Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Saturday, January 17, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Saturday, January 17, 2026 features 72 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "MMMDCCCLXXXVIII".
Total Clues
72
Longest
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
Avg Length
5.4
Shortest
ODD
Featured Clue
"Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals"
15 Letters
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
ALLComplete Solution List
Expressions of disbelief or exasperation
9FACEPALMS
What "margarita" means in Spanish
5DAISY
Reputable, in a way
9BRANDNAME
What Anora and Vanya do in 2024's "Anora"
5ELOPE
Too late, say
9OUTOFTIME
Advocate for the political mobilization of the proletariat
5LENIN
People often manage with them, in brief
4MBAS
You might say "Hmm" when something is this
3ODD
Toppings blended with ice cream
6MIXINS
Anti-troll measure
3BAN
Tchotchke
10KNICKKNACK
Protection from drops
8RAINCOAT
With 27-Down, fateful time for a sorority pledge
3BID
City in Illinois's "Little Egypt" region
5CAIRO
Demure
3COY
Plant with psychoactive leaves
4COCA
Offload (on)
5FOIST
Famous monogram found backward in the alphabet
3MLK
Tall and thin
5LANKY
Revel in
4BASK
One of five in a typical big band
3SAX
Archetypes
5MOLDS
"All that really matters is if your rhymes was ___" (MF Doom lyric)
3ILL
Artificially unsophisticated
8FAUXNAIF
Units for a high-resolution camera
10MEGAPIXELS
Interval
3GAP
Setups for some elaborate group pictures
6RISERS
Subject to careful appraisal
3VET
Lawyer's assignment
4CASE
Not budging
5INERT
Ones running along a road
9SIDEWALKS
Bracket contents
5TEAMS
Where someone's height may be stretched?
9TINDERBIO
With 39-Down, pretentiously creative
5ARTSY
What antiperspirants can prevent
9PITSTAINS
Crude thing to drop, familiarly
5FBOMB
Westernmost territory of the Netherlands
5ARUBA
Board game with resources
5CATAN
Grandson of Eve
4ENOS
Many an attachment
3PDF
___ Carlos Jobim, father of the bossa nova
7ANTONIO
Made, as an easy basketball shot
6LAIDIN
Longest number writable in standard Roman numerals
15MMMDCCCLXXXVIII
Spy
3SEE
Use a roller on, as a jacket
6DELINT
Digital assistant
5ALEXA
In which opposites attract
9IONICBOND
Flashy taekwondo moves
9SPINKICKS
Cravings
4YENS
"All right," folksily
4MKAY
Super Mario ___
4KART
Eccentric
4KOOK
Cybersecurity assessment
4RISK
See 26-Across
3DAY
Worker who's the subject of the song "Sixteen Tons"
9COALMINER
Cabin choice
9AISLESEAT
Baby rhino
4CALF
Part of the D.O.J.
3FBI
So-called "Valley Isle"
4MAUI
Writer Lowry
4LOIS
Good marks
4SAPS
Egg cream alternatives
7MALTEDS
See 54-Across
6FARTSY
Quaint contraction
6NEEDNT
Gentlemen, jocularly
5GERMS
Korean barbecue rib dish
5GALBI
Greet hospitably at the door
5ASKIN
Dough at a taquerÃa
5PESOS
Servant in "The Handmaid's Tale"
4RITA
Beloved, in Italian
4CARA
Product with the additive zinc dithiophosphate
3STP
Like the weather in much of Equatorial Guinea
3WET