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NYT Crossword — January 29, 2026

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Vehicle in which it's often legal to drink alcohol

9Moistens, as a fern

14First lady's partner

15Object of veneration

16Oft-disparaged family member

17Busiest French airport not serving Paris

18Prefix with technology

19Roman goddess often depicted with a bow and arrow

23Sonia Sotomayor or Clarence Thomas, once

24Abbreviation in a help-wanted ad

25Part of U.S.N.A.: Abbr.

35Villain portrayer in "Rocky III"

36Lavish celebration

41Base x height, for a parallelogram

42Sound made with a wince

43Extending brim

45Michigan's historic 1991 basketball team, familiarly

48Texter's declaration of affection

49Shags or bobs

507-Elevens, e.g.

52Day after today

59Make a delivery, say

61"Think again!"

63City in NW Pennsylvania

65Like some minor celebrities

66Five train in Brooklyn

67Time when one might give up alcohol

Down

39 clues

1Clubber ___, "Rocky III" villain

3Like a listening device made out of a paper clip, a plastic straw and seven Lego blocks

4Symbol for ohms

7Signal to get off the stage, say

8Arduous journey

10___ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" character

12Powdered drink used by NASA

21___SmithKline (2000 pharmaceutical merger)

25Like some passages

26Love, love, love

29[That makes me so mad!]

30"Too many cooks spoil the broth" principle

31Bum's place in a bar

32Second-largest city in Northern Ireland

34Country that has hosted the most Olympics

36Common day to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers: Abbr.

38___ beast (dish in Whoville)

39Break down in tears

40Blindingly obvious

45Ranger's domain

46"Leave this to me"

47Is all over the map

49Showers affection (on)

51Like the Vietnamese language

52Rod Flanders's brother on "The Simpsons"

53Like some traditions

54Bamako's land

55Sign sought by one reading tea leaves

57Major tennis tournament

58Pause indicator in sheet music

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Stats & info

Thursday, Jan 29, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 29, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKit Sheffield

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

20AExpand15 ltrs 37ASadness15 ltrs 52ADay after today15 ltrs 3DLike a listening device made out of a paper clip, a plastic straw and seven Lego blocks10 ltrs 30D"Too many cooks spoil the broth" principle10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.