3)
Starts with O, ends with MOHM→
8D
Approximately 84% of American women have at least one (10)
Starts with P, ends with RPIERCEDEAR→
9D
Early ancestor (6)
Starts with A, ends with NAPEMAN→
10D
(The) OK (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNOD→
11D
With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go … as seen in this puzzle's theme (7)
Starts with T, ends with CTRAFFIC→
12D
Bees, but not birds (7)
Starts with I, ends with SINSECTS→
13D
Trig ratio (5)
Starts with C, ends with CCOSEC→
19D
Kick butt, so to speak (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERULE→
21D
Like a run that sends the game into extra innings, say (5)
Starts with T, ends with GTYING→
25D
Buffet table item (3)
Starts with U, ends with NURN→
28D
___ de plume (3)
Starts with N, ends with MNOM→
29D
Increase one's intensity (10)
Starts with G, ends with MGETUPSTEAM→
30D
"Hard pass" (3)
Starts with N, ends with HNAH→
34D
Mal de ___ (3)
Starts with M, ends with RMER→
36D
Channel with the longtime slogan "We Know Drama" (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
37D
Legal setting (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCOURT→
38D
37-Down order (7)
Starts with A, ends with EALLRISE→
39D
Roused (7)
Starts with W, ends with PWOKENUP→
41D
Turn to mush, maybe (3)
Starts with R, ends with TROT→
42D
See 11-Down (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSIGNALS→
43D
Loved every second (7)
Starts with A, ends with PATEITUP→
44D
The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g. (7)
Starts with D, ends with YDYNASTY→
46D
Early pop music's ___ Brothers (6)
Starts with E, ends with YEVERLY→
47D
Honorific title (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDAME→
48D
Pestering type (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENOODGE→
49D
Minor snafu (5)
Starts with M, ends with PMIXUP→
54D
Mark's successor (4)
Starts with E, ends with OEURO→
55D
Put away (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSTOW→
57D
Space between here and there (3)
Starts with G, ends with PGAP→
58D
French word between two surnames (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 22, 2026?+
74 clues: 38 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joe DiPietro and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Purchase of ice cream or cream ale (PINT); Cognac label letters (VSOP); Escapade (ANTIC).
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