NYT Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Coming-out party? 10 11A Finish (up) 4 15A "Hello-o-o?" 10 16A Dialect featured in the literature of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, for short 4 17A Scenario calling for self-reliance 10 18A Summer flier 4 19A Classic 1926 poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance 4 20A Do some cleaning 4 21A Creatures that can turn into humans on land, in Scottish folklore 5 22A Sound around a summer cornfield 3 23A Wood used for flooring 3 24A Trunk item 6 25A Shortest-reigning English monarch (9 days) 8 28A Molecule that can self-splice 3 29A Enthusiasm-curbing 6 32A "Here we go!" 8 34A Uncovered 4 35A Some cuts of meat 5 37A Tennis great who had a tennis scholarship from U.C.L.A. 4 38A Place for trading stories? 8 40A Diverts 6 42A It takes a long time to get this 3 43A Leading character on social media? 8 45A White House partner, for short 6 47A Assume, as costs 3 48A Do some cleaning 3 51A Market for currencies, informally 5 52A Financial aid basis 4 54A Hand count? 4 55A Ian : Scotland :: ___ : Wales 4 56A One might help you hitch a ride 10 58A Parmesan cheese feature 4 59A Novel whence the line "Four legs good, two legs bad" 10 60A Rests 4 61A They're green year-round 10

Down

1D Bare-bones 5 2D Oscar-winning musical role for Rita Moreno 5 3D Already 5 4D "The Memory Police" author ___ Ogawa 4 5D Brand lead-in to Caps or Balls 3 6D Unwieldy situation, metaphorically 11 7D "As if!" 6 8D Blows away 4 9D Release 4 10D Kind of cycle 3 11D Listing on a W-2 form 5 12D Stumbled upon 9 13D Overwhelming amount 9 14D Some terrarium denizens 9 21D Declares 4 23D Tai chi accessory 3 24D Receives unfair criticism 11 25D Nimble, zigzagging maneuver 4 26D Best Original Song Oscar winner from 2014's "Selma" 5 27D P.E. unit 3 29D Invitations to come on board 9 30D First NASA mission broadcast live from orbit 9 31D Secret offering? 9 33D Julia of "The Addams Family" 4 36D ___ Excellency 3 39D Like leatherette 4 41D Witticism 3 44D Start of a secret invitation, perhaps 6 46D Leans 5 48D Locale of a semiannual fashion week 5 49D Opposite of subtle 5 50D Makes do for a while? 5 52D Gram, by another name 4 53D Composer Satie 4 54D Goal-oriented global org.? 4 56D Half-___ 3 57D Totally 3