NYT Crossword January 20, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Small bouquets 6 7A "In that case …" 4 11A Cleopatra's killer 3 14A One of a record 30+ for Beyoncé 6 15A Short piano piece 8 17A Improvises 6 18A One who's hanging around 8 19A It begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu 12 21A The Falcons, on scoreboards 3 24A Follower of "T." 3 25A Figure depicted in Michelangelo's "Pietà" 4 26A Hellenistic storytelling 14 32A Parade spoiler 4 33A East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name 4 34A Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers 15 42A Flatbread from India 4 43A Fight night souvenir, perhaps 4 44A Historic destination for Pueblo pilgrimages 14 50A Düsseldorf denial 4 51A Video game creature often depicted with green skin 3 52A One place to find a Brazilian 3 53A Skill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is 12 59A Group of orcas 8 60A Groups of scouts 6 64A Suddenly motivated, with "under" 8 65A Stuck 6 66A "Amen!" 3 67A Romeo or Juliet, notably 4 68A D flat equivalent 6

Down

1D Tour overseer, for short 3 2D Chicago airport code 3 3D ___ Minella ("The Muppet Show" Muppet) 3 4D Poker declaration 4 5D Set sail 6 6D The "S" of A.B.S. 6 7D Mallorca, por ejemplo 4 8D One pitied by Mr. T, in a catchphrase 4 9D Scissor cut 4 10D Words with one's right hand raised 4 11D Novel feature of the 1974 Olds Toronado 6 12D Visibly disdainful 6 13D Shindig 5 16D "I love you," in Spanish 5 20D Prefix for element #8 3 21D Indian tourist city 4 22D Transport between terminals 4 23D "Star Wars" princess 4 27D Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem) 3 28D American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits 5 29D Sarcastic laugh syllable 3 30D Be behind 3 31D ___-di-dah 3 35D See 47-Down 3 36D Negative logic gate that works similarly to "and" 3 37D Sports grp. for Coco Gauff 3 38D Not lease, say 3 39D One-eighties 4 40D Unappetizing food 4 41D Europe's highest volcano 4 44D Computer whiz 6 45D Drum kit components descended from "sock cymbals" 6 46D ___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown 5 47D With 35-Down, URL ending for Wikipedia 3 48D Any poster on Yelp, essentially 6 49D Squirrel's hoard 6 50D Just now 5 54D West side? 4 55D Mayberry boy of ’60s TV 4 56D McIntosh (or Macintosh) component 4 57D Port of Yemen 4 58D One famously preparing for a flood 4 61D "… ___ lack thereof" 3 62D Brita competitor 3 63D Pennzoil competitor 3