Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Wednesday, January 14, 2026 features 78 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.8 letters. The longest answer is "BROADWAYMUSICAL".
Total Clues
78
Longest
BROADWAYMUSICAL
Avg Length
4.8
Shortest
TWO
Featured Clue
""Sunday in the Park With George," for one"
15 Letters
BROADWAYMUSICAL
ALLComplete Solution List
Wasn't even close, as in comparison
5PALED
Fashion name that's become slang for "excellent"
5GUCCI
Binary 10, in decimal value
3TWO
Garlicky sauce
5AIOLI
Beef up the arsenal, say
5REARM
Tuna variety
3AHI
"Sunday in the Park With George," for one
15BROADWAYMUSICAL
Big ___ (audacious thing to make)
3ASK
Ref. work with over 600,000 words
3OED
Moves (over)
6SCOOTS
Signs
4INKS
Nonsense
5PSHAW
"Oh, that does make sense"
4ISEE
Milker's handful
4TEAT
They may be fixed or variable
5RATES
River at Memphis
4NILE
We want more!
6ENCORE
Ump's call
3OUT
Jerry's uncle on "Seinfeld"
3LEO
Sent away for
7ORDERED
Historic stretch
3ERA
That's a me problem
3EGO
Madison Square Garden team
6KNICKS
Sporty Pontiacs of the 1960s
4GTOS
Actress Thompson of "Westworld"
5TESSA
Oceanic
4VAST
Ill-considered
4RASH
Wired
5HYPER
Unappetizing gruel
4SLOP
Like a dress that falls short?
6PETITE
Burlesque accessory
3BOA
Vietnamese noodle dish
3PHO
Pulitzer-winning composer and lyricist of "Sunday in the Park With George"
15STEPHENSONDHEIM
Greenwich Village's Stonewall ___
3INN
Poet who wrote "Only through time time is conquered"
5ELIOT
Grub, e.g.
5LARVA
Pathetic
3SAD
Linking point
5NEXUS
German industrial city
5ESSEN
Old sunscreen initialism
4PABA
Gets off one's chest
4AIRS
Ones who probably aren't buying it?
10LOOKIELOOS
She, in São Paulo
3ELA
Performed well enough
5DIDOK
Alum
4GRAD
180
3UEY
Bit of spy gear, informally
3CAM
Defeat decisively
5CRUSH
Mock "Ooh, you frighten me!"
8IMSCARED
Kind of shell
4TACO
Wait!
4WHAT
Makes less noisy, in a way
4OILS
"The Magnificent Seven" or "The Hateful Eight"
7WESTERN
Where Caitlin Clark played Division I basketball
4IOWA
Once called
3NEE
Warm-up lap leader
7PACECAR
They communicate through bill-clattering
6STORKS
Cove
5INLET
Battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War, e.g.
5SIEGE
Salad green
6ENDIVE
Tunes with an irresistible rhythm
10TOETAPPERS
Change across the Atlantic
5EUROS
Squirrel away
5STASH
Lies atop
7RESTSON
Very well
8OKAYTHEN
Miracle-___
3GRO
Modern suffix with situation
4SHIP
Key's longtime partner in sketch comedy
5PEELE
51-Across server
5LADLE
Trident-shaped letters
4PSIS
Sicilian landmark
4ETNA
Look after
4TEND
Most online customer service agents nowadays
4BOTS
Queen's domain
4HIVE
Sultanate near Yemen
4OMAN
Cancel
3NIX
Trifling amount
3SOU
Is blessed with
3HAS