NYT Crossword January 17, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Expressions of disbelief or exasperation 9 10A What "margarita" means in Spanish 5 15A Reputable, in a way 9 16A What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora" 5 17A Too late, say 9 18A Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat 5 19A People often manage with them, in brief 4 20A You might say "Hmm" when something is this 3 21A Toppings blended with ice cream 6 22A Anti-troll measure 3 23A Tchotchke 10 25A Protection from drops 8 26A With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledge 3 28A City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region 5 30A Demure 3 31A Plant with psychoactive leaves 4 32A Offload (on) 5 33A Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet 3 34A Tall and thin 5 35A Revel (in) 4 36A One of five in a typical big band 3 37A Archetypes 5 38A "All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric) 3 39A Artificially unsophisticated 8 41A Units for a high-resolution camera 10 43A Interval 3 46A Setups for some elaborate group pictures 6 47A Subject to careful appraisal 3 48A Lawyer's assignment 4 49A Not budging 5 50A Ones running along a road 9 52A Bracket contents 5 53A Where someone's height may be stretched? 9 54A With 39-Down, pretentiously creative 5 55A What antiperspirants can prevent 9

Down

1D Crude thing to drop, familiarly 5 2D Westernmost territory of the Netherlands 5 3D Board game with resources 5 4D Grandson of Eve 4 5D Many an attachment 3 6D ___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova 7 7D Made, as an easy basketball shot 6 8D Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals 15 9D Spy 3 10D Use a roller on, as a jacket 6 11D Digital assistant 5 12D In which opposites attract 9 13D Flashy taekwondo moves 9 14D Cravings 4 21D "All right," folksily 4 23D Super Mario ___ 4 24D Eccentric 4 25D Cybersecurity assessment 4 27D See 26-Across 3 28D Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons" 9 29D Cabin choice 9 31D Baby rhino 4 32D Part of the D.O.J. 3 33D So-called "Valley Isle" 4 34D Writer Lowry 4 36D Good marks? 4 37D Egg cream alternatives 7 39D See 54-Across 6 40D Quaint contraction 6 42D Gentlemen, jocularly 5 43D Korean barbecue rib dish 5 44D Greet hospitably at the door 5 45D Dough at a taquería 5 46D Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale" 4 48D Beloved, in Italian 4 50D Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate 3 51D Like the weather in much of Equatorial Guinea 3