Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Thursday, January 1, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Thursday, January 1, 2026 features 75 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.1 letters. The longest answer is "WHATABOUTBOB".
Total Clues
75
Longest
WHATABOUTBOB
Avg Length
5.1
Shortest
EPI
Featured Clue
"<i>Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss?</i>"
12 Letters
WHATABOUTBOB
ALLComplete Solution List
Assessment, informally
4EVAL
You're looking at it
4THIS
Driver of some engines
5STEAM
Piano technician
5TUNER
File type
4RASP
Quotidian
5USUAL
Prayer leader
4IMAM
Parasite's target
4HOST
Home to the first N.F.L. team to win a Super Bowl in its own stadium (2021)
5TAMPA
Prefix with genetics
3EPI
Charon's domain.
4STYX
Gorgon slain by Perseus
6MEDUSA
Sephora competitor
4ULTA
Neighbor of Java
4BALI
__ Gay
5ENOLA
Preparation for many a surprise party
4RUSE
Had no co-conspirators
10ACTEDALONE
Role for Annie Potts on "Young Sheldon"
6MEEMAW
Where many family names begin O'-
4ERIN
Test graders' aids ... or what is needed to respond to the six italicized clues in this puzzle?
10ANSWERKEYS
Like the origins of Buddhism and Hinduism
5ASIAN
Denizen of hell
5DEMON
Figure in much W.W. I propaganda
8UNCLESAM
Majestic
7STATELY
<i>Which 1991 comedy starred Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss?</i>
12WHATABOUTBOB
Bore
4TIRE
Investigate
8SCOPEOUT
Chill pill, essentially
8RELAXANT
19th letter
3TAU
<i>What Edvard Munch painting inspired a poster for "Home Alone"?</i>
9THESCREAM
Are: Fr.
4ETES
Bistecca ___ fiorentina (Italian dish)
4ALLA
One of Us, say?
5ISSUE
<i>Which unit of data storage could hold 200,000 HD movies?</i>
8PETABYTE
^
4TETE
Gift for a musician
3EAR
Some Bavarian cries
4ACHS
Kid with a route
8PAPERBOY
Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes
10DETECTIVES
It always wins, they say
5HOUSE
Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix"
8LAURENCE
Lit for fun, e.g.
5SLANG
Like most oysters served with mignonette
3RAW
Cohort
4GANG
Idly pluck, as a banjo
5THRUM
Org. for the Fever and the Dream
4WNBA
Gallant
5NOBLE
Steel rod with ridges
5REBAR
Maliciously publishes the private info of online
5DOXES
Take over for
7RELIEVE
Group of experts
5PANEL
Undisguised
5OVERT
Apropos
3APT
Sit
6PARKIT
So-called "fifth taste"
5UMAMI
Pitchers' stats
4ERAS
Entry in red ink
5DEBIT
Go for the gold
3PAN
Sounds of realization
3AHS
<i>What Mediterranean nation lies between Italy and Libya?</i>
5MALTA
Initialism for an online advertiser
3SEO
Cat breed from an island in the Irish Sea
4MANX
Pitted fruit
4PLUM
Kind of wind ... or an alternative to wind
5SOLAR
End of many modern addresses
3COM
Filled
8SATIATED
2010 release now owned by Meta, informally
5INSTA
<i>Who won Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas?"</i>
5PESCI
Educational support grp.
3PTA
Horrors!
5EGADS
Buffalo-to-Baltimore dir.
3SSE
Heart chart, for short
3ECG
Singer Stefani
4GWEN
"Mob Psycho 100" genre
5ANIME
Negative for Nikolai
4NYET