New York Times Crossword Puzzle Answers Today 01/09/2026. The January 09 2026 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
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- Across
- 1a CrushPUPPYLOVE
- 10a They get picked up at clubsTABS
- 14a Winning like crazyONAHEATER
- 15a Surfing destinations, for shortURLS
- 16a Places many Cubans are foundCIGARBOXES
- 18a NogginBEAN
- 19a Clumsy oafsOXES
- 20a “You better believe it!”HECKYEAH
- 22a Bad thing to have in a poker gameTELL
- 25a DumpsSTIES
- 26a Apple core?CPU
- 28a Confirmation from a maître d’OUI
- 30a “I didn’t do it!”NOTME
- 34a Stealthy flierAIRMARSHAL
- 39a Bummer at a casino gameCRAP
- 40a It often comes with the jobBENEFITSPACKAGE
- 42a ___ Slush (frozen fruit drink)ICEE
- 43a “Watch your mouth!”DONTSASSME
- 44a Old-timey oathNERTS
- 46a Firm upSET
- 47a EatsHAS
- 48a Was rude on the road or the dance floorCUTIN
- 52a “Weed ?Em and ___,” gardening book whose title is a spoonerismREAP
- 54a Led the chargeCRUSADED
- 57a Prepares for a wild night, maybeNAPS
- 60a Monopoly token retired in 2017BOOT
- 61a He’s great for the time beingMRRIGHTNOW
- 64a Be just chillin’IDLE
- 65a “Beats me!”IVENOIDEA
- 66a Jazz coda?ZEES
- 67a Unpack for the night, in a waySETUPCAMP
- Down
- 1d Small bit, in BogotáPOCO
- 2d Windows alternativeUNIX
- 3d Something you have trouble putting downPAGETURNER
- 4d Gradually introduce, with “in”PHASE
- 5d The Beatles’ “___ Blues”YER
- 6d Varieties of this include chocolate and yellowLAB
- 7d “Then again ?,” to a texterOTOH
- 8d PuzzlesVEXES
- 9d BuildERECT
- 10d Footwear that lacks defined heelsTUBESOCKS
- 11d An “A” in geometryAREA
- 12d DullBLAH
- 13d Often-redacted fig.SSN
- 17d Item that someone with cold feet might haveSKI
- 21d Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_YEN
- 23d Be just chillin’LOAF
- 24d Vividly shockingLURID
- 26d Kind of feverCABIN
- 27d Ballade or étudePIECE
- 29d Analogy wordsISTO
- 31d Raccoon, humorouslyTRASHPANDA
- 32d It’s bubbling below the surfaceMAGMA
- 33d Pointers for some fighters?EPEES
- 35d Rom-com plot pointsMEETCUTES
- 36d Channel offering dealsHSN
- 37d There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr.APTS
- 38d Industrial cutterLASER
- 41d Oscar winner BlanchettCATE
- 45d Shady, in modern parlanceSUS
- 49d Flat hatTAM
- 50d Elba who portrayed Nelson MandelaIDRIS
- 51d “Some ___!”NERVE
- 53d ShenaniganANTIC
- 54d Java ingredient?CODE
- 55d Listing on a jobs websiteROLE
- 56d Losing effortDIET
- 58d Wilde thingPOEM
- 59d Cashless transactionSWAP
- 60d Ad or show followerBIZ
- 62d African grazerGNU
- 63d Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhapsHOP