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NYT Crossword — January 6, 2026

Tuesday’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

35 clues

1Lt. ___, communications officer on the original "Star Trek"

6Letter between rho and tau

11N.H.L. tiebreakers

14Allow to attack

15Epic that ends "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses"

16Prefix with liberal

17With 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across

19Online chats, in brief

20Nickname for Rihanna

21Tummy muscles

22Drug used to treat Parkinson's

24The only person to have the opinion

28Criticize harshly

29Unpleasant smells

30Temporary state

34Bread for a ham sandwich

35Its products often include wordless assembly instructions

42One-named supermodel

44Singer/dancer/actor ___ Osmond

45Burton of "Star Trek: T.N.G."

49Thing bound to end in failure

55Search for water, in a way

56Racial justice movement, for short

57Analyst/ex-QB Tony ___

58Splendid serve

59See 17-Across

64Succulents that soothe

65Exams for future docs

67Daredevil's deed

68Painter's plaster

Down

41 clues

1The "U" in UHF

3Amniocentesis targets

4___ to go (stoked)

6Penalty box, in hockey lingo

7Also-ran's remark

10One-named Cuban-born designer who fashioned Nancy Reagan's red outfits

12Phoenix neighbor

13"Slammin' Sammy" of baseball

18Poet Teasdale who won a Pulitzer for her volume "Love Songs"

23Spicy Sweet Chili chip

25Dentist's directive

26Toy that might "walk the dog"

27Keats creations

30Tire inflation meas.

32In short supply, as energy

33Muscle-bone connectors

36Forever and a day

37To some extent

39Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas

40Links numbers

41It comes to mind

49"For real!," in modern slang

50"Ghosts" playwright Henrik

52Minute amounts

54"Au contraire!"

55Art pioneered by Arp

60Key known as "Option" on a Mac

61"That means ___!"

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 6, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorPaul Coulter

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 41 down

Longest entries

38AContrast15 ltrs 24AThe only person to have the opinion14 ltrs 49AThing bound to end in failure14 ltrs 17AWith 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across11 ltrs 59ASee 17-Across11 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.