📅 January 16, 2026
Daily Themed Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers
All 66 Crossword Answers
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prefix with angle or pod | TRI |
| 2 | ___ me with your best shot! (Do your worst!) | HIT |
| 3 | Letters after D | EFG |
| 4 | Finding ___ Tin Tin (movie starring a German Shepherd) | RIN |
| 5 | ___ of spades | ACE |
| 6 | Gymnast's floor cover | MAT |
| 7 | Pops a question | ASKS |
| 8 | Under ___ (David Bowie and Queen hit) | PRESSURE |
| 9 | Mexican currency | PESO |
| 10 | Skyfall and Hello singer | ADELE |
| 11 | ___: Miami (police drama): Abbr. | CSI |
| 12 | Happy as ___ at high tide (happy and carefree): 2 wds. | ACLAM |
| 13 | Stephen ___ astrophysicist who famously disagreed and wagered with fellow scientist John Preskill over the black hole information paradox | HAWKING |
| 14 | Not bad but not great: Hyph. | SOSO |
| 15 | Spanish diminutive | ITO |
| 16 | Got up from a chair | STOOD |
| 17 | Cobra ___ (TV show starring Ralph Macchio) | KAI |
| 18 | Messy person informally | SLOB |
| 19 | Charles ___ scientist known for his theory of evolution who both collaborated and debated with his contemporary Alfred Wallace | DARWIN |
| 20 | Live ___! (Taco Bell slogan) | MAS |
| 21 | Thick blackish liquid used on roads | TAR |
| 22 | Isaac ___ scientist known for identifying gravity who famously argued with his contemporary Leibniz over who invented calculus first | NEWTON |
| 23 | What a genie gives you three of | WISH |
| 24 | Marley in Marley & Me e.g. | DOG |
| 25 | Power plant output for short | ELEC |
| 26 | Collage maker's adhesive | GLUE |
| 27 | Fix the result of | RIG |
| 28 | Margaret ___ anthropologist known for her work with youth whose book was heavily contested by David Freeman | MEAD |
| 29 | Sings without words | HUMS |
| 30 | 12-month periods for short | YRS |
| 31 | H.S. graduation attendees for short | SRS |
| 32 | One in a rainforest | TREE |
| 33 | Equipment used to catch a mouse often seen in Tom and Jerry | TRAP |
| 34 | ___ and shine! (Wake up!) | RISE |
| 35 | Calligrapher's fluids | INKS |
| 36 | Die ___ (Bruce Willis movie) | HARD |
| 37 | Drink brand with a polar bear mascot | ICEE |
| 38 | Nikola ___ scientist after whom Cybertruck's brand is named who also rivaled Thomas Edison's DC electric system | TESLA |
| 39 | Australian flightless bird | EMU |
| 40 | ___ and wide (over a large area) | FAR |
| 41 | Former telecom giant (anagram of get): Abbr. | GTE |
| 42 | Foot covering often worn often with a shoe | SOCK |
| 43 | Emulate Vincent van Gogh say | PAINT |
| 44 | Parts of a minute for short | SECS |
| 45 | Elizabeth to Ashley Olsen for short | SIS |
| 46 | Character played by Tom Hiddleston in The Avengers | LOKI |
| 47 | Wise ___ owl: 2 wds. | ASAN |
| 48 | French for me | MOI |
| 49 | He is ___ father's son after all | HIS |
| 50 | The Braves on scoreboards | ATL |
| 51 | Try to win over romantically | WOO |
| 52 | Zeus or Thor e.g. | GOD |
| 53 | Quaker bit | OAT |
| 54 | Attract as attention | DRAW |
| 55 | Audi rival: Abbr. | BMW |
| 56 | ___ brothers (siblings who were the first to take flight in an airplane) | WRIGHT |
| 57 | Up and ___ (wake-up call): 2 wds. | ATEM |
| 58 | Sneaker's bottoms | SOLES |
| 59 | Spider-___ (black-and-white character from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) | NOIR |
| 60 | Do not put all your ___ in one basket | EGGS |
| 61 | In close proximity | NEAR |
| 62 | Talk while drunk | SLUR |
| 63 | David ___ Enlightenment-era philosopher whose views were fiercely criticized by his contemporary Thomas Reid | HUME |
| 64 | Like toast without butter | DRY |
| 65 | '90s music collector's stack: Abbr. | CDS |
| 66 | Ending for Japan or Vietnam | ESE |