NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 24, 2026
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues66
Across29
Down37
ConstructorAdrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Used as a rendezvous point (5)
Starts with M, ends with TMETAT→
6A
Put to rest (6)
Starts with D, ends with LDISPEL→
12A
Hangouts for golden agers (13)
Starts with S, ends with SSENIORCENTERS→
14A
Feeling that a new haircut or a new set of clothes might bring (14)
Starts with G, ends with AGENDEREUPHORIA→
15A
Child support? (15)
Starts with S, ends with TSECURITYBLANKET→
16A
"The Addams Family" member voiced by Snoop Dogg in 2019 (3)
Starts with I, ends with TITT→
17A
___ Ivanovic, former #1-ranked female tennis player (3)
Starts with A, ends with AANA→
18A
Copa Mundial chant (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOLE→
19A
Afghans, e.g. (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASIANS→
21A
Empty vehicle weight (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETARE→
23A
Horn-heavy genre (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASKA→
26A
Practice (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWONT→
27A
Very flimsy, as an argument (9)
Starts with P, ends with NPAPERTHIN→
29A
What a stein might hold (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPINT→
30A
How change comes in the Baltics (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEUROS→
32A
"Enough already!" (9)
Starts with I, ends with PISAIDSTOP→
34A
Knocks the top off of (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOWS→
35A
Not remain loose (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGEL→
36A
1960s protest singer Phil (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOCHS→
37A
It may wind up at the top of one's head (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTURBAN→
39A
"Again?!!" (3)
Starts with U, ends with HUGH→
40A
Home for the winter, say (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDEN→
41A
Approx. 25% of it consists of national forests (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
42A
Penultimate film in a series of 23 (15)
Starts with A, ends with EAVENGERSENDGAME→
48A
Scene for a skeleton crew? (14)
Starts with H, ends with YHALLOWEENPARTY→
49A
Where one might hope to find good deals on the internet? (13)
Starts with O, ends with SONLINECASINOS→
50A
Chucked, informally (6)
Starts with Y, ends with DYEETED→
51A
Roll over, in a way (5)
Starts with R, ends with WRENEW→
Down
1D
Course catalog? (4)
Starts with M, ends with UMENU→
2D
Means of closing up a vent (7)
Starts with E, ends with TENDRANT→
3D
Some joint promotions (6)
Starts with T, ends with STIEINS→
4D
Conduit from a ventricle (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAORTA→
5D
Four minus one (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTREY→
6D
Really, really regrets (8)
Starts with D, ends with SDEPLORES→
7D
Remedy for some intake problems (7)
Starts with I, ends with RINHALER→
8D
Skip it! (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTONE→
9D
Suddenly pay attention, with "up" (4)
Starts with P, ends with KPERK→
10D
Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
11D
Exam on which 44-Down got a near-perfect score (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLSAT→
12D
Furniture that's designed to break down? (9)
Starts with S, ends with LSECTIONAL→
13D
One breaking a 108-year drought in 2016 (3)
Starts with C, ends with BCUB→
14D
Catches on (8)
Starts with G, ends with EGETSWISE→
15D
Australian singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASIA→
20D
Prefix with piracy (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
21D
Staple vegetables in Hawaiian cooking (5)
Starts with T, ends with STAROS→
23D
Puts on a big display (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOWBOATS→
24D
Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint (8)
Starts with K, ends with YKISSARMY→
25D
"The Dove and the ___" (Aesop fable) (3)
Starts with A, ends with TANT→
27D
Charlie with the 2016 hit "We Don't Talk Anymore" (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPUTH→
28D
God who rides in a chariot pulled by two giant magical goats (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTHOR→
29D
It'll never fly! (3)
Starts with P, ends with GPIG→
30D
Forwent (8)
Starts with E, ends with DESCHEWED→
33D
Dad-blasted (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDOGGONE→
34D
Pedestrian (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMUNDANE→
37D
Split component, at times (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTENPIN→
38D
Called on one's birthday? (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
40D
Like tungsten (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDENSE→
42D
Main greeting (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAHOY→
43D
Pointer that changes with the weather (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVANE→
44D
Filmdom's Woods who took the 11-Down (4)
Starts with E, ends with EELLE→
45D
___ league (3)
Starts with R, ends with CREC→
46D
Scorch (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAR→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 24, 2026?+
66 clues: 29 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Used as a rendezvous point (METAT); Put to rest (DISPEL); Hangouts for golden agers (SENIORCENTERS).
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