NYT Crossword January 29, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Vehicle in which it's often legal to drink alcohol 4 5A Jokesters 4 9A Moistens, as a fern 5 14A First lady's partner 4 15A Object of veneration 4 16A Oft-disparaged family member 5 17A Busiest French airport not serving Paris 4 18A Prefix with technology 4 19A Roman goddess often depicted with a bow and arrow 5 20A Expand 15 23A Sonia Sotomayor or Clarence Thomas, once 5 24A Abbreviation in a help-wanted ad 3 25A Part of U.S.N.A.: Abbr. 3 27A @ @ @ 7 30A Trippy stuff 3 33A Folie ___ 5 35A Villain portrayer in "Rocky III" 3 36A Lavish celebration 4 37A Sadness 15 41A Base x height, for a parallelogram 4 42A Sound made with a wince 3 43A Extending brim 5 44A Guided 3 45A Michigan's historic 1991 basketball team, familiarly 7 48A Texter's declaration of affection 3 49A Shags or bobs 3 50A 7-Elevens, e.g. 5 52A Day after today 15 59A Make a delivery, say 5 60A ___-golf 4 61A "Think again!" 4 62A Lowlands 5 63A City in NW Pennsylvania 4 64A God of war 4 65A Like some minor celebrities 5 66A Five train in Brooklyn 4 67A Time when one might give up alcohol 4

Down

1D Clubber ___, "Rocky III" villain 4 2D "Capisce" 4 3D Like a listening device made out of a paper clip, a plastic straw and seven Lego blocks 10 4D Symbol for ohms 5 5D Improvise 6 6D Pithy truths 6 7D Signal to get off the stage, say 4 8D Arduous journey 4 9D Tiny flies 6 10D ___ Montoya, "The Princess Bride" character 5 11D Mining waste 4 12D Powdered drink used by NASA 4 13D Thief's haul 4 21D ___SmithKline (2000 pharmaceutical merger) 5 22D Chaps 5 25D Like some passages 5 26D Love, love, love 5 28D "Toodles!" 5 29D [That makes me so mad!] 3 30D "Too many cooks spoil the broth" principle 10 31D Bum's place in a bar 5 32D Second-largest city in Northern Ireland 5 34D Country that has hosted the most Olympics 3 36D Common day to enjoy Thanksgiving leftovers: Abbr. 3 38D ___ beast (dish in Whoville) 5 39D Break down in tears 3 40D Blindingly obvious 5 45D Ranger's domain 6 46D "Leave this to me" 6 47D Is all over the map 6 49D Showers affection (on) 5 51D Like the Vietnamese language 5 52D Rod Flanders's brother on "The Simpsons" 4 53D Like some traditions 4 54D Bamako's land 4 55D Sign sought by one reading tea leaves 4 56D Muck 4 57D Major tennis tournament 4 58D Pause indicator in sheet music 4