New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 01/02/2026. The January 02 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Havanese greetingARF
- 4a Tolstoy book whose title asks a questionWHATISART
- 13a Reluctantly stoopDEIGN
- 16a They rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scaleHABANEROS
- 17a H.S. class for tough life lessons?APBIO
- 18a “Just tell me when it’s over”ICANTLOOK
- 19a Dance move also known as a backslideMOONWALK
- 21a Skims, as soup stockDEFATS
- 22a Fig. that cannot start with 9SSN
- 23a Org. for The Rock and Brock LesnarWWE
- 24a Tunnel-making machineBORER
- 25a Not manyAFEW
- 27a WindfallsBOONS
- 28a Keep coming upRECUR
- 30a One might lead to pay backTAXRETURN
- 34a Make some introductions, sayEMCEE
- 35a The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A.OSU
- 36a Word from the Lakota for “they dwell”TEPEE
- 37a Emotional manipulation tacticGUILTTRIP
- 39a Meaty mealFEAST
- 40a Attraction on the western side of Carson RangeTAHOE
- 41a “Oof!”DAMN
- 42a Seems less impressive, so to speakPALES
- 43a Spray in the kitchenPAM
- 44a German stock market indexDAX
- 47a CumbrousCLUNKY
- 49a One-to-one relationshipMONOGAMY
- 51a Exchanges blows?AIRKISSES
- 53a Up toUNTIL
- 54a Eggless bread spreadVEGENAISE
- 55a “A-a-a-and ___!” (improv show ender)SCENE
- 56a High-carb snackENERGYBAR
- 57a May day celebrantMOM
- Down
- 1d President who wrote “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it”ADAMS
- 2d Default outcomes, perhapsREPOS
- 3d Kind of sequence that that proceeds 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …FIBONACCI
- 4d DurationWHILE
- 5d Modern security threatHACK
- 6d Org. with the Rule of Law InitiativeABA
- 7d Cylindrical ovenTANDOOR
- 8d Extremely well-liked?INTERNETFAMOUS
- 9d Personal opinion?SELFESTEEM
- 10d Hooting and holleringAROAR
- 11d Part of an underground networkROOT
- 12d Pithy put-downsTSKS
- 14d Main ingredient in an aviation cocktailGIN
- 15d “I like the sound of that!”NOWWERETALKING
- 20d “So adorable!”AWW
- 24d Prepare to ship, sayBOXUP
- 26d Delivery means to a gas stationFUELTANKER
- 27d Count in the Blues Hall of FameBASIE
- 28d On the ___ (frequently, informally)REG
- 29d Bird whose eggs are sometimes a canvas for Aboriginal artEMU
- 30d Capotes are flapped at themTOROS
- 31d “Let’s go, sleepyhead!”UPANDATEM
- 32d Booking, for shortRES
- 33d Server’s obstacleNET
- 38d “Word on the street is …”THEYSAY
- 41d ___ Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code”DAN
- 42d Night of lawlessness in a long-running horror franchise, with “the”PURGE
- 43d Try-hardPOSER
- 45d Kind of acidAMINO
- 46d Stem componentXYLEM
- 47d CapitulateCAVE
- 48d Lender’s securityLIEN
- 49d Table outsideMESA
- 50d Big purveyor of health supplementsGNC
- 52d Gender-neutral term in a familySIB