New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 01/16/2026. The January 16 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Coming-out party?BABYSHOWER
- 11a Finish (up)WRAP
- 15a “Hello-o-o?”ANYONEHOME
- 16a Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for shortAAVE
- 17a Scenario calling for self-relianceSINKORSWIM
- 18a Summer flierGNAT
- 19a Classic 1926 poem associated with the Harlem RenaissanceITOO
- 20a Do some cleaningDUST
- 21a Creatures that can turn into humans on land, in Scottish folkloreSEALS
- 22a Sound around a summer cornfieldCAW
- 23a Wood used for flooringFIR
- 24a Trunk itemGASCAN
- 25a Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days)JANEGREY
- 28a Molecule that can self-spliceRNA
- 29a Enthusiasm-curbingJADING
- 32a “Here we go!”LETSROCK
- 34a UncoveredOPEN
- 35a Some cuts of meatCHOPS
- 37a Tennis great who had a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A.ASHE
- 38a Place for trading stories?BOOKFAIR
- 40a DivertsAMUSES
- 42a It takes a long time to get thisOLD
- 43a Leading character on social media?ATSYMBOL
- 45a White House partner, for shortFLOTUS
- 47a Assume, as costsEAT
- 48a Do some cleaningMOP
- 51a Market for currencies, informallyFOREX
- 52a Financial aid basisNEED
- 54a Hand count?FIVE
- 55a Ian : Scotland :: ___ : WalesEVAN
- 56a One might help you hitch a rideCARTRAILER
- 58a Parmesan cheese featureRIND
- 59a Novel whence the line “Four legs good, two legs bad”ANIMALFARM
- 60a RestsSITS
- 61a They’re green year-roundFAKEPLANTS
- Down
- 1d Bare-bonesBASIC
- 2d Oscar-winning musical role for Rita MorenoANITA
- 3d AlreadyBYNOW
- 4d “The Memory Police” author ___ OgawaYOKO
- 5d Brand lead-in to Caps or BallsSNO
- 6d Unwieldy situation, metaphoricallyHERDINGCATS
- 7d “As if!”OHSURE
- 8d Blows awayWOWS
- 9d ReleaseEMIT
- 10d Kind of cycleREM
- 11d Listing on a W-2 formWAGES
- 12d Stumbled uponRANACROSS
- 13d Overwhelming amountAVALANCHE
- 14d Some terrarium denizensPETSNAKES
- 21d DeclaresSAYS
- 23d Tai chi accessoryFAN
- 24d Receives unfair criticismGETSABADRAP
- 25d Nimble, zigzagging maneuverJINK
- 26d Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014’s “Selma”GLORY
- 27d P.E. unitREP
- 29d Invitations to come on boardJOBOFFERS
- 30d First NASA mission broadcast live from orbitAPOLLOVII
- 31d Secret offering?DEODORANT
- 33d Julia of “The Addams Family”RAUL
- 36d ___ ExcellencyHIS
- 39d Like leatheretteFAUX
- 41d WitticismMOT
- 44d Start of a secret invitation, perhapsMEETME
- 46d LeansTENDS
- 48d Locale of a semiannual fashion weekMILAN
- 49d Opposite of subtleOVERT
- 50d Makes do for a while?PERMS
- 52d Gram, by another nameNANA
- 53d Composer SatieERIK
- 54d Goal-oriented global org.?FIFA
- 56d Half-___CAF
- 57d TotallyALL