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NYT Crossword January 5 2026 Answers

All 76 clues from the Monday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES76 CLUES
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1AValue5 lettersSee answer ›6AVolcanic coating that buried Pompeii3 lettersSee answer ›9AAngel's headgear4 lettersSee answer ›13AListlessness5 lettersSee answer ›14AScore like 5-5 or 10-103 lettersSee answer ›15AFruit-peeling gadget5 lettersSee answer ›16AMeeting spot for a company's overseers9 lettersSee answer ›18AVentilated5 lettersSee answer ›19AActor Reeves who plays John Wick5 lettersSee answer ›20AClothing6 lettersSee answer ›21AWrestler-turned-actor with a mohawk3 lettersSee answer ›24A1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie10 lettersSee answer ›26ALawyer, or a lawyer's advice7 lettersSee answer ›29AGloppy gunk3 lettersSee answer ›30AOp-___ (newspaper pieces)3 lettersSee answer ›31AAdvantageous quality5 lettersSee answer ›32AAristocrat5 lettersSee answer ›34AEnjoy a vacation day, say15 lettersSee answer ›40AReside5 lettersSee answer ›41ABurr who dueled with Hamilton5 lettersSee answer ›42AWane3 lettersSee answer ›45AOne ___ time3 lettersSee answer ›46AMark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens7 lettersSee answer ›48ABug killer that goes "smack!"10 lettersSee answer ›51ALosing general at Appomattox3 lettersSee answer ›52ARelating to a son or daughter6 lettersSee answer ›53AFanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl"5 lettersSee answer ›56APoet Dickinson5 lettersSee answer ›57AGridiron success … or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across9 lettersSee answer ›61ABackpackers' shelters5 lettersSee answer ›62AWrite-___ (unlikely election winners)3 lettersSee answer ›63AHome with a dome5 lettersSee answer ›64ALumps of coal, for a snowman4 lettersSee answer ›65AUnderstand3 lettersSee answer ›66ARelinquished5 lettersSee answer ›
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1DSpider's creation3 lettersSee answer ›2DPeace promoter Yoko3 lettersSee answer ›3DCell's messenger material3 lettersSee answer ›4DIstanbul native4 lettersSee answer ›5DConceal4 lettersSee answer ›6DLacking a key, in music6 lettersSee answer ›7DCrazy Horse's people5 lettersSee answer ›8DAdjustable skirt feature3 lettersSee answer ›9DPort-au-Prince's country5 lettersSee answer ›10DGet there6 lettersSee answer ›11DLooked lasciviously6 lettersSee answer ›12DCommands6 lettersSee answer ›15DPolice officer who monitors an assigned area9 lettersSee answer ›17DLabel as G or R, say4 lettersSee answer ›20DSpicy marinade with chili peppers5 lettersSee answer ›21DExam for a doctor-to-be4 lettersSee answer ›22DParks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall4 lettersSee answer ›23DWalrus's long tooth4 lettersSee answer ›25DComposer Stravinsky4 lettersSee answer ›27DHave to have4 lettersSee answer ›28DPassengers getting an illicit free ride9 lettersSee answer ›32DOrg. with Patriot games3 lettersSee answer ›33DActor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo"4 lettersSee answer ›35DPertaining to development in the womb5 lettersSee answer ›36DOpposite of hilly4 lettersSee answer ›37DLike some history or hygiene4 lettersSee answer ›38DCity surrounding Vatican City4 lettersSee answer ›39DOn bended ___4 lettersSee answer ›42DOverly refined6 lettersSee answer ›43D"Yikes!," to a Brit6 lettersSee answer ›44DReporter's attribution atop an article6 lettersSee answer ›46DRead6 lettersSee answer ›47DRock's Carmen or Clapton4 lettersSee answer ›49DEarthy deposits by a river5 lettersSee answer ›50DSteak similar to a porterhouse5 lettersSee answer ›54DStylish4 lettersSee answer ›55DMargin4 lettersSee answer ›57D"___ better to have loved and lost ..."3 lettersSee answer ›58DPassé3 lettersSee answer ›59DMisfortune3 lettersSee answer ›60DSilent approval3 lettersSee answer ›
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