Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, January 6, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "SETINOPPOSITION".
Total Clues
76
Longest
SETINOPPOSITION
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
RYE
Featured Clue
"___ contrast"
15 Letters
SETINOPPOSITION
ALLComplete Solution List
Bread for a ham sandwich
3RYE
Unpleasant smells
5ODORS
One-named supermodel
4IMAN
Letter between rho and tau
5SIGMA
Apply gently
3DAB
Racial justice movement, for short
3BLM
Burton of "Star Trek: T.N.G."
5LEVAR
Fruity drink
3ADE
Allow to attack
5LETAT
Succulents that soothe
5ALOES
GQ or Cosmo
3MAG
Drug used to treat Parkinson's
5LDOPA
P.D. alert
3APB
The "U" in UHF
5ULTRA
Painter's plaster.
5GESSO
Daredevil's deed
5STUNT
Exams for future docs
5MCATS
Search for water, in a way
5DOWSE
Penalty box, in hockey lingo
6SINBIN
Spicy Sweet Chili chip
6DORITO
Pronoun pair
5HEHIM
Thin paper
9ONIONSKIN
___ to go (stoked)
5RARIN
Broke bread
3ATE
Temporary state
5PHASE
Phoenix neighbor
5TEMPE
Gullet
3MAW
___ contrast
15SETINOPPOSITION
Online chats, in brief
3IMS
Nickname for Rihanna
4RIRI
"Slammin' Sammy" of baseball
4SOSA
N.H.L. tiebreakers
3OTS
Lt. ___, communications officer on the original "Star Trek"
5UHURA
Its products often include wordless assembly instructions
4IKEA
Splendid serve
3ACE
Epic that ends "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses"
5ILIAD
See 17-Across
11WAYSABOUTIT
Also-ran's remark
5ILOST
Amniocentesis targets
5UTERI
Thing bound to end in failure
14NOWINSITUATION
One-named Cuban-born designer who fashioned Nancy Reagan's red outfits
6ADOLFO
Am-scray!
3GIT
Singer/dancer/actor ___ Osmond
5DONNY
Poet Teasdale who won a Pulitzer for her volume "Love Songs"
4SARA
Prefix with {/liberal/}
3NEO
Criticize harshly
3PAN
Tummy muscles
3ABS
The only person to have the opinion
14AMINORITYOFONE
With 59-Across, "This is beyond a doubt" ... or a punny hint to 24-, 38- and 49-Across
11THERESNOTWO
Analyst/ex-QB Tony ___
4ROMO
Consider
6VIEWAS
Tire inflation meas.
3PSI
Muscle-bone connectors
6SINEWS
D&D;, e.g.
3RPG
Drops
5OMITS
To some extent
3ANY
Dentist's directive
4OPEN
Forever and a day
3EON
Keats' creations
4ODES
Minute amounts
5IOTAS
It comes to mind
4IDEA
Ghosts playwright Henrik
5IBSEN
Links numbers
4PARS
Au contraire!
5NOTSO
Finally
6ATLAST
Cease-fire
5TRUCE
"For real!," in modern slang
5NOCAP
Toy that might "walk the dog"
4YOYO
In short supply, as energy
9ATALOWEBB
__ luck!
4DUMB
Country in which men traditionally wear robes called dishdashas
4OMAN
That means . . .
3YOU
Srsly?!
3OMG
Bottom line
3HEM
Key known as "Option" on a Mac
3ALT
Art pioneered by Arp
4DADA