Daily Puzzle Solution
NYT Crossword
Friday, January 30, 2026
The New York Times crossword puzzle for Friday, January 30, 2026 features 70 clues. Today's puzzle has an average answer length of 5.5 letters. The longest answer is "SPIRALGALAXY".
Total Clues
70
Longest
SPIRALGALAXY
Avg Length
5.5
Shortest
PIN
Featured Clue
"Milky Way, e.g."
12 Letters
SPIRALGALAXY
ALLComplete Solution List
Puppetry and animation
4ARTS
Piedmont province with a namesake wine
4ASTI
Stopped lying?
5SATUP
Title for Jane Goodall
4DAME
Those guys
4THEM
___ Summer (program for Annapolis freshmen)
5PLEBE
Switch to a shorter line, say
4EDIT
Product that might feature a dandelion on the label
10WEEDKILLER
Spare part?
3PIN
Melts down
11GOESBERSERK
Mention in passing
7TOUCHON
It's -90° at the South Pole: Abbr.
3LAT
Like racehorses' hooves
4SHOD
Ship-stabilizing materials
8BALLASTS
Some repurposed cornfields
5MAZES
Small branch of Marvel Comics?
9BABYGROOT
Pick
5ELECT
Common adult ed. class
3ESL
Brand whose logo has an A-shaped caliper
5ACURA
Doesn't take the regular train home, maybe
9WORKSLATE
Mylar alternative
5LATEX
Capture a moment, in fiction
8STOPTIME
Even outcome
4WASH
Chaney of classic horror
3LON
Enter here
7TEXTBOX
Don't kid yourself
11FACEREALITY
Elicit the facepalm emoji, say
3ERR
Don't panic
10REMAINCALM
Later, luv
4TATA
Materialized
5AROSE
Leader of China?
4INDO
Feeling the flu, say
4ACHY
Steps on a scale
5TONES
"Whoa ... that's too much for my brain to handle!"
4DEEP
Characters from Crete and Sparta?
4RHOS
Skilled
5ADEPT
Call ahead, in a way
5RADIO
End of a NASA countdown
10TMINUSZERO
Completist's goal
3SET
The Handmaid's Tale author
6ATWOOD
Eggshell, for one
5SHEEN
Much merch
4TEES
Cinephile's online resource
4IMDB
Milky Way, e.g.
12SPIRALGALAXY
Feature of a big-budget feature, perhaps
11ALLSTARCAST
HDTV component
4TELE
Transportation company in more than 60 countries
4UBER
Bonus
4PERK
Green
5KELLY
Tales told by flashlight
12GHOSTSTORIES
Request from someone who has completed all the courses?
11CHECKPLEASE
Turkey Day instruction
5BASTE
Fit
4ABLE
Florida setting for "The Birdcage"
10SOUTHBEACH
Whizzed
4TORE
"Elvis at ___" (classic album of Memphis recordings)
4STAX
British rowhouses
4MEWS
Every day, say
4ALOT
More than just smile
4BEAM
Fabric made from flax
5LINEN
It might get put through the wringer
6WETMOP
Jalapeño topper
5TILDE
Popular brand of 18-Across
5ORTHO
Looks below the surface?
5XRAYS
Group of Alpha males?
4FRAT
Nestlé's bubbly chocolate brand
4AERO
"This way, guys!"
4CMON
Certain psychedelic
4ACID
Pool assignment
4LANE
Bitumen lookalike
3TAR