NYT Crossword Answers 01/19/26

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NYT Across Clues

• 1A Package under a Christmas tree GIFT
• 5A Old-fashioned butter maker CHURN
• 10A Branded cotton swab QTIP
• 14A Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan OMAR
• 15A In on, as a trend HIPTO
• 16A Big coffee containers URNS
• 17A 1972 song by Elton John TINYDANCER
• 19A Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings AUDI
• 20A In progress ONGOING
• 21A :), ;), 😀 and others SMILEYS
• 23A Formal “you,” in Spanish USTED
• 25A Comedian Wong ALI
• 26A Projects, as a shadow CASTS
• 29A 1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp SMALLTOWN
• 34A Comes to light ARISES
• 36A X minus III, in old Rome VII
• 37A Cosmonaut Gagarin YURI
• 38A Held the reins LED
• 39A Spot for a massage SPA
• 41A R&B singer whose album “SOS” spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10 SZA
• 43A Element used in bronze TIN
• 44A Sporting blade EPEE
• 46A Draft pick? ALE
• 48A Firstborn ELDEST
• 50A 1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles BABYGRAND
• 53A Midsection measurement GIRTH
• 54A Apt rhyme for “shriek” EEK
• 55A Martial arts studios DOJOS
• 57A Disheveled UNKEMPT
• 61A Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it CURACAO
• 65A Gently persuade COAX
• 66A Capital of Arkansas ? or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across? LITTLEROCK
• 68A In ___ land (daydreaming) LALA
• 69A “I wish I could ___ that!” UNSEE
• 70A A second helping, say MORE
• 71A “Excuse me ?” AHEM
• 72A Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car GEARS
• 73A Winter coaster SLED

NYT Vertical Clues

• 1D ___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board) GOTO
• 2D “Sign me up!” IMIN
• 3D Vampire’s tooth FANG
• 4D Auditions TRYOUTS
• 5D “U-S-A! U-S-A! ?,” e.g. CHANT
• 6D Movable joints on a door HINGES
• 7D ___ code (what most product packages have) UPC
• 8D Google Maps options: Abbr. RTES
• 9D Bring into the mainstream NORMALIZE
• 10D Counterpart of quantity QUALITY
• 11D Factual TRUE
• 12D Where the N.F.L.’s Colts play, informally INDY
• 13D Letters before omegas PSIS
• 18D Insults DISSES
• 22D Springfield is its capital: Abbr. ILL
• 24D Org. with notoriously long lines DMV
• 26D Biblical spy for Moses CALEB
• 27D South American flatbread AREPA
• 28D Lesser-played part of a 45 SIDEB
• 30D ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two AIS
• 31D Word before space or Mongolia OUTER
• 32D Spot to find a pulse WRIST
• 33D Final inning, typically NINTH
• 35D Device for starting an engine SPARKPLUG
• 40D In the style of ALA
• 42D Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize ALGORE
• 45D Test taken at the 24-Down EYEEXAM
• 47D Finale END
• 49D Wins over with charm DISARMS
• 51D Jewel GEM
• 52D Pete who directed “Up,” “Inside Out” and “Soul” DOCTER
• 56D Novelist Verne JULES
• 57D The N.C.A.A.’s Bruins UCLA
• 58D Biblical ark builder NOAH
• 59D Dark leafy green KALE
• 60D Fork prong TINE
• 62D Chilly COOL
• 63D Surveyor’s measure ACRE
• 64D Gave a thumbs-up OKED
• 67D Airport screening grp. TSA