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Thursday, January 1, 2026
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NYT Crossword Answers for 1 January 2026
Across
1. You're looking at it!
THIS
5. File type
RASP
9. Piano technician
TUNER
14. Parasite's target
HOST
15. Had no co-conspirators
ACTEDALONE
17. Preparation for many a surprise party
RUSE
18. Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss?
WHATABOUTBOB
19. Quotidian
USUAL
21. Charon's domain
STYX
22. Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish)
ALLA
23. Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon"
MEEMAW
25. Are: Fr.
ETES
27. Gift for a musician
EAR
28. Figure in much W.W. I propaganda
UNCLESAM
31. Kid with a route
PAPERBOY
35. Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021)
TAMPA
39. What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"?
THESCREAM
40. What fictional English heavy metal band consists of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls?
SPINALTAP
42. Like the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism
ASIAN
43. Chill pill, essentially
RELAXANT
44. Investigate
SCOPEOUT
47. Prefix with genetics
EPI
50. Assessment, informally
EVAL
51. Gorgon slain by Perseus
MEDUSA
56. Cohort
GANG
58. Where many family names begin O'-
ERIN
60. Denizen of hell
DEMON
61. Test graders' aids … or what is needed to respond to the six trivia questions in this puzzle?
ANSWERKEYS
64. Neighbor of Java
BALI
65. Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes
DETECTIVES
66. Prayer leader
IMAM
67. Lit for fun, e.g.
SLANG
68. ___-à-___
TETE
69. Bore
TIRE
Down
1. Idly pluck, as a banjo
THRUM
2. It always wins, they say
HOUSE
3. One of Us, say?
ISSUE
4. Driver of some engines
STEAM
5. Like most oysters served with mignonette
RAW
6. Some Bavarian cries
ACHS
7. Majestic
STATELY
8. Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies?
PETABYTE
9. 19th letter
TAU
10. Sephora competitor
ULTA
11. Gallant
NOBLE
12. ___ Gay
ENOLA
13. Steel rod with ridges
REBAR
16. Maliciously publishes the private info of online
DOXES
20. Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix"
LAURENCE
24. Org. for the Fever and the Dream
WNBA
26. Filled
SATIATED
29. End of many modern addresses
COM
30. Cat breed from an island in the Irish Sea
MANX
31. Educational support grp.
PTA
32. Sounds of realization
AHS
33. Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?"
PESCI
34. Pitchers' stats
ERAS
36. What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya?
MALTA
37. Go for the gold?
PAN
38. Apropos
APT
40. Initialism for an online advertiser
SEO
41. Pitted fruit
PLUM
43. Take over for
RELIEVE
45. Undisguised
OVERT
46. "Sit!"
PARKIT
47. "Horrors!"
EGADS
48. Group of experts
PANEL
49. 2010 release now owned by Meta, informally
INSTA
52. Entry in red ink
DEBIT
53. So-called "fifth taste"
UMAMI
54. Kind of wind … or an alternative to wind
SOLAR
55. "Mob Psycho 100" genre
ANIME
57. Singer Stefani
GWEN
59. Negative for Nikolai
NYET
62. Heart chart, for short
ECG
63. Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir.
SSE
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