Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Monday, January 12, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Monday, January 12, 2026 features 81 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "SAYITDONTSPRAYIT".
Total Clues
81
Longest
SAYITDONTSPRAYIT
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
ECO
Featured Clue
"Rhyming advice to a spitting talker"
16 Letters
SAYITDONTSPRAYIT
ALLComplete Solution List
Intimidate, with "out"
5PSYCH
Bird's dramatic dive
5SWOOP
Place to store a lawn mower
4SHED
Hawaiian greeting
5ALOHA
Cold brew
5NITRO
Concluding part of a song
4CODA
Rhyming advice to a spitting talker
16SAYITDONTSPRAYIT
Halt
4STOP
___-anxiety (fear of harm to the environment caused by human activity)
3ECO
Use, as machinery
7OPERATE
Lots and lots
6SOMANY
Acronym of affection in ASL
3ILY
E.M.T. process often administered to the beat of "Stayin' Alive"
3CPR
Rhyming advice to a gym rat
12NOPAINNOGAIN
Avoids, as capture
6ELUDES
French "not"
3PAS
Prefix that means "all"
4OMNI
Garage jobs involving grease guns
5LUBES
If all ___ fails ...
4ELSE
Comic/TV host O'Brien
5CONAN
Man's name that's a citrus fruit spelled backward
4EMIL
Substance that's a homophone and anagram of 51-Across
3ORE
Reddish-brown antiseptic in a first-aid kit
6IODINE
Rhyming advice to a renter of VHS tapes
12BEKINDREWIND
Contraction that's a homophone and anagram of 45-Across
3OER
Massachusett's cape
3COD
Smooched
6KISSED
"I'll take the blame here"
7MYFAULT
Liquid that circulates in a plant
3SAP
Locale for Adam and Eve
4EDEN
Rhyming advice to a procrastinator
16YOUSNOOZEYOULOSE
Fairy-tale villain
4OGRE
Lock of hair
5TRESS
Leaf on a sushi tray
5SHISO
Broad inlets
4BAYS
Handle, as matters
5SEETO
Conceal for the time being, as information
5SITON
Get a grade other than an F
4PASS
Mattress supporter
4SLAT
Toy that can go "around the world"
4YOYO
You might let these "fall where they may"
5CHIPS
A chef might wear a puffy white one
3HAT
Chocolate treat designed to look like a mountaintop
6SNOCAP
Actress Ryder of "Beetlejuice"
6WINONA
Baseball's Mel
3OTT
In that range
4ORSO
Mary who sings "In every job that must be done there is an element of fun"
7POPPINS
So great it's unnerving
9SCARYGOOD
Georgetown athlete
4HOYA
Put in a good word, perhaps?
4EDIT
Something circled on a calendar
4DATE
Presentations during a product unveiling
5DEMOS
Move, to a realtor
4RELO
More than 10 billion of them are currently in circulation in the U.S.
4ONES
Plaints of puppies
4YIPS
One with many Insta followers, perhaps
5CELEB
Fancy feather
5PLUME
Toy cube inventor Erno
5RUBIK
Scottish negative
3NAE
Test an OB may perform in the second trimester
5AMNIO
Silly
5INANE
Football player with a team name inspired by the California gold rush
5NINER
Where meats and cheeses are often displayed
9DELICASES
Blunder
3ERR
Vegetable that looks like a large scallion
4LEEK
Girls Who ___ (nonprofit promoting women in computer science)
4CODE
Incomplete sets on sale
7ODDLOTS
Source of motivation, in modern lingo
5INSPO
Verb preceder, typically
4NOUN
Most sagacious
6WISEST
Parent's declaration in response to defiance
6ISAYSO
New __ (capital of India)
5DELHI
"Get outta my hair!," in a text
4MYOB
Discipline for the flexible
4YOGA
Rage
4FURY
Ripped up
4TORE
Phrase sometimes chanted after a dare
4DOIT
Canadian gas brand
4ESSO
Element with the symbol Ne
4NEON
Last of 26 letters
3ZEE
Initialism on a Navy carrier
3USS