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NYT Crossword — January 19, 2026

Monday’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

38 clues

1Package under a Christmas tree

5Old-fashioned butter maker

10Branded cotton swab

14Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan

15In on, as a trend

16Big coffee containers

171972 song by Elton John

19Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings

21:), ;), :D and others

23Formal "you," in Spanish

25Comedian Wong

26Projects, as a shadow

291985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp

34Comes to light

36X minus III, in old Rome

37Cosmonaut Gagarin

38Held the reins

39Spot for a massage

41R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10

43Element used in bronze

44Sporting blade

501987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles

53Midsection measurement

54Apt rhyme for "shriek"

55Martial arts studios

61Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it

65Gently persuade

66Capital of Arkansas … or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across?

68In ___ land (daydreaming)

69"I wish I could ___ that!"

70A second helping, say

71"Excuse me …"

72Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car

73Winter coaster

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1___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board)

3Vampire's tooth

5"U-S-A! U-S-A! …," e.g.

6Movable joints on a door

7___ code (what most product packages have)

8Google Maps options: Abbr.

9Bring into the mainstream

10Counterpart of quantity

12Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally

13Letters before omegas

22Springfield is its capital: Abbr.

24Org. with notoriously long lines

26Biblical spy for Moses

27South American flatbread

28Lesser-played part of a 45

30ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two

31Word before space or Mongolia

32Spot to find a pulse

33Final inning, typically

35Device for starting an engine

40In the style of

42Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize

45Test taken at the 24-Down

49Wins over with charm

52Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul"

56Novelist Verne

57The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins

58Biblical ark builder

59Dark leafy green

63Surveyor's measure

64Gave a thumbs-up

67Airport screening grp.

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Stats & info

Monday, Jan 19, 2026

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

35/190

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 19, 2026

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorPeter Gorman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split38 across · 40 down

Longest entries

17A1972 song by Elton John10 ltrs 66ACapital of Arkansas … or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across?10 ltrs 29A1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp9 ltrs 50A1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles9 ltrs 9DBring into the mainstream9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 35 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.