NYT Crossword Answers 01/18/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Bit of regal headwear DIADEM
• 7A Singer Horne LENA
• 11A Develops alopecia GOESBALD
• 19A Total ENTIRE
• 20A 2022 World Series champ ASTRO
• 22A College town nicknamed “A2” ANNARBOR
• 23A Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially? AFTERMATTHEW
• 25A Concert lineups SETLISTS
• 26A Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel LEAH
• 27A Make a choice OPT
• 28A Trouble WOE
• 30A 1982 film whose name is a security program TRON
• 31A Text that says “Congratulations! You’ve won a MacBook Pro,” probably SCAM
• 33A Prepare for a mechanic’s certification exam? REVIEWTHEENGINE
• 40A Pulsates THROBS
• 42A Rock’s Plastic ___ Band ONO
• 43A Central parts of planets CORES
• 44A Hairdresser’s supply DYE
• 45A Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class DNA
• 46A Soft shots, in tennis DINKS
• 48A Meditative chants OMS
• 49A Plant used in pickling DILL
• 50A H.S. exam whose highest score is 36 ACT
• 53A Source of income for a website ADSALE
• 55A Half of a popular social media app TIK
• 57A Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets NANOS
• 58A Original people to move into Cancún’s peninsula? THESETTLERSOFYUCATAN
• 63A Affectionate term for una madre MAMI
• 64A Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp AAA
• 65A Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue MRS
• 66A “Big” comic protagonist NATE
• 67A “Don’t look at me for help” ? or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme SOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM
• 75A Dove’s dwelling COTE
• 76A Wii remote batteries AAS
• 77A Sloth in 2002’s “Ice Age” SID
• 78A Sensation before a migraine, medically AURA
• 79A Gets married while wearing protective gear? UNITESINSHININGARMOR
• 85A Quarrels SPATS
• 86A Itty-bitty WEE
• 87A Japanese craft that literally translates to “tray planting” BONSAI
• 88A “This Is your brain on drugs,” e.g., for short PSA
• 89A Best-selling romance author Jimenez ABBY
• 90A One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth RBI
• 92A “Shrek!” author William STEIG
• 94A Common item at a checkout line, informally MAG
• 96A #1 spot in London? LOO
• 97A Honkers without horns GEESE
• 99A It might come with a shell OAR
• 100A Go over again REREAD
• 103A List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old? TWOANDAHALFMENU
• 107A Kerfuffle TODO
• 108A Oodles GOBS
• 109A Someone who might issue a travel warning? REF
• 110A “Roger that!” YEP
• 112A Name that means “pink” in Spanish ROSA
• 114A Relative of a husky MALAMUTE
• 118A Wedding planner’s aid? VENUEDIAGRAM
• 122A “5 stars” ILOVEDIT
• 123A It might raise a bunch of dough YEAST
• 124A Stab of pain TWINGE
• 125A Values ASSESSES
• 126A Businesses offering mud masks SPAS
• 127A Pulls the chain of, so to speak TEASES

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D Word on either side of “or no” DEAL
• 2D Overrun INFEST
• 3D Add electronically, in a way ATTACH
• 4D Like a really big fan DIEHARD
• 5D Go wrong ERR
• 6D Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?) MEMO
• 7D The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks LATTE
• 8D “Silentium ___ aureum” (“Silence is golden”) EST
• 9D High degree NTH
• 10D “Is it time to rethink this relationship?” AREWEOK
• 11D Hilarious thing GAS
• 12D Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush ONETERM
• 13D Starters’ followers ENTREES
• 14D Businesses whose employees work standing up SALONS
• 15D Carry in BRING
• 16D “Chiseled” features ABS
• 17D Destiny in life LOT
• 18D Hippocratic oath followers, for short DRS
• 21D “Stop! That hurts!” OWOW
• 24D Car financing figs. APRS
• 29D List shortener ETC
• 32D “Hidden Figures” co-star Janelle MONAE
• 34D Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets VOILE
• 35D ___ child INNER
• 36D What a bad student might play HOOKY
• 37D Menzel of Broadway IDINA
• 38D Guitar string material NYLON
• 39D Fish traditionally in the British dish “pie and mash” EELS
• 41D What kitsch exhibits BADTASTE
• 46D ___ Lama DALAI
• 47D Part of a bedtime routine STORY
• 49D Healthy, fiber-rich snack DATEBAR
• 50D Where some bills originate ATMS
• 51D Former transportation secretary Elaine CHAO
• 52D Chinese competitor of Amazon TEMU
• 54D Loses freshness STALES
• 56D “In that case ?” IFSO
• 57D Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024 NATO
• 59D Vegas SINCITY
• 60D Sensation SMASH
• 61D Removes from the top of one’s profile, as an Instagram post UNPINS
• 62D Hearts or spades, but not diamonds CARDGAME
• 68D ……… DOTS
• 69D Classic Orson Welles protagonist KANE
• 70D Ameliorates EASES
• 71D Via USING
• 72D Feature of undermixed batter LUMP
• 73D Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end EROS
• 74D Golden Globe nominee Rooney MARA
• 79D “V,” to a violinist UPBOW
• 80D Padmé Amidala’s home planet in “Star Wars” NABOO
• 81D “If only!” IWISH
• 82D Steel girder IBEAM
• 83D Bête ___ NOIRE
• 84D Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps AIART
• 85D Pretzel topper SALT
• 90D Trees with heart-shaped leaves REDBUDS
• 91D Creature, cutesily BEASTIE
• 93D Candies that crack with a crunch TOFFEES
• 95D Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded GEORGIA
• 97D Some lawn ornaments GNOMES
• 98D Part of E.N.T. EAR
• 100D Kicked oneself for RUED
• 101D Prettifies ADORNS
• 102D 500 mg 2x/day, e.g. DOSAGE
• 104D Source of a natural sweetener AGAVE
• 105D Last name shared by three actors on “Schitt’s Creek” LEVY
• 106D Russian denials NYETS
• 111D The Panthers of the A.C.C. PITT
• 113D Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end AMES
• 114D Not around, informally MIA
• 115D Hirt and Hirschfeld ALS
• 116D Día de ___ Reyes Magos LOS
• 117D They’re often depicted with green skin, for short ETS
• 119D Something much needed after an all-nighter NAP
• 120D Today preceder USA
• 121D Leave speechless AWE