NYT Crossword January 1, 2026 Answers

Across

1A You're looking at it! 4 5A File type 4 9A Piano technician 5 14A Parasite's target 4 15A Had no co-conspirators 10 17A Preparation for many a surprise party 4 18A Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss? 12 19A Quotidian 5 21A Charon's domain 4 22A Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish) 4 23A Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon" 6 25A Are: Fr. 4 27A Gift for a musician 3 28A Figure in much W.W. I propaganda 8 31A Kid with a route 8 35A Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021) 5 39A What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"? 9 40A What fictional English heavy metal band consists of David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls? 9 42A Like the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism 5 43A Chill pill, essentially 8 44A Investigate 8 47A Prefix with genetics 3 50A Assessment, informally 4 51A Gorgon slain by Perseus 6 56A Cohort 4 58A Where many family names begin O'- 4 60A Denizen of hell 5 61A Test graders' aids … or what is needed to respond to the six trivia questions in this puzzle? 10 64A Neighbor of Java 4 65A Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes 10 66A Prayer leader 4 67A Lit for fun, e.g. 5 68A ___-à-___ 4 69A Bore 4

Down

1D Idly pluck, as a banjo 5 2D It always wins, they say 5 3D One of Us, say? 5 4D Driver of some engines 5 5D Like most oysters served with mignonette 3 6D Some Bavarian cries 4 7D Majestic 7 8D Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies? 8 9D 19th letter 3 10D Sephora competitor 4 11D Gallant 5 12D ___ Gay 5 13D Steel rod with ridges 5 16D Maliciously publishes the private info of online 5 20D Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix" 8 24D Org. for the Fever and the Dream 4 26D Filled 8 29D End of many modern addresses 3 30D Cat breed from an island in the Irish Sea 4 31D Educational support grp. 3 32D Sounds of realization 3 33D Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?" 5 34D Pitchers' stats 4 36D What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya? 5 37D Go for the gold? 3 38D Apropos 3 40D Initialism for an online advertiser 3 41D Pitted fruit 4 43D Take over for 7 45D Undisguised 5 46D "Sit!" 6 47D "Horrors!" 5 48D Group of experts 5 49D 2010 release now owned by Meta, informally 5 52D Entry in red ink 5 53D So-called "fifth taste" 5 54D Kind of wind … or an alternative to wind 5 55D "Mob Psycho 100" genre 5 57D Singer Stefani 4 59D Negative for Nikolai 4 62D Heart chart, for short 3 63D Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir. 3