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NYT Crossword — January 20, 2026

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

29 clues

1Small bouquets

7"In that case …"

11Cleopatra's killer

14One of a record 30+ for Beyoncé

15Short piano piece

18One who's hanging around

19It begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu

21The Falcons, on scoreboards

24Follower of "T."

25Figure depicted in Michelangelo's "Pietà"

26Hellenistic storytelling

32Parade spoiler

33East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name

34Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers

42Flatbread from India

43Fight night souvenir, perhaps

44Historic destination for Pueblo pilgrimages

50Düsseldorf denial

51Video game creature often depicted with green skin

52One place to find a Brazilian

53Skill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is

59Group of orcas

60Groups of scouts

64Suddenly motivated, with "under"

67Romeo or Juliet, notably

68D flat equivalent

Down

45 clues

1Tour overseer, for short

2Chicago airport code

3___ Minella ("The Muppet Show" Muppet)

4Poker declaration

6The "S" of A.B.S.

7Mallorca, por ejemplo

8One pitied by Mr. T, in a catchphrase

10Words with one's right hand raised

11Novel feature of the 1974 Olds Toronado

12Visibly disdainful

16"I love you," in Spanish

20Prefix for element #8

21Indian tourist city

22Transport between terminals

23"Star Wars" princess

27Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem)

28American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits

29Sarcastic laugh syllable

36Negative logic gate that works similarly to "and"

37Sports grp. for Coco Gauff

38Not lease, say

40Unappetizing food

41Europe's highest volcano

44Computer whiz

45Drum kit components descended from "sock cymbals"

46___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown

47With 35-Down, URL ending for Wikipedia

48Any poster on Yelp, essentially

49Squirrel's hoard

55Mayberry boy of ’60s TV

56McIntosh (or Macintosh) component

57Port of Yemen

58One famously preparing for a flood

61"… ___ lack thereof"

62Brita competitor

63Pennzoil competitor

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

40/185

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 20, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJonathan Raksin

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split29 across · 45 down

Longest entries

34AModern pickup spot for delivery drivers15 ltrs 26AHellenistic storytelling14 ltrs 44AHistoric destination for Pueblo pilgrimages14 ltrs 19AIt begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu12 ltrs 53ASkill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is12 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.