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New York Times, Monday, January 5, 2026

January 05, 2026

By Lynn Lempel • 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. Value → WORTH

6. Volcanic coating that buried Pompeii → ASH

9. Overhead light? → HALO

13. Listlessness → ENNUI

14. Situation that precedes overtime → TIE

15. Fruit-peeling gadget → PARER

16. Meeting spot for a company's overseers → BOARDROOM

18. Ventilated → AIRED

19. Actor Reeves who plays John Wick → KEANU

20. Clothing → ATTIRE

21. Wrestler-turned-actor with a trademark do → MRT

24. 1976 film with Robert De Niro as an alienated cabbie → TAXIDRIVER

26. Lawyer, or a lawyer's advice → COUNSEL

29. Gloppy gunk → GOO

30. Op-___ (newspaper pieces) → EDS

31. Advantageous quality → ASSET

32. Aristocrat → NOBLE

34. Enjoy a vacation day, say → TAKEOFFFROMWORK

40. Reside → DWELL

41. Burr who dueled with Hamilton → AARON

42. Wane → EBB

45. One ___ time → ATA

46. Mark Twain, for Samuel Langhorne Clemens → PENNAME

48. Bug killer that goes "smack!" → FLYSWATTER

51. Losing general at Appomattox → LEE

52. Relating to a son or daughter → FILIAL

53. Fanny ___, central figure in Broadway's "Funny Girl" → BRICE

56. Poet Dickinson → EMILY

57. Gridiron success ... or, when read as two words, the conclusion to the sequence formed by the starts of 16-, 24-, 34- and 48-Across → TOUCHDOWN

61. Backpackers' shelters → TENTS

62. Write-___ (unlikely election winners) → INS

63. Home with a dome → IGLOO

64. Lumps of coal, for a snowman → EYES

65. Understand → SEE

66. Relinquished → CEDED

Down Clues

1. Spider's creation → WEB

2. Peace promoter Yoko → ONO

3. Cell's messenger material → RNA

4. Istanbul native → TURK

5. Conceal → HIDE

6. Lacking a key, in music → ATONAL

7. Crazy Horse's people → SIOUX

8. Adjustable skirt feature → HEM

9. Port-au-Prince's country → HAITI

10. Get there → ARRIVE

11. Looked lasciviously → LEERED

12. Commands → ORDERS

15. Police officer who monitors an assigned area → PATROLMAN

17. Label as G or R, say → RATE

20. Spicy marinade with chili peppers → ADOBO

21. Exam for a doctor-to-be → MCAT

22. Parks honored in the Capitol's Statuary Hall → ROSA

23. Walrus's long tooth → TUSK

25. Composer Stravinsky → IGOR

27. Have to have → NEED

28. Passengers getting an illicit free ride → STOWAWAYS

32. Org. for Patriot games → NFL

33. Actor McGregor with a Golden Globe for "Fargo" → EWAN

35. Pertaining to development in the womb → FETAL

36. Off-key, in a way → FLAT

37. Like some history or hygiene → ORAL

38. City surrounding Vatican City → ROME

39. On bended ___ → KNEE

42. Overly refined → EFFETE

43. "Yikes!," to a Brit → BLIMEY

44. Reporter's attribution atop an article → BYLINE

46. Read → PERUSE

47. Rock's Carmen or Clapton → ERIC

49. Earthy deposits by a river → SILTS

50. Steak similar to a porterhouse → TBONE

54. Stylish → CHIC

55. Margin → EDGE

57. "___ better to have loved and lost ..." → TIS

58. Passé → OLD

59. Misfortune → WOE

60. Agree silently → NOD