NYT Crossword January 6, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Lt. ___, communications officer on the original "Star Trek" 5 6A Letter between rho and tau 5 11A N.H.L. tiebreakers 3 14A Allow to attack 5 15A Epic that ends "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses" 5 16A Prefix with liberal 3 17A With 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across 11 19A Online chats, in brief 3 20A Nickname for Rihanna 4 21A Tummy muscles 3 22A Drug used to treat Parkinson's 5 24A The only person to have the opinion 14 28A Criticize harshly 3 29A Unpleasant smells 5 30A Temporary state 5 34A Bread for a ham sandwich 3 35A Its products often include wordless assembly instructions 4 38A Contrast 15 42A One-named supermodel 4 43A GQ or Cosmo 3 44A Singer/dancer/actor ___ Osmond 5 45A Burton of "Star Trek: T.N.G." 5 47A Fruity drink 3 49A Thing bound to end in failure 14 55A Search for water, in a way 5 56A Racial justice movement, for short 3 57A Analyst/ex-QB Tony ___ 4 58A Splendid serve 3 59A See 17-Across 11 63A Apply gently 3 64A Succulents that soothe 5 65A Exams for future docs 5 66A P.D. alert 3 67A Daredevil's deed 5 68A Painter's plaster 5

Down

1D The "U" in UHF 5 2D Pronoun pair 5 3D Amniocentesis targets 5 4D ___ to go (stoked) 5 5D Broke bread 3 6D Penalty box, in hockey lingo 6 7D Also-ran's remark 5 8D "Am-scray!" 3 9D Gullet 3 10D One-named Cuban-born designer who fashioned Nancy Reagan's red outfits 6 11D Thin paper 9 12D Phoenix neighbor 5 13D "Slammin' Sammy" of baseball 4 18D Poet Teasdale who won a Pulitzer for her volume "Love Songs" 4 23D Spicy Sweet Chili chip 6 25D Dentist's directive 4 26D Toy that might "walk the dog" 4 27D Keats creations 4 30D Tire inflation meas. 3 31D Bottom line? 3 32D In short supply, as energy 9 33D Muscle-bone connectors 6 34D D&D, e.g. 3 36D Forever and a day 3 37D To some extent 3 39D Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas 4 40D Links numbers 4 41D It comes to mind 4 46D Consider 6 47D "Finally!" 6 48D ___ luck 4 49D "For real!," in modern slang 5 50D "Ghosts" playwright Henrik 5 51D Cease-fire 5 52D Minute amounts 5 53D Drops 5 54D "Au contraire!" 5 55D Art pioneered by Arp 4 60D Key known as "Option" on a Mac 3 61D "That means ___!" 3 62D "Srsly?!" 3