NYT Crossword January 14, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Wasn't even close, as in comparison 5 6A Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent" 5 11A Binary 10, in decimal value 3 14A Garlicky sauce 5 15A Beef up the arsenal, say 5 16A Tuna variety 3 17A "Sunday in the Park With George," for one 15 20A Big ___ (audacious thing to make) 3 21A Ref. work with over 600,000 words 3 22A Moves (over) 6 23A Signs 4 25A "Nonsense!" 5 27A "Oh, that does make sense" 4 29A Milker's handful 4 31A They may be fixed or variable 5 35A River at Memphis 4 36A "We want more!" 6 38A Ump's call 3 39A Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld" 3 40A Sent away for 7 41A Historic stretch 3 42A That's a me problem 3 43A Madison Square Garden team 6 44A Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s 4 45A Actress Thompson of "Westworld" 5 47A Oceanic 4 48A Ill-considered 4 49A Wired 5 51A Unappetizing gruel 4 53A Like a dress that falls short? 6 56A Burlesque accessory 3 57A Vietnamese noodle dish 3 60A Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George" 15 64A Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___ 3 65A Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered" 5 66A Grub, e.g. 5 67A Pathetic 3 68A Linking point 5 69A German industrial city 5

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1D Old sunscreen initialism 4 2D Gets off one's chest 4 3D Ones who probably aren't buying it? 10 4D She, in São Paulo 3 5D Performed well enough 5 6D Alum 4 7D 180 3 8D Bit of spy gear, informally 3 9D Defeat decisively 5 10D Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!" 8 11D Kind of shell 4 12D "Wait, ___?" 4 13D Makes less noisy, in a way 4 18D "The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight" 7 19D Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball 4 24D Once called 3 25D Warm-up lap leader 7 26D They communicate through bill-clattering 6 27D Cove 5 28D Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g. 5 30D Salad green 6 32D Tunes with an irresistible rhythm 10 33D Change across the Atlantic 5 34D Squirrel away 5 37D Lies atop 7 40D "Very well …" 8 44D Miracle-___ 3 46D Modern suffix with situation 4 50D Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy 5 52D 51-Across server 5 53D Trident-shaped letters 4 54D Sicilian landmark 4 55D Look after 4 56D Most online customer service agents nowadays 4 58D Queen's domain 4 59D Sultanate near Yemen 4 61D Cancel 3 62D Trifling amount 3 63D Is blessed with 3