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NYT Crossword — January 25, 2026

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

65 clues

1Baggage accessory

6Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season

14In which baby spiders develop

20Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas"

21"I want to hear about that!"

22Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex

23"That cabinet with plates looks awfully full"

25Triangular sail

26Food court pizzeria

27Some M.I.T. grads, for short

28Resort amenity

30Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos"

33It's good for the long haul

36Sphere of creativity

38Private investigator, informally

41Cheese in a wax coating

43"It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right"

45Persian Gulf nation

47Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels

50Actress Edebiri of "The Bear"

51"Is that a cough I hear?"

54Event for V.I.P. customers

58The planets in our solar system, e.g.

59Sci-fi princess

60Stretchy material

62Freight barge

63Not fantastical

65La Città Eterna

67Haunted house sound

69Something to use on your break?

70"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in"

75Group of humpbacks

76___ Bora (embattled Afghan region)

78Designer Saint Laurent

79Little bits of energy

81New Zealanders, familiarly

84Color of undyed linen

86Course that doesn’t require much studying

89"Gimme, gimme!"

91"Those pancakes are piled way too high!"

94Boxy transport

95Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá

96Like close-fitting clothes

97It's just under a foot

98"Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag"

103Undesirable roommate

105Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution

106Part of M.O.

107Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs"

109Isn't feeling great

111Large flightless birds

112National Poetry Mo.

114"That ship ___ sailed"

116Beverage brewed outside using natural heat

122"Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!"

127Chips may go into it

128Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

129Have no stomach for

130Doesn't care for

131Unexpected jerk

Down

75 clues

1Major N.Y.S.E. events

3"See ya later!"

6Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999

8William, Edward and Harry, e.g.

9To a ___ degree

10Stage booster

11Domain for salty dogs

12Urges to attack, with "on"

13What this hand has: AAKQ6

14Fluency-building subj.

15Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk

17Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer"

18Skin care company

19Football snapper

29Either side of a cheerleader's "A"

32Kind of orange

34It's not optional

35Silicon Valley giant

37Easily detached

38Pioneering DVR brand

39George Orwell's first name at birth

40Purchase for the Atari 2600

42One cutting corners

46One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky

48"Trade discount" quintet

52German for "city"

53Something to pitch

55Site-seeing list?

57Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun

61V-shaped designs

64Visit, as for a safety check

66Mathematician Lovelace

68Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself

72With, in Oise

74N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly

75Smallest Canadian prov.

80Canning package?

82Mallorca, por ejemplo

83Reason for turbulence

85Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have

87Modern "seize the day"

90Computer model inputs

92Ship that transported the Golden Fleece

93Hardly a team player

95Betrays, in a way

98Like an unnatural smile

99Tech debut of 2007

100Examine creepily

101___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost")

102World's most-produced organic compound

104Puts up a false front

108Property of curium, but not cerium

110Eavesdrop, e.g.

113Surrealist Magritte

115Fit of irritation

117Fish in niçoise salad

119Actor Brody of "The O.C."

121"Spring forward" hrs.

123Illegally interfere with, as an election

124Remote abbr.

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jan 25, 2026

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

66/375

Black / letter cells

5.4

Avg entry length

19 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 25, 2026

DaySunday

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ConstructorMark MacLachlan

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split65 across · 75 down

Longest entries

70A"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in"19 ltrs 23A"That cabinet with plates looks awfully full"14 ltrs 122A"Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!"14 ltrs 51A"Is that a cough I hear?"13 ltrs 91A"Those pancakes are piled way too high!"13 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 66 black squares and averages 5.4 letters per entry.