NYT Crossword January 9, 2026 Answers

Across

1A Crush 9 10A They get picked up at clubs 4 14A Winning like crazy 9 15A Surfing destinations, for short 4 16A Places many Cubans are found 10 18A Noggin 4 19A Clumsy oafs 4 20A "You better believe it!" 8 22A Bad thing to have in a poker game 4 25A Dumps 5 26A Apple core? 3 28A Confirmation from a maître d' 3 30A "I didn't do it!" 5 34A Stealthy flier 10 39A Bummer at a casino game 4 40A It often comes with the job 15 42A ___ Slush (frozen fruit drink) 4 43A "Watch your mouth!" 10 44A Old-timey oath 5 46A Firm up 3 47A Eats 3 48A Was rude on the road or the dance floor 5 52A "Weed ’Em and ___," gardening book whose title is a spoonerism 4 54A Led the charge 8 57A Prepares for a wild night, maybe 4 60A Monopoly token retired in 2017 4 61A He's great for the time being 10 64A Be just chillin' 4 65A "Beats me!" 9 66A Jazz coda? 4 67A Unpack for the night, in a way 9

Down

1D Small bit, in Bogotá 4 2D Windows alternative 4 3D Something you have trouble putting down 10 4D Gradually introduce, with "in" 5 5D The Beatles' "___ Blues" 3 6D Varieties of this include chocolate and yellow 3 7D "Then again …," to a texter 4 8D Puzzles 5 9D Build 5 10D Footwear that lacks defined heels 9 11D An "A" in geometry 4 12D Dull 4 13D Often-redacted fig. 3 17D Item that someone with cold feet might have 3 21D Verb that fills in the blanks of its own synonym: _ _AR_ 3 23D Be just chillin' 4 24D Vividly shocking 5 26D Kind of fever 5 27D Ballade or étude 5 29D Analogy words 4 31D Raccoon, humorously 10 32D It's bubbling below the surface 5 33D Pointers for some fighters? 5 35D Rom-com plot points 9 36D Channel offering deals 3 37D There are more than 2.3 million in N.Y.C.: Abbr. 4 38D Industrial cutter 5 41D Oscar winner Blanchett 4 45D Shady, in modern parlance 3 49D Flat hat 3 50D Elba who portrayed Nelson Mandela 5 51D "Some ___!" 5 53D Shenanigan 5 54D Java ingredient? 4 55D Listing on a jobs website 4 56D Losing effort 4 58D Wilde thing 4 59D Cashless transaction 4 60D Ad or show follower 3 62D African grazer 3 63D Challenge from a hard-hit ground ball, perhaps 3