New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 01/21/2026. The January 21 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
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- Across
- 1a Practiced pitchesSPIELS
- 7a What arms might do on a final gym repTREMBLE
- 14a Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his dayCONGEE
- 15a Lee has a hot bowl of ___ to start off his dayOATMEAL
- 16a Enemy of the AvengersULTRON
- 17a Ones with the munchies, maybePOTHEADS
- 18a In need of a massage, saySORE
- 19a Like those local to Universal Studios JapanOSAKAN
- 21a Hide one’s roots, perhapsDYE
- 22a Like the study of the kabbalahESOTERIC
- 24a Drill insertBIT
- 26a Polarizing punctuation choiceSERIALCOMMA
- 31a Bracket-busting wins in March MadnessUPSETS
- 35a Friend or ___FOE
- 36a Complete disrepairRUIN
- 37a Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his wayNIHAO
- 38a Recycling containerBIN
- 39a Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his wayHELLO
- 40a They might be foiledPLOTS
- 41a Treatment for a sprained ankleICE
- 42a Like the villain at the end of a “Scooby-Doo” episodeOUTED
- 43a All ___EARS
- 44a SlimeGOO
- 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 weightTON
- 50a Transaction on an online marketplaceEBAYSALE
- 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 shortPSIS
- 61a Opportunity to dress upOCCASION
- 63a Eagles’ nestsAERIES
- 65a With gossip and beer over Friday’s ___ gameMAHJONG
- 66a With gossip and beer over Friday’s ___ gameBRIDGE
- 67a SatisfiesPLEASES
- 68a Luxurious cotton fabricSATEEN
- Down
- 1d Italian apologySCUSE
- 2d Some pullover shirtsPOLOS
- 3d Any course whose name ends in “101”INTRO
- 4d Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than goldEGRET
- 5d Constellation near the Big DipperLEO
- 6d Gentlemen, in GranadaSENORES
- 7d CapturedTOOK
- 8d Like government bonds and Uber driversRATABLE
- 9d ___ minorityETHNIC
- 10d Mrs., en françaisMME
- 11d Bit of sweatBEAD
- 12d British titleLADY
- 13d Ultimatum enderELSE
- 17d Life across the ___ is much the samePACIFICOCEAN
- 20d British titleSIR
- 23d These: Sp.ESTOS
- 25d Shredded, as a contractTOREUP
- 27d Top-of-the-lineAONE
- 28d Prefix with vitamin or toolMULTI
- 29d Athlete aiming for a four-minute finish, perhapsMILER
- 30d One end of an electrolytic cellANODE
- 31d Let float, as a currencyUNPEG
- 32d Pertaining to hairPILAR
- 33d Welcome sight for a sailorSHORE
- 34d Patronizes, as a restaurantEATSAT
- 38d Life storiesBIOS
- 39d Warm and cozyHOMEY
- 44d Bona fideGENUINE
- 45d Govt. sites for testing pollutantsEPALABS
- 47d Ones with chiseled abs?TORSOS
- 48d ___ DhabiABU
- 51d Spar on a sailing boatSPRIT
- 52d Comment that breaks the fourth wallASIDE
- 53d Feudal lordLIEGE
- 54d German steel cityESSEN
- 55d Provide for free, as a drinkCOMP
- 56d Suffix with method or metaphorICAL
- 57d PineACHE
- 59d Collectible caps in the ?90sPOGS
- 62d Steely Dan album whose name is pronounced “Asia”AJA
- 64d The Three Kingdoms in Chinese history, e.g.ERA
I don’t get the answers “congee” or “nihao” on January 21