NYT Crossword January 19, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Package under a Christmas tree 4 5A Old-fashioned butter maker 5 10A Branded cotton swab 4 14A Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan 4 15A In on, as a trend 5 16A Big coffee containers 4 17A 1972 song by Elton John 10 19A Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings 4 20A In progress 7 21A :), ;), :D and others 7 23A Formal "you," in Spanish 5 25A Comedian Wong 3 26A Projects, as a shadow 5 29A 1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp 9 34A Comes to light 6 36A X minus III, in old Rome 3 37A Cosmonaut Gagarin 4 38A Held the reins 3 39A Spot for a massage 3 41A R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10 3 43A Element used in bronze 3 44A Sporting blade 4 46A Draft pick? 3 48A Firstborn 6 50A 1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles 9 53A Midsection measurement 5 54A Apt rhyme for "shriek" 3 55A Martial arts studios 5 57A Disheveled 7 61A Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it 7 65A Gently persuade 4 66A Capital of Arkansas … or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across? 10 68A In ___ land (daydreaming) 4 69A "I wish I could ___ that!" 5 70A A second helping, say 4 71A "Excuse me …" 4 72A Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car 5 73A Winter coaster 4

Down

1D ___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board) 4 2D "Sign me up!" 4 3D Vampire's tooth 4 4D Auditions 7 5D "U-S-A! U-S-A! …," e.g. 5 6D Movable joints on a door 6 7D ___ code (what most product packages have) 3 8D Google Maps options: Abbr. 4 9D Bring into the mainstream 9 10D Counterpart of quantity 7 11D Factual 4 12D Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally 4 13D Letters before omegas 4 18D Insults 6 22D Springfield is its capital: Abbr. 3 24D Org. with notoriously long lines 3 26D Biblical spy for Moses 5 27D South American flatbread 5 28D Lesser-played part of a 45 5 30D ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two 3 31D Word before space or Mongolia 5 32D Spot to find a pulse 5 33D Final inning, typically 5 35D Device for starting an engine 9 40D In the style of 3 42D Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize 6 45D Test taken at the 24-Down 7 47D Finale 3 49D Wins over with charm 7 51D Jewel 3 52D Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul" 6 56D Novelist Verne 5 57D The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins 4 58D Biblical ark builder 4 59D Dark leafy green 4 60D Fork prong 4 62D Chilly 4 63D Surveyor's measure 4 64D Gave a thumbs-up 4 67D Airport screening grp. 3