Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, January 7, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "DOROTHYGALE".
Total Clues
76
Longest
DOROTHYGALE
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
SSN
Featured Clue
"<i>Homecoming queen?</i>"
11 Letters
DOROTHYGALE
ALLComplete Solution List
They have pHs below 7
5ACIDS
Smurf elder
4PAPA
Great animals
4APES
W-9 fig.
3SSN
Hot stuff
4LAVA
Unhealthy haze
4SMOG
Org. with a "3-1-1" rule
3TSA
Potatoes, in Indian cooking
4ALOO
Game of pursuit
3TAG
Gets better
5HEALS
Course list
4MENU
Super cool
4EPIC
Mathematician Terence
3TAO
Oh no!, in comics
3ACK
haha
3LOL
Right away!
4ASAP
Grads, now
5ALUMS
Grilled cornmeal cake
5AREPA
Uno más dos
4TRES
With all judges present
6ENBANC
Rapper Elliott
5MISSY
Sports center
5ARENA
By the item
6APIECE
"That's crazy!," on the internet
4WOAH
Places for pampering pups
7PETSPAS
<i>Homecoming queen?</i>
11DOROTHYGALE
<i>Cover girl?</i>
9NANCYDREW
<i>Cat lady?</i>
10HELLOKITTY
<i>Wing woman?</i>
10TINKERBELL
Second-most-common surname in Korea, after Kim
3LEE
Kind of makeup you're born with?
7GENETIC
XXX counterpart
3OOO
San Francisco or San Antonio
4CITY
Witherspoon who played 48-Across
5REESE
Subject of 2001 bankruptcy headlines
5ENRON
Actress Pinkett Smith of "Girls Trip"
4JADA
Text sent upon arrival
4HERE
<i>Sister-in-law?</i>
9ELLEWOODS
We need to talk
5AWORD
Certain possessive pronoun
4HERS
Gave a meal
3FED
Musical genre that's the subject of the 2007 book "Everybody Hurts"
3EMO
Enjoy a home-cooked meal, say
6DINEIN
On behalf of
3FOR
Miss, e.g.
3SHE
Not right
4AWRY
Circadian dysrhythmia, less fancily
6JETLAG
"Black Jeopardy!" show, in brief
3SNL
Nobel, for one
5AWARD
Bold accessory for a suit
8POWERTIE
Clear up, as a windshield
5DEFOG
Chain email abbr.
3FWD
Secrecy
7STEALTH
Clear, as a whiteboard
5ERASE
Travel option that serves 46 states
6AMTRAK
Snoopy
4NOSY
Sincere
7EARNEST
Later
6SEEYOU
Kutcher of "That '70s Show"
6ASHTON
Purple boba choice
4TARO
Small bouquet
4POSY
... almost there
5CLOSE
__ 'nuff!
3SHO
Day for hunting
6EASTER
Words of concurrence
6IDOTOO
Back off (from)
7SHYAWAY
Kitchen grinder
6PESTLE
Dr. Seuss's Sam-___
3IAM
Cynophilist
8DOGLOVER
Hawaiian-pizza topping
3HAM
The Bear actress Edebiri
3AYO
Equivalent of a 1.3 G.P.A., say
5DPLUS
Virus of sorts
7MALWARE
Savory rice porridge
6CONGEE
Biblical collection of 150 poems
6PSALMS
Lilly of pharmaceuticals
3ELI