New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 01/18/2026. The January 18 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Bit of regal headwearDIADEM
- 7a Singer HorneLENA
- 11a Develops alopeciaGOESBALD
- 19a TotalENTIRE
- 20a 2022 World Series champASTRO
- 22a College town nicknamed “A2”ANNARBOR
- 23a Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially?AFTERMATTHEW
- 25a Concert lineupsSETLISTS
- 26a Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of IsraelLEAH
- 27a Make a choiceOPT
- 28a TroubleWOE
- 30a 1982 film whose name is a security programTRON
- 31a Text that says “Congratulations! You’ve won a MacBook Pro,” probablySCAM
- 33a Prepare for a mechanic’s certification exam?REVIEWTHEENGINE
- 40a PulsatesTHROBS
- 42a Rock’s Plastic ___ BandONO
- 43a Central parts of planetsCORES
- 44a Hairdresser’s supplyDYE
- 45a Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology classDNA
- 46a Soft shots, in tennisDINKS
- 48a Meditative chantsOMS
- 49a Plant used in picklingDILL
- 50a H.S. exam whose highest score is 36ACT
- 53a Source of income for a websiteADSALE
- 55a Half of a popular social media appTIK
- 57a Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pocketsNANOS
- 58a Original people to move into Cancún’s peninsula?THESETTLERSOFYUCATAN
- 63a Affectionate term for una madreMAMI
- 64a Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo ShrimpAAA
- 65a Preceder of Peacock and White in the game ClueMRS
- 66a “Big” comic protagonistNATE
- 67a “Don’t look at me for help” ? or a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s themeSOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM
- 75a Dove’s dwellingCOTE
- 76a Wii remote batteriesAAS
- 77a Sloth in 2002’s “Ice Age”SID
- 78a Sensation before a migraine, medicallyAURA
- 79a Gets married while wearing protective gear?UNITESINSHININGARMOR
- 85a QuarrelsSPATS
- 86a Itty-bittyWEE
- 87a Japanese craft that literally translates to “tray planting”BONSAI
- 88a “This Is your brain on drugs,” e.g., for shortPSA
- 89a Best-selling romance author JimenezABBY
- 90a One of 2,214 for Babe RuthRBI
- 92a “Shrek!” author WilliamSTEIG
- 94a Common item at a checkout line, informallyMAG
- 96a #1 spot in London?LOO
- 97a Honkers without hornsGEESE
- 99a It might come with a shellOAR
- 100a Go over againREREAD
- 103a List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old?TWOANDAHALFMENU
- 107a KerfuffleTODO
- 108a OodlesGOBS
- 109a Someone who might issue a travel warning?REF
- 110a “Roger that!”YEP
- 112a Name that means “pink” in SpanishROSA
- 114a Relative of a huskyMALAMUTE
- 118a Wedding planner’s aid?VENUEDIAGRAM
- 122a “5 stars”ILOVEDIT
- 123a It might raise a bunch of doughYEAST
- 124a Stab of painTWINGE
- 125a ValuesASSESSES
- 126a Businesses offering mud masksSPAS
- 127a Pulls the chain of, so to speakTEASES
- Down
- 1d Word on either side of “or no”DEAL
- 2d OverrunINFEST
- 3d Add electronically, in a wayATTACH
- 4d Like a really big fanDIEHARD
- 5d Go wrongERR
- 6d Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?)MEMO
- 7d The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at StarbucksLATTE
- 8d “Silentium ___ aureum” (“Silence is golden”)EST
- 9d High degreeNTH
- 10d “Is it time to rethink this relationship?”AREWEOK
- 11d Hilarious thingGAS
- 12d Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. BushONETERM
- 13d Starters’ followersENTREES
- 14d Businesses whose employees work standing upSALONS
- 15d Carry inBRING
- 16d “Chiseled” featuresABS
- 17d Destiny in lifeLOT
- 18d Hippocratic oath followers, for shortDRS
- 21d “Stop! That hurts!”OWOW
- 24d Car financing figs.APRS
- 29d List shortenerETC
- 32d “Hidden Figures” co-star JanelleMONAE
- 34d Breathable fabric used in mosquito netsVOILE
- 35d ___ childINNER
- 36d What a bad student might playHOOKY
- 37d Menzel of BroadwayIDINA
- 38d Guitar string materialNYLON
- 39d Fish traditionally in the British dish “pie and mash”EELS
- 41d What kitsch exhibitsBADTASTE
- 46d ___ LamaDALAI
- 47d Part of a bedtime routineSTORY
- 49d Healthy, fiber-rich snackDATEBAR
- 50d Where some bills originateATMS
- 51d Former transportation secretary ElaineCHAO
- 52d Chinese competitor of AmazonTEMU
- 54d Loses freshnessSTALES
- 56d “In that case ?”IFSO
- 57d Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024NATO
- 59d VegasSINCITY
- 60d SensationSMASH
- 61d Removes from the top of one’s profile, as an Instagram postUNPINS
- 62d Hearts or spades, but not diamondsCARDGAME
- 68d ………DOTS
- 69d Classic Orson Welles protagonistKANE
- 70d AmelioratesEASES
- 71d ViaUSING
- 72d Feature of undermixed batterLUMP
- 73d Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the endEROS
- 74d Golden Globe nominee RooneyMARA
- 79d “V,” to a violinistUPBOW
- 80d Padmé Amidala’s home planet in “Star Wars”NABOO
- 81d “If only!”IWISH
- 82d Steel girderIBEAM
- 83d Bête ___NOIRE
- 84d Images that can rip off human creators, perhapsAIART
- 85d Pretzel topperSALT
- 90d Trees with heart-shaped leavesREDBUDS
- 91d Creature, cutesilyBEASTIE
- 93d Candies that crack with a crunchTOFFEES
- 95d Last of the 13 original colonies to be foundedGEORGIA
- 97d Some lawn ornamentsGNOMES
- 98d Part of E.N.T.EAR
- 100d Kicked oneself forRUED
- 101d PrettifiesADORNS
- 102d 500 mg 2x/day, e.g.DOSAGE
- 104d Source of a natural sweetenerAGAVE
- 105d Last name shared by three actors on “Schitt’s Creek”LEVY
- 106d Russian denialsNYETS
- 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 endAMES
- 114d Not around, informallyMIA
- 115d Hirt and HirschfeldALS
- 116d Día de ___ Reyes MagosLOS
- 117d They’re often depicted with green skin, for shortETS
- 119d Something much needed after an all-nighterNAP
- 120d Today precederUSA
- 121d Leave speechlessAWE