NYT Crossword January 18, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Bit of regal headwear 6 7A Singer Horne 4 11A Develops alopecia 8 19A Total 6 20A 2022 World Series champ 5 22A College town nicknamed "A2" 8 23A Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially? 12 25A Concert lineups 8 26A Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel 4 27A Make a choice 3 28A Trouble 3 30A 1982 film whose name is a security program 4 31A Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably 4 33A Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam? 15 40A Pulsates 6 42A Rock's Plastic ___ Band 3 43A Central parts of planets 5 44A Hairdresser's supply 3 45A Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class 3 46A Soft shots, in tennis 5 48A Meditative chants 3 49A Plant used in pickling 4 50A H.S. exam whose highest score is 36 3 53A Source of income for a website 6 55A Half of a popular social media app 3 57A Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets 5 58A Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula? 20 63A Affectionate term for una madre 4 64A Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp 3 65A Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue 3 66A "Big" comic protagonist 4 67A "Don't look at me for help" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme 21 75A Dove's dwelling 4 76A Wii remote batteries 3 77A Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age" 3 78A Sensation before a migraine, medically 4 79A Gets married while wearing protective gear? 20 85A Quarrels 5 86A Itty-bitty 3 87A Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting" 6 88A "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short 3 89A Best-selling romance author Jimenez 4 90A One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth 3 92A "Shrek!" author William 5 94A Common item at a checkout line, informally 3 96A #1 spot in London? 3 97A Honkers without horns 5 99A It might come with a shell 3 100A Go over again 6 103A List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old? 15 107A Kerfuffle 4 108A Oodles 4 109A Someone who might issue a travel warning? 3 110A "Roger that!" 3 112A Name that means "pink" in Spanish 4 114A Relative of a husky 8 118A Wedding planner's aid? 12 122A "5 stars" 8 123A It might raise a bunch of dough 5 124A Stab of pain 6 125A Values 8 126A Businesses offering mud masks 4 127A Pulls the chain of, so to speak 6

Down

1D Word on either side of "or no" 4 2D Overrun 6 3D Add electronically, in a way 6 4D Like a really big fan 7 5D Go wrong 3 6D Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?) 4 7D The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks 5 8D "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden") 3 9D High degree 3 10D "Is it time to rethink this relationship?" 7 11D Hilarious thing 3 12D Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush 7 13D Starters' followers 7 14D Businesses whose employees work standing up 6 15D Carry in 5 16D "Chiseled" features 3 17D Destiny in life 3 18D Hippocratic oath followers, for short 3 21D "Stop! That hurts!" 4 24D Car financing figs. 4 29D List shortener 3 32D "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle 5 34D Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets 5 35D ___ child 5 36D What a bad student might play 5 37D Menzel of Broadway 5 38D Guitar string material 5 39D Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash" 4 41D What kitsch exhibits 8 46D ___ Lama 5 47D Part of a bedtime routine 5 49D Healthy, fiber-rich snack 7 50D Where some bills originate 4 51D Former transportation secretary Elaine 4 52D Chinese competitor of Amazon 4 54D Loses freshness 6 56D "In that case …" 4 57D Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024 4 59D Vegas 7 60D Sensation 5 61D Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post 6 62D Hearts or spades, but not diamonds 8 68D ......... 4 69D Classic Orson Welles protagonist 4 70D Ameliorates 5 71D Via 5 72D Feature of undermixed batter 4 73D Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end 4 74D Golden Globe nominee Rooney 4 79D "V," to a violinist 5 80D Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars" 5 81D "If only!" 5 82D Steel girder 5 83D Bête ___ 5 84D Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps 5 85D Pretzel topper 4 90D Trees with heart-shaped leaves 7 91D Creature, cutesily 7 93D Candies that crack with a crunch 7 95D Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded 7 97D Some lawn ornaments 6 98D Part of E.N.T. 3 100D Kicked oneself for 4 101D Prettifies 6 102D 500 mg 2x/day, e.g. 6 104D Source of a natural sweetener 5 105D Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek" 4 106D Russian denials 5 111D The Panthers of the A.C.C. 4 113D Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end 4 114D Not around, informally 3 115D Hirt and Hirschfeld 3 116D Día de ___ Reyes Magos 3 117D They're often depicted with green skin, for short 3 119D Something much needed after an all-nighter 3 120D Today preceder 3 121D Leave speechless 3