NYT Crossword Answers 01/09/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Crush PUPPYLOVE
• 10A They get picked up at clubs TABS
• 14A Winning like crazy ONAHEATER
• 15A Surfing destinations, for short URLS
• 16A Places many Cubans are found CIGARBOXES
• 18A Noggin BEAN
• 19A Clumsy oafs OXES
• 20A “You better believe it!” HECKYEAH
• 22A Bad thing to have in a poker game TELL
• 25A Dumps STIES
• 26A Apple core? CPU
• 28A Confirmation from a maître d’ OUI
• 30A “I didn’t do it!” NOTME
• 34A Stealthy flier AIRMARSHAL
• 39A Bummer at a casino game CRAP
• 40A It often comes with the job BENEFITSPACKAGE
• 42A ___ Slush (frozen fruit drink) ICEE
• 43A “Watch your mouth!” DONTSASSME
• 44A Old-timey oath NERTS
• 46A Firm up SET
• 47A Eats HAS
• 48A Was rude on the road or the dance floor CUTIN
• 52A “Weed ?Em and ___,” gardening book whose title is a spoonerism REAP
• 54A Led the charge CRUSADED
• 57A Prepares for a wild night, maybe NAPS
• 60A Monopoly token retired in 2017 BOOT
• 61A He’s great for the time being MRRIGHTNOW
• 64A Be just chillin’ IDLE
• 65A “Beats me!” IVENOIDEA
• 66A Jazz coda? ZEES
• 67A Unpack for the night, in a way SETUPCAMP

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Small bit, in Bogotá POCO
• 2D Windows alternative UNIX
• 3D Something you have trouble putting down PAGETURNER
• 4D Gradually introduce, with “in” PHASE
• 5D The Beatles’ “___ Blues” YER
• 6D Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow LAB
• 7D “Then again ?,” to a texter OTOH
• 8D Puzzles VEXES
• 9D Build ERECT
• 10D Footwear that lacks defined heels TUBESOCKS
• 11D An “A” in geometry AREA
• 12D Dull BLAH
• 13D Often-redacted fig. SSN
• 17D Item that someone with cold feet might have SKI
• 21D Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_ YEN
• 23D Be just chillin’ LOAF
• 24D Vividly shocking LURID
• 26D Kind of fever CABIN
• 27D Ballade or étude PIECE
• 29D Analogy words ISTO
• 31D Raccoon, humorously TRASHPANDA
• 32D It’s bubbling below the surface MAGMA
• 33D Pointers for some fighters? EPEES
• 35D Rom-com plot points MEETCUTES
• 36D Channel offering deals HSN
• 37D There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr. APTS
• 38D Industrial cutter LASER
• 41D Oscar winner Blanchett CATE
• 45D Shady, in modern parlance SUS
• 49D Flat hat TAM
• 50D Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela IDRIS
• 51D “Some ___!” NERVE
• 53D Shenanigan ANTIC
• 54D Java ingredient? CODE
• 55D Listing on a jobs website ROLE
• 56D Losing effort DIET
• 58D Wilde thing POEM
• 59D Cashless transaction SWAP
• 60D Ad or show follower BIZ
• 62D African grazer GNU
• 63D Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps HOP