NYT Crossword Yesterday's Hints and Answer
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NYT Crossword#23503
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
NYT Crossword Today's Hints and Answer
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NYT Crossword Answers for 27 January 2026
Across
1. Potpourri piece
PETAL
6. Bit of pandemic attire
MASK
10. Cry from a crib, perhaps
MAMA
14. Came up
AROSE
15. Et ___ (and others)
ALII
16. Some stadium shouts
OLES
17. Give friendly bites, as a puppy might
NIPAT
18. Heaps
LOTS
19. Wrangler on the road
JEEP
20. Hosp. hookups
IVS
21. Far from any urban center, colloquially
INTHESTICKS
24. Trickster figure in Native American folklore
COYOTE
26. Cousin of a cravat
ASCOT
27. Add as an afterthought
TAGON
29. Lacking a conscience
AMORAL
33. Potentially at risk, metaphorically
OUTONALIMB
36. Spanish gold
ORO
37. Nashville has a "grand ole" one
OPRY
38. ___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle)
REO
39. Air passage
DUCT
40. Title for M.L.K. Jr.
REV
41. In a soaring mood, so to speak
FLYINGHIGH
45. "Moving right along ..."
ANYHOO
47. Kind of fund
SLUSH
48. Jump and shout for joy
EXULT
51. Ragamuffin
URCHIN
54. Metaphor for a parent whose youngest has "launched" ... like the little bird whose progress is suggested by 21-, 33- and 41-Across
EMPTYNESTER
58. Poem of praise
ODE
59. "Captain" on Mount Ararat
NOAH
60. Chew as a beaver might
GNAW
61. "Yay me!"
IRULE
63. Doofus
DOPE
64. To be, in Toulouse
ETRE
65. Assuaged
EASED
66. Corset component
STAY
67. Medical measure
DOSE
68. In poor condition
SEEDY
Down
1. Freak out
PANIC
2. "Wicked" co-star Cynthia ___
ERIVO
3. Downside-up
TOPSYTURVY
4. Happy ___ lark
ASA
5. "Forgive and forget"
LETITGO
6. Barley product
MALT
7. Hi in HI
ALOHA
8. Loci
SITES
9. Source of some Jumbotron entertainment
KISSCAM
10. Cuban rum cocktail
MOJITO
11. Actor Guinness
ALEC
12. Like the ones who shall inherit the earth, in Matthew 5:5
MEEK
13. Horned vipers
ASPS
22. Like some highlighter colors
NEON
23. ___ of the Unknown Soldier
TOMB
25. Like some cookies and milk
OATY
28. Not, colloquially
NARY
30. Engage in boisterous activity
ROUGHHOUSE
31. St. Louis landmark
ARCH
32. Area to build on
LOT
33. Request from a dentist
OPEN
34. Floral ring
LEI
35. Charged particles
IONS
37. Singer Rita
ORA
39. Chip shape
DISC
41. Cunning, like Mr. Tod or Swiper
FOXY
42. Chillaxed, say
LOUNGED
43. It's binding
GLUE
44. Gets a move on
HURRIES
46. Possible pronoun pairing
HETHEY
49. Slowly, in scores
LENTO
50. Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great
TSARS
52. Did diddly-squat
IDLED
53. Tending to cling
NEEDY
54. Winds up
ENDS
55. Debatable
MOOT
56. Cry from a crib, perhaps
PAPA
57. Britishly precious
TWEE
62. Issa of "The Lovebirds"
RAE
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