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New York Times, Wednesday, January 7, 2026

January 08, 2026

By Adrianne Baik โ€ข 76 Clues

Across Clues

1. Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip" โ†’ JADA
5. Gets better โ†’ HEALS
10. "Great" animals โ†’ APES
14. Super-cool โ†’ EPIC
15. Subject of 2001 bankruptcy headlines โ†’ ENRON
16. "That's crazy!," on the internet โ†’ WOAH
17. Wing woman? โ†’ TINKERBELL
19. Not right โ†’ AWRY
20. Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim โ†’ LEE
21. Right away โ†’ ASAP
22. Sports center โ†’ ARENA
23. They have pH's below 7 โ†’ ACIDS
25. Cover girl? โ†’ NANCYDREW
28. Kind of makeup you're born with? โ†’ GENETIC
30. XXX counterpart โ†’ OOO
31. Org. with a 3-1-1 rule โ†’ TSA
32. Gave a meal โ†’ FED
33. W-9 fig. โ†’ SSN
34. San Francisco or San Antonio โ†’ CITY
35. Homecoming queen? โ†’ DOROTHYGALE
38. Unhealthy haze โ†’ SMOG
40. Mathematician Terence โ†’ TAO
41. Musical genre that's the subject of the 2007 book "Everybody Hurts" โ†’ EMO
42. Game of pursuit โ†’ TAG
43. On behalf of โ†’ FOR
44. Places for pampering pups โ†’ PETSPAS
48. Sister-in-law? โ†’ ELLEWOODS
51. Witherspoon who played 48-Across โ†’ REESE
52. "We need to talk" โ†’ AWORD
53. Smurf elder โ†’ PAPA
55. Miss, e.g. โ†’ SHE
56. Hot stuff โ†’ LAVA
57. Cat lady? โ†’ HELLOKITTY
60. Uno mรกs dos โ†’ TRES
61. Grads, now โ†’ ALUMS
62. Potatoes, in Indian cooking โ†’ ALOO
63. Text sent upon arrival โ†’ HERE
64. Rapper ___ Elliott โ†’ MISSY
65. Course list? โ†’ MENU

Down Clues

1. Circadian dysrhythmia, less fancily โ†’ JETLAG
2. By the item โ†’ APIECE
3. Enjoy a home-cooked meal, say โ†’ DINEIN
4. "Oh no!," in comics โ†’ ACK
5. Certain possessive pronoun โ†’ HERS
6. With all judges present โ†’ ENBANC
7. Grilled cornmeal cake โ†’ AREPA
8. "haha" โ†’ LOL
9. "Black Jeopardy!" show, in brief โ†’ SNL
10. Nobel, for one โ†’ AWARD
11. Bold accessory for a suit โ†’ POWERTIE
12. Sincere โ†’ EARNEST
13. Back off (from) โ†’ SHYAWAY
18. Day for hunting โ†’ EASTER
22. "The Bear" actress Edebiri โ†’ AYO
24. Clear up, as a windshield โ†’ DEFOG
26. Snoopy โ†’ NOSY
27. Savory rice porridge โ†’ CONGEE
29. Words of concurrence โ†’ IDOTOO
33. "___ 'nuff!" โ†’ SHO
34. Almost there โ†’ CLOSE
35. Cynophilist โ†’ DOGLOVER
36. Purple boba choice โ†’ TARO
37. Travel option that serves 46 states โ†’ AMTRAK
38. Secrecy โ†’ STEALTH
39. Virus of sorts โ†’ MALWARE
43. Chain email abbr. โ†’ FWD
44. Biblical collection of 150 poems โ†’ PSALMS
45. Kitchen grinder โ†’ PESTLE
46. Kutcher of "That '70s Show" โ†’ ASHTON
47. "Later" โ†’ SEEYOU
49. Clear, as a whiteboard โ†’ ERASE
50. Equivalent of a 1.3 G.P.A., say โ†’ DPLUS
54. Small bouquet โ†’ POSY
57. Hawaiian pizza topping โ†’ HAM
58. Lilly of pharmaceuticals โ†’ ELI
59. Dr. Seuss's Sam-___ โ†’ IAM