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NYT Crossword — January 8, 2026

Thursday’s 14 × 15 puzzle, 75 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

4Lessons that might be spelled out for you?

8Photographer Diane

13Wide-open Q&A

14Coffee option

15Snatching sound, in the comics

16Nonverbal "well done"

18Well-known scheme designer

19One of the two Boolean values, in programming

20Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessory

23Dundee dissent

25Cars with retractable roofs

27What Neapolitan ice cream is divided into

30Compete (for)

31Bit in a breakfast bowl

32Benefactor with a limited number of grants?

35Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movement

39College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across?

42Cathedral recess

44Tallahassee sch.

49Accidentally burn, perhaps

54Influential power

55Feel under the weather

56It's a start!

61Brand in the feminine care aisle

63Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoes

65Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and lime

66Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School

69Fictional lover of Rochester

70Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for short

Down

38 clues

1Bangkok currency

2Doha dignitary

3Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water"

4Go on, in dialogue

5One who eats crisps and uses a loo

7Stab, in a way

8Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!"

9Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood

11Open, as a fanny pack

24"We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960

27Attire for a fraternity party, maybe

28Instrument originating in ancient Sumer

29Jump at, as an opportunity

33Opposite of SSW

36"In da Club" rapper

37Parks in history

38Albatross, so to speak

41Thumbs-up votes

46PlayStation alternatives

48So-called "father of the American cartoon"

49Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey

50It takes a bow in a concert hall

51Sir ___ Hercules John

52Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon"

59Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birth

60Possessive of a Chinese menu?

62Zeta follower

64Go on dates with

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Stats & info

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026

14×15

Grid size

75

Total entries

34/176

Black / letter cells

4.7

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 8, 2026

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorMallory Montgomery and Zhou Zhang

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 38 down

Longest entries

39ACollege concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across?14 ltrs 3DHeineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water"9 ltrs 36D"In da Club" rapper9 ltrs 16ANonverbal "well done"8 ltrs 25ACars with retractable roofs8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.