New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 01/23/2026. The January 23 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a Barely enoughSCANT
- 6a What some may be dyeing to conceal?GRAY
- 10a Environmental concernSMOG
- 14a “Don’t be absurd!”OHPUHLEASE
- 16a ___ Mountain (ski area in Killington, Vt.)PICO
- 17a She’s out there!LESBIANBAR
- 18a Many a choirgirlALTO
- 19a “Black-ish” patriarchDRE
- 20a DulcetSWEET
- 21a Fiddle with feathers, sayPREEN
- 22a Backstreet ___BOYS
- 23a Like kyawthuite, among gemsRAREST
- 25a Designer GeoffreyBEENE
- 27a A-listSELECT
- 28a Like quartzite vis-à-vis quartzHARDER
- 29a They really click as a pairTAPSHOES
- 32a Masters of manipulationUSERS
- 33a Commercial preceder of GeoNAT
- 34a Capital near the Red SeaSANAA
- 35a Micromobility optionESCOOTER
- 37a On the levelHONEST
- 38a Mouth organTONGUE
- 39a Internal turmoilANGST
- 40a Say “I do,” sayCOMMIT
- 41a One may be carried in a concert hallTUNE
- 42a Recent recruitHIREE
- 43a First name on the Supreme CourtELENA
- 45a ZilchZIP
- 48a CushyEASY
- 49a It is “making the complicated simple, awesomely simple,” per Charles MingusCREATIVITY
- 51a Out of joint?FREE
- 52a Text insert for a flash-forward film sceneYEARSLATER
- 53a InkTATS
- 54a Apt rhyme for “pads”ADDS
- 55a GuckSLIME
- Down
- 1d Completely convincedSOLD
- 2d French letter openerCHER
- 3d Niche for a shrineAPSE
- 4d Essence of the matterNUB
- 5d “I’ll take the blame”THISONESONME
- 6d Some body builders?GENES
- 7d Broccoli ___RABE
- 8d How to look at your hot fudge sundaeASATREAT
- 9d A little possessive, perhaps?YER
- 10d Pocket moneySPARECHANGE
- 11d Momentous momentsMILESTONES
- 12d Bits in a byte, e.g.OCTET
- 13d “I’m listening”GOON
- 15d One who’s on the defense, perhapsLAWYER
- 21d Digital applications?PRESSONNAILS
- 22d Longing lookBEDROOMEYES
- 24d Rigi of Switzerland, e.g.ALP
- 25d One setting on speakersBASS
- 26d Classic toy for budding engineersERECTORSET
- 27d Long lookSTARE
- 28d Peach or plumHUE
- 30d Interest of Marco Polo, with “the”EAST
- 31d Settled on the bottom?SAT
- 33d GeldedNEUTERED
- 36d ___ FridaysTGI
- 37d HangoutsHAUNTS
- 40d Grammy-winning R&B singer named for a Revlon fragranceCIARA
- 41d They make streaks on cheeksTEARS
- 42d MassHEFT
- 44d TipLEAD
- 45d Trattoria tubesZITI
- 46d CoupleITEM
- 47d Funeral ___PYRE
- 49d Texter’s “ciao”CYA
- 50d Late actor KilmerVAL