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NYT Crossword
Sunday, January 4, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, January 4, 2026 features 135 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.3 letters. The longest answer is "DOUBLECROSSED".

Total Clues

135

Longest

DOUBLECROSSED

Avg Length

5.3

Shortest

ALF

Featured Clue

"Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively"

13 Letters

DOUBLECROSSED

ALLComplete Solution List

Stares stupidly

Valletta's land

Secondary list of options

Derived from gold

Famed firefighter Red

Pesto ingredients

Egyptian god of the underworld

Make a lot, say

Ozone no-no, for short

Substances found in cured meats and explosives

With warts and all

___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter

Brewed beverage

Classification that anyone can donate to

The dash in many an emoticon

Made less angry now

General who crossed the Rubicon

Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets

Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)

Morpheus, to 25-Across

It protects the heart

It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath

Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"

Ultimate end, to Aristotle

Combine using heat without melting, as particles

Something a bug produces

Certain Army noncom

Points to a church?

What the 7 may mean in 7/11

Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel

Steals, informally

Actor Thomas ___ Church

Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website

"All right, but that's not my opinion"

"That's enough bickering!"

Devoted effort to looking attractive

Sprechen ___ Deutsch?

Buffalo's home: Abbr.

Kelly of morning TV

Whence the phrase "wear one's heart on one's sleeve"

Davis of "Thelma & Louise"

Possessed, biblically

War zone for Rambo, informally

___ quam videri (North Carolina's motto)

1940's spy grp.

Kid's summer getaway

Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon ___"

Eponym of element 96

Country whose border shape is the world's roundest

"Come on and let loose for a while!"

Hawaiian for "long mountain"

Intermission follower on Broadway

Chemist's variant

They'll get there eventually

Parts of many online handles

"I'm flattered!"

State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol

Like the cultivation of land

It's in your jeans

Wicket and Teebo of Endor, e.g.

Assuming that's true ...

Word before winner or after Wonder

Steal for ransom

Where idols go head-to-head?

Like five Across answers by five Down answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively

13DOUBLECROSSED

Small part in a gig

Violent seizure, as of property

Ready ... or a word after ready

Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot

Kyrgyzstani mountain range

<i>He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne</i>

Not gonna lie ...

<i>He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew</i>

Baby in a pouch

Fencing contests

2011 Lady Gaga hit

GPS lines: Abbr.

<i>He sold out his master in exchange for silver</i>

Prepare quickly, as eggs for breakfast

First enactors of democracy

Paired chips with dips?

Official lang. of Liberia

Jafar's parrot in "Aladdin"

Big name in makeup

Floral victory symbol

Possible scenario, to a coder

Title for a guru

Disagrees (with)

Chemistry lab dropper

Touch lightly, as a gas pedal

Lead-in to Tech

Elf portrayed by Cate Blanchett in "The Fellowship of the Ring"

Music score squiggle

Obnoxious fratty sort, colloquially

"Ruh-___!" (cry from Astro on "The Jetsons")

___ me tangere (Latin warning)

Birth month of most Virgos: Abbr.

Acorn, in the future

Ixnays from Irkutsk

<i>Driven by envy toward his comrades, he fabricated events that led to their downfall</i>

Survivor's affliction, for short

Programming language that's also a musical key

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