The full solution for the NY Times January 21 2026 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Ginny Too and Avery Gee Katz and edited by Will Shortz.
Quick searchNYT Across Clues
- 1A Practiced pitches SPIELS
- 7A What arms might do on a final gym rep TREMBLE
- 14A Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day CONGEE
- 15A Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his day OATMEAL
- 16A Enemy of the Avengers ULTRON
- 17A Ones with the munchies, maybe POTHEADS
- 18A In need of a massage, say SORE
- 19A Like those local to Universal Studios Japan OSAKAN
- 21A Hide one’s roots, perhaps DYE
- 22A Like the study of the kabbalah ESOTERIC
- 24A Drill insert BIT
- 26A Polarizing punctuation choice SERIALCOMMA
- 31A Bracket-busting wins in March Madness UPSETS
- 35A Friend or ___ FOE
- 36A Complete disrepair RUIN
- 37A Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way NIHAO
- 38A Recycling container BIN
- 39A Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way HELLO
- 40A They might be foiled PLOTS
- 41A Treatment for a sprained ankle ICE
- 42A Like the villain at the end of a “Scooby-Doo” episode OUTED
- 43A All ___ EARS
- 44A Slime GOO
- 45A Jay-Z’s and Alicia Keys’s “___ State of Mind” EMPIRE
- 46A Classic P.O.W. movie starring Steve McQueen, with “The” GREATESCAPE
- 49A Heavy weight TON
- 50A Transaction on an online marketplace EBAYSALE
- 55A Govt. org. in “Alias” CIA
- 58A Entertainer who says “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” RUPAUL
- 60A Inflation measures, for short PSIS
- 61A Opportunity to dress up OCCASION
- 63A Eagles’ nests AERIES
- 65A With gossip and beer over Friday’s ___ game MAHJONG
- 66A With gossip and beer over Friday’s ___ game BRIDGE
- 67A Satisfies PLEASES
- 68A Luxurious cotton fabric SATEEN
NYT Vertical Clues
- 1D Italian apology SCUSE
- 2D Some pullover shirts POLOS
- 3D Any course whose name ends in “101” INTRO
- 4D Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold EGRET
- 5D Constellation near the Big Dipper LEO
- 6D Gentlemen, in Granada SENORES
- 7D Captured TOOK
- 8D Like government bonds and Uber drivers RATABLE
- 9D ___ minority ETHNIC
- 10D Mrs., en français MME
- 11D Bit of sweat BEAD
- 12D British title LADY
- 13D Ultimatum ender ELSE
- 17D Life across the ___ is much the same PACIFICOCEAN
- 20D British title SIR
- 23D These: Sp. ESTOS
- 25D Shredded, as a contract TOREUP
- 27D Top-of-the-line AONE
- 28D Prefix with vitamin or tool MULTI
- 29D Athlete aiming for a four-minute finish, perhaps MILER
- 30D One end of an electrolytic cell ANODE
- 31D Let float, as a currency UNPEG
- 32D Pertaining to hair PILAR
- 33D Welcome sight for a sailor SHORE
- 34D Patronizes, as a restaurant EATSAT
- 38D Life stories BIOS
- 39D Warm and cozy HOMEY
- 44D Bona fide GENUINE
- 45D Govt. sites for testing pollutants EPALABS
- 47D Ones with chiseled abs? TORSOS
- 48D ___ Dhabi ABU
- 51D Spar on a sailing boat SPRIT
- 52D Comment that breaks the fourth wall ASIDE
- 53D Feudal lord LIEGE
- 54D German steel city ESSEN
- 55D Provide for free, as a drink COMP
- 56D Suffix with method or metaphor ICAL
- 57D Pine ACHE
- 59D Collectible caps in the ?90s POGS
- 62D Steely Dan album whose name is pronounced “Asia” AJA
- 64D The Three Kingdoms in Chinese history, e.g. ERA
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