NYT Crossword January 22 2026 Answers

All 74 clues from the Thursday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Joe DiPietroEdited by Will Shortz
PUZZLE GRID15×15 · SPOILERS HIDDEN
1P2I3N4T5V6S7O8P9A10N11T12I13C14ISIS15OHHI16PORNO17TICK18COME19REDASS20STET21TED22RUM23FEE24ANTSY25UCLA26FCC27WORKI28N29GREEN30NIT31STY32NOEND33ACS34MGMT35E36T37CH38A39WE40U41RANO42S43A44D45LOR46E47DPORTU48NITY49MLK50VAST51ROGEN52IRE53EMT54E55STONIA56XIN57GREE58NUT59DATS60USUAL61AERO62GLUT63PEPPY64MEOW65ESPY

Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES74 CLUES
ACROSS
5ACognac label letters4 lettersVSOP
9AEscapade5 lettersANTIC
15A"Hey, look who's here!"4 lettersOHHI
17AWatch sound4 lettersTICK
18AHappens10 lettersCOMEREDASS
20ALeft in7 lettersSTETTED
22AIngredient in a zombie3 lettersRUM
23ALate ___3 lettersFEE
24AAnxious5 lettersANTSY
27ATackling the task at hand14 lettersWORKINGREENNIT
31ADump3 lettersSTY
32AUnceasingly5 lettersNOEND
35ACut (in)4 lettersETCH
38AFlabbergasted feeling3 lettersAWE
42ALow3 lettersSAD
45AResult of missing the boat14 lettersLOREDPORTUNITY
50ASweeping4 lettersVAST
52AFurious feeling3 lettersIRE
53ARescue squad pro3 lettersEMT
56AStriking through10 lettersXINGREENUT
60AStandard5 lettersUSUAL
61ALead-in to -drome4 lettersAERO
62AOversupply4 lettersGLUT
63AFull of energy5 lettersPEPPY
64A___ Mix4 lettersMEOW
65ACatch a glimpse of4 lettersESPY
DOWN
1DTools requiring two people7 lettersPITSAWS
2D"Am I wrong about that?"7 lettersISITNOT
4D"You know better than that"6 lettersTSKTSK
5DSotto ___4 lettersVOCE
6DSporting flats, say4 lettersSHOD
7DOmega, in physics3 lettersOHM
9DEarly ancestor6 lettersAPEMAN
10D(The) OK3 lettersNOD
12DBees, but not birds7 lettersINSECTS
13DTrig ratio5 lettersCOSEC
19DKick butt, so to speak4 lettersRULE
25DBuffet table item3 lettersURN
28D___ de plume3 lettersNOM
29DIncrease one's intensity10 lettersGETUPSTEAM
30D"Hard pass"3 lettersNAH
34DMal de ___3 lettersMER
37DLegal setting5 lettersCOURT
38D37-Down order7 lettersALLRISE
39DRoused7 lettersWOKENUP
41DTurn to mush, maybe3 lettersROT
42DSee 11-Down7 lettersSIGNALS
43DLoved every second7 lettersATEITUP
47DHonorific title4 lettersDAME
48DPestering type6 lettersNOODGE
49DMinor snafu5 lettersMIXUP
54DMark's successor4 lettersEURO
55DPut away4 lettersSTOW
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