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NYT Crossword — January 14, 2026

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1Wasn't even close, as in comparison

6Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent"

11Binary 10, in decimal value

14Garlicky sauce

15Beef up the arsenal, say

17"Sunday in the Park With George," for one

20Big ___ (audacious thing to make)

21Ref. work with over 600,000 words

27"Oh, that does make sense"

29Milker's handful

31They may be fixed or variable

35River at Memphis

36"We want more!"

39Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld"

40Sent away for

41Historic stretch

42That's a me problem

43Madison Square Garden team

44Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s

45Actress Thompson of "Westworld"

48Ill-considered

51Unappetizing gruel

53Like a dress that falls short?

56Burlesque accessory

57Vietnamese noodle dish

60Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George"

64Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___

65Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered"

68Linking point

69German industrial city

Down

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1Old sunscreen initialism

2Gets off one's chest

3Ones who probably aren't buying it?

4She, in São Paulo

5Performed well enough

8Bit of spy gear, informally

9Defeat decisively

10Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!"

11Kind of shell

13Makes less noisy, in a way

18"The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight"

19Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball

25Warm-up lap leader

26They communicate through bill-clattering

28Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g.

32Tunes with an irresistible rhythm

33Change across the Atlantic

34Squirrel away

40"Very well …"

46Modern suffix with situation

50Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy

5251-Across server

53Trident-shaped letters

54Sicilian landmark

56Most online customer service agents nowadays

58Queen's domain

59Sultanate near Yemen

62Trifling amount

63Is blessed with

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

4.8

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 14, 2026

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJoseph Gangi

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17A"Sunday in the Park With George," for one15 ltrs 60APulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George"15 ltrs 3DOnes who probably aren't buying it?10 ltrs 32DTunes with an irresistible rhythm10 ltrs 10DMock "Ooh, you frighten me!"8 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 4.8 letters per entry.