Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, January 20, 2026 features 74 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.0 letters. The longest answer is "AMAZONWAREHOUSE".
Total Clues
74
Longest
AMAZONWAREHOUSE
Avg Length
5.0
Shortest
ASP
Featured Clue
"Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers"
15 Letters
AMAZONWAREHOUSE
ALLComplete Solution List
Small bouquets
6POSIES
In that case
4IFSO
Cleopatra's killer
3ASP
One of a record 30+ for Beyoncé
6GRAMMY
Short piano piece
8SONATINA
Improvises
6ADLIBS
One who's hanging around
8LOITERER
It begins with Alfa and ends with Zulu
12NATOALPHABET
The Falcons, on scoreboards
3ATL
Follower of "T."
3REX
Figure depicted in Michelangelo's "Pietà"
4MARY
Hellenistic storytelling
14GREEKMYTHOLOGY
Parade spoiler
4RAIN
East Coast convenience store chain with a reduplicative name
4WAWA
Modern pickup spot for delivery drivers
15AMAZONWAREHOUSE
Flatbread from India
4ROTI
Fight night souvenir, perhaps
4WELT
Historic destination for Pueblo pilgrimages
14THEGRANDCANYON
Düsseldorf denial
4NEIN
Video game creature often depicted with green skin
3ORC
One place to find a Brazilian
3SPA
Skill shared by bats and dolphins ... or, when read as two words, what 19-, 26-, 34- and 44-Across each is
12ECHOLOCATION
Group of orcas
8WHALEPOD
Groups of scouts
6TROOPS
Suddenly motivated, with "under"
8LITAFIRE
Stuck
6INARUT
Amen
3YES
Romeo or Juliet, notably
4TEEN
D-flat equivalent
6CSHARP
Tour overseer, for short
3PGA
Chicago airport code
3ORD
___ Minella ("The Muppet Show" Muppet)
3SAL
Poker declaration
4IMIN
Set sail
6EMBARK
The "S" of A.B.S.
6SYSTEM
Mallorca, por ejemplo
4ISLA
One pitied by Mr. T, in a catchphrase
4FOOL
Scissor cut
4SNIP
Words with one's right hand raised
4OATH
Novel feature of the 1974 Olds Toronado
6AIRBAG
Visibly disdainful
6SNEERY
Shindig
5PARTY
I love you, in Spanish
5TEAMO
Prefix for element #8
3OXY
Indian tourist city
4AGRA
Transport between terminals
4TRAM
Star Wars princess
4LEIA
Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem)
3ENZ
American author whose life span closely coincided with Halley's comet visits
5TWAIN
Sarcastic laugh syllable
3HAR
Be behind
3OWE
__-di-dah
3LAH
See 47-Down
3ORG
Negative logic gate that works similarly to "and"
3NOR
Sports grp. for Coco Gauff
3WTA
Not lease, say
3OWN
One-eighties
4UEYS
Unappetizing food
4SLOP
Europe's highest volcano
4ETNA
Computer whiz
6TECHIE
Drum kit components descended from "sock cymbals"
6HIHATS
___ Holmes, Netflix character played by Millie Bobby Brown
5ENOLA
With 35-Down, URL ending for Wikipedia
3DOT
Any poster on Yelp, essentially
6CRITIC
Squirrel's hoard
6ACORNS
Just now
5NEWLY
West side?
4LEFT
Mayberry boy of '60s TV
4OPIE
McIntosh (or Macintosh) component
4CORE
Port of Yemen
4ADEN
One famously preparing for a flood
4NOAH
. . . __ lack thereof
3ORA
Brita competitor
3PUR
Pennzoil competitor
3STP