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New York Times, Thursday, January 8, 2026

January 09, 2026

By Mallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang • 75 Clues

Across Clues

1. ___ canto → BEL

4. Lessons that might be spelled out for you? → ABCS

8. Photographer Diane → ARBUS

13. Wide-open Q&A → AMA

14. Coffee option → DRIP

15. Snatching sound, in the comics → YOINK

16. Nonverbal "well done" → HIGHDIVE

18. Well-known scheme designer → PONZI

19. One of the two Boolean values, in programming → TRUE

20. Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessory → TIANA

22. Gimlet base → GIN

23. Dundee dissent → NAE

25. Cars with retractable roofs → CROPTOPS

27. What Neapolitan ice cream is divided into → THIRDS

30. Compete (for) → VIE

31. Bit in a breakfast bowl → OAT

32. Benefactor with a limited number of grants? → GENIE

35. Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movement → AFRO

39. College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across? → GRADEINFLATION

42. Cathedral recess → APSE

43. Full of zing → ZESTY

44. Tallahassee sch. → FSU

45. Get rid of → AXE

47. Tea traders? → YENTAS

49. Accidentally burn, perhaps → OVERBOOK

54. Influential power → SAY

55. Feel under the weather → AIL

56. It's a start! → ONSET

58. ___-free → SCOT

61. Brand in the feminine care aisle → KOTEX

63. Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoes → ALISTERS

65. Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and lime → ELOTE

66. Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School → GLEE

67. Cpl. or sgt. → NCO

68. Grannies → NANAS

69. Fictional lover of Rochester → EYRE

70. Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for short → TAS

Down Clues

1. Bangkok currency → BAHT

2. Doha dignitary → EMIR

3. Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water" → LAGUNITAS

4. Go on, in dialogue → ADD

5. One who eats crisps and uses a loo → BRIT

6. Kind of duty → CIVIC

7. Stab, in a way → SPEAR

8. Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!" → AYPAPI

9. Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood → ROO

10. "Spot on!" → BINGO

11. Open, as a fanny pack → UNZIP

12. Scrapes → SKINS

17. Get wind of → HEAR

21. Knickknack → NOVELTY

24. "We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960 → EDGE

26. Nursing spot → TEAT

27. Attire for a fraternity party, maybe → TOGA

28. Instrument originating in ancient Sumer → HARP

29. Jump at, as an opportunity → SEIZEON

33. Opposite of SSW → NNE

34. Maybes → IFS

36. "In da Club" rapper → FIFTYCENT

37. Parks in history → ROSA

38. Albatross, so to speak → ONUS

40. Beloved → DEAR

41. Thumbs-up votes → AYES

46. PlayStation alternatives → XBOXES

48. So-called "father of the American cartoon" → NAST

49. Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey → OAKEN

50. It takes a bow in a concert hall → VIOLA

51. Sir ___ Hercules John → ELTON

52. Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon" → OSAGE

53. ___ green → KELLY

57. Layer → TIER

59. Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birth → ORCA

60. Possessive of a Chinese menu? → TSOS

62. Zeta follower → ETA

64. Go on dates with → SEE