Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Tuesday, January 27, 2026 features 76 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 4.9 letters. The longest answer is "INTHESTICKS".
Total Clues
76
Longest
INTHESTICKS
Avg Length
4.9
Shortest
IVS
Featured Clue
"Far from any urban center, colloquially"
11 Letters
INTHESTICKS
ALLComplete Solution List
Potpourri piece
5PETAL
Bit of pandemic attire
4MASK
Cry from a crib, perhaps
4MAMA
Came up
5AROSE
Et ___ (and others)
4ALII
Some stadium shouts
4OLES
Give friendly bites, as a puppy might
5NIPAT
Heaps
4LOTS
Wrangler on the road
4JEEP
Hosp. hookups
3IVS
Far from any urban center, colloquially
11INTHESTICKS
Trickster figure in Native American folklore
6COYOTE
Cousin of a cravat
5ASCOT
Add as an afterthought
5TAGON
Lacking a conscience
6AMORAL
Potentially at risk, metaphorically
10OUTONALIMB
Spanish gold
3ORO
Nashville has a "grand ole" one
4OPRY
___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle)
3REO
Air passage
4DUCT
Title for M.L.K. Jr.
3REV
In a soaring mood, so to speak
10FLYINGHIGH
Moving right along
6ANYHOO
Kind of fund
5SLUSH
Jump and shout for joy
5EXULT
Ragamuffin
6URCHIN
Metaphor for a parent whose youngest has "launched" ... like the little bird whose progress is suggested by 21-, 33- and 41-Across
11EMPTYNESTER
Poem of praise
3ODE
"Captain" on Mount Ararat
4NOAH
Chew as a beaver might
4GNAW
Yay, me!
5IRULE
Doofus
4DOPE
To be, in Toulouse
4ETRE
Assuaged
5EASED
Corset component
4STAY
Medical measure
4DOSE
In poor condition
5SEEDY
Freak out
5PANIC
"Wicked" co-star Cynthia ___
5ERIVO
Downside-up
10TOPSYTURVY
Happy __ lark
3ASA
Forgive and forget
7LETITGO
Barley product
4MALT
Hi, in HI
5ALOHA
Loci
5SITES
Source of some Jumbotron entertainment
7KISSCAM
Cuban rum cocktail
6MOJITO
Actor Guinness
4ALEC
Like the ones who shall inherit the earth, in Matthew 5:5
4MEEK
Horned vipers
4ASPS
Like some highlighter colors
4NEON
___ of the Unknown Soldier
4TOMB
Like some cookies and milk
4OATY
Not, colloquially
4NARY
Engage in boisterous activity
10ROUGHHOUSE
St. Louis landmark
4ARCH
Area to build on
3LOT
Request from a dentist
4OPEN
Floral ring
3LEI
Charged particles
4IONS
Singer Rita
3ORA
Chip shape
4DISC
Cunning, like Mr. Tod or Swiper
4FOXY
Chillaxed, say
7LOUNGED
It's binding
4GLUE
Gets a move on
7HURRIES
Possible pronoun pairing
6HETHEY
Slowly, in scores
5LENTO
Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great
5TSARS
Did diddly squat
5IDLED
Tending to cling
5NEEDY
Winds up
4ENDS
Debatable
4MOOT
Cry from a crib, perhaps
4PAPA
Britishly precious
4TWEE
Issa of "The Lovebirds"
3RAE