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NYT Crossword
Sunday, January 25, 2026

The New York Times crossword puzzle for Sunday, January 25, 2026 features 140 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.4 letters. The longest answer is "WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED".

Total Clues

140

Longest

WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED

Avg Length

5.4

Shortest

EES

Featured Clue

"<i>"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in"</i>"

19 Letters

WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED

ALLComplete Solution List

Baggage accessory

Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season

In which baby spiders develop

Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas"

"I want to hear about that!"

Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex

<i>"That cabinet with plates looks awfully full"</i>

14OUTOFDISKSPACE

Triangular sail

Food court pizzeria

Some M.I.T. grads, for short

Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos"

It's good for the long haul

Sphere of creativity

Private investigator, informally

Cheese in a wax coating

<i>"It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right"</i>

Persian Gulf nation

Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels

Actress Edebiri of "The Bear"

<i>"Is that a cough I hear?"</i>

13VIRUSDETECTED

Event for V.I.P. customers

The planets in our solar system, e.g.

Sci-fi princess

Stretchy material

Not fantastical

La Città Eterna

Haunted-house sound

Something to use on your break?

<i>"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in"</i>

19WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED

Group of humpbacks

___ Bora (embattled Afghan region)

Designer Saint Laurent

Little bits of energy

New Zealanders, familiarly

Color of undyed linen

Course that doesn't require much studying

<i>"Those pancakes are piled way too high!"</i>

13STACKOVERFLOW

Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá

Like close-fitting clothes

It's just under a foot

<i>"Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag"</i>

Undesirable roommate

Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution

Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs"

Isn't feeling great

Large flightless birds

National Poetry Mo.

That ship __ sailed

Beverage brewed outside using natural heat

<i>"Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!"</i>

14SERVERNOTFOUND

Chips may go into it

Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Have no stomach for

Doesn't care for

Unexpected jerk

Major N.Y.S.E. events

Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999

William, Edward and Harry, e.g.

Domain for salty dogs

Urges to attack, with "on"

What this hand has: A♣ A♦️ K♠ Q❤️ 6♠

Fluency-building subj.

Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk

Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer"

Skin care company

Football snapper

Either side of a cheerleader's "A"

It's not optional

Silicon Valley giant

Easily detached

Pioneering DVR brand

George Orwell's first name at birth

Purchase for the Atari 2600

One cutting corners

One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky

Trade discount quintet

German for "city"

Something to pitch

Site-seeing list?

Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun

V-shaped designs

Visit, as for a safety check

Mathematician Lovelace

Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself

N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly

Smallest Canadian prov.

Canning package?

Mallorca, por ejemplo

Reason for turbulence

Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have

Modern "seize the day"

Computer model inputs

Ship that transported the Golden Fleece

Hardly a team player?

Betrays, in a way

Like an unnatural smile

Tech debut of 2007

Examine creepily

___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost")

World's most produced organic compound

Puts up a false front

Property of curium, but not cerium

Eavesdrop, e.g.

Surrealist Magritte

Fit of irritation

Fish in niçoise salad

Actor Brody of "The O.C."

Spring forward hrs.

Illegally interfere with, as an election

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