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New York Times, Friday, January 9, 2026

January 10, 2026

By Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis โ€ข 72 Clues

Across Clues

1. Crush โ†’ PUPPYLOVE
10. They get picked up at clubs โ†’ TABS
14. Winning like crazy โ†’ ONAHEATER
15. Surfing destinations, for short โ†’ URLS
16. Places many Cubans are found โ†’ CIGARBOXES
18. Noggin โ†’ BEAN
19. Clumsy oafs โ†’ OXES
20. "You better believe it!" โ†’ HECKYEAH
22. Bad thing to have in a poker game โ†’ TELL
25. Dumps โ†’ STIES
26. Apple core? โ†’ CPU
28. Confirmation from a maรฎtre d' โ†’ OUI
30. "I didn't do it!" โ†’ NOTME
34. Stealthy flier โ†’ AIRMARSHAL
39. Bummer at a casino game โ†’ CRAP
40. It often comes with the job โ†’ BENEFITSPACKAGE
42. ___ Slush (frozen fruit drink) โ†’ ICEE
43. "Watch your mouth!" โ†’ DONTSASSME
44. Old-timey oath โ†’ NERTS
46. Firm up โ†’ SET
47. Eats โ†’ HAS
48. Was rude on the road or the dance floor โ†’ CUTIN
52. "Weed 'Em and ___," gardening book whose title is a spoonerism โ†’ REAP
54. Led the charge โ†’ CRUSADED
57. Prepares for a wild night, maybe โ†’ NAPS
60. Monopoly token retired in 2017 โ†’ BOOT
61. He's great for the time being โ†’ MRRIGHTNOW
64. Be just chillin' โ†’ IDLE
65. "Beats me!" โ†’ IVENOIDEA
66. Jazz coda? โ†’ ZEES
67. Unpack for the night, in a way โ†’ SETUPCAMP

Down Clues

1. Small bit, in Bogotรก โ†’ POCO
2. Windows alternative โ†’ UNIX
3. Something you have trouble putting down โ†’ PAGETURNER
4. Gradually introduce, with "in" โ†’ PHASE
5. The Beatles' "___ Blues" โ†’ YER
6. Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow โ†’ LAB
7. "Then again ...," to a texter โ†’ OTOH
8. Puzzles โ†’ VEXES
9. Build โ†’ ERECT
10. Footwear that lacks defined heels โ†’ TUBESOCKS
11. An "A" in geometry โ†’ AREA
12. Dull โ†’ BLAH
13. Often-redacted fig. โ†’ SSN
17. Item that someone with cold feet might have โ†’ SKI
21. Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_ โ†’ YEN
23. Be just chillin' โ†’ LOAF
24. Vividly shocking โ†’ LURID
26. Kind of fever โ†’ CABIN
27. Ballade or รฉtude โ†’ PIECE
29. Analogy words โ†’ ISTO
31. Raccoon, humorously โ†’ TRASHPANDA
32. It's bubbling below the surface โ†’ MAGMA
33. Pointers for some fighters? โ†’ EPEES
35. Rom-com plot points โ†’ MEETCUTES
36. Channel offering deals โ†’ HSN
37. There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr. โ†’ APTS
38. Industrial cutter โ†’ LASER
41. Oscar winner Blanchett โ†’ CATE
45. Shady, in modern parlance โ†’ SUS
49. Flat hat โ†’ TAM
50. Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela โ†’ IDRIS
51. "Some ___!" โ†’ NERVE
53. Shenanigan โ†’ ANTIC
54. Java ingredient? โ†’ CODE
55. Listing on a jobs website โ†’ ROLE
56. Losing effort โ†’ DIET
58. Wilde thing โ†’ POEM
59. Cashless transaction โ†’ SWAP
60. Ad or show follower โ†’ BIZ
62. African grazer โ†’ GNU
63. Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps โ†’ HOP