NYT Crossword January 12, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Intimidate, with "out" 5 6A Bird's dramatic dive 5 11A Place to store a lawn mower 4 15A Hawaiian greeting 5 16A ___ cold brew 5 17A Concluding part of a song 4 18A Rhyming advice to a spitting talker 16 21A "Halt!" 4 22A ___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity) 3 23A Use, as machinery 7 24A Lots and lots 6 27A Acronym of affection in ASL 3 28A E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" 3 31A Rhyming advice to a gym rat 12 36A Avoids, as capture 6 38A French "not" 3 39A Prefix that means "all" 4 40A Garage jobs involving grease guns 5 41A "If all ___ fails …" 4 43A Comic/TV host O'Brien 5 44A Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward 4 45A Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across 3 46A Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit 6 47A Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes 12 51A Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across 3 52A Massachusetts' Cape ___ 3 53A Smooched 6 55A "I'll take the blame here" 7 59A Liquid that circulates in a plant 3 60A Locale for Adam and Eve 4 64A Rhyming advice to a procrastinator 16 67A Fairy tale villain 4 68A Lock of hair 5 69A Leaf on a sushi tray 5 70A Broad inlets 4 71A Handle, as matters 5 72A Conceal for the time being, as information 5

Down

1D Get a grade other than an F 4 2D Mattress supporter 4 3D Toy that can go "around the world" 4 4D You might let these "fall where they may" 5 5D A chef might wear a puffy white one 3 6D Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop 6 7D Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice" 6 8D Baseball's Mel 3 9D " … in that range" 4 10D Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun" 7 11D So great it's unnerving 9 12D Georgetown athlete 4 13D Put in a good word, perhaps? 4 14D Something circled on a calendar 4 19D Presentations during a product unveiling 5 20D Move, to a Realtor 4 25D More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S. 4 26D Plaints of puppies 4 28D One with many Insta followers, perhaps 5 29D Fancy feather 5 30D Toy cube inventor Erno 5 32D Scottish negative 3 33D Test an OB may perform in the second trimester 5 34D Silly 5 35D Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush 5 37D Where meats and cheeses are often displayed 9 41D Blunder 3 42D Vegetable that looks like a large scallion 4 43D Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science) 4 45D Incomplete sets on sale 7 46D Source of motivation, in modern lingo 5 48D Verb preceder, typically 4 49D Most sagacious 6 50D Parent's declaration in response to defiance 6 54D New ___, capital of India 5 55D "Get outta my hair!," in a text 4 56D Discipline for the flexible 4 57D Rage 4 58D Ripped (up) 4 61D Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare 4 62D Canadian gas brand 4 63D Element with the symbol Ne 4 65D Last of 26 letters 3 66D Initialism on a Navy carrier 3