WEDNESDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 31 ACROSS · 37 DOWN
Daily Themed Crossword January 7 2026 Answers
Below is the full clue list for the January 7, 2026 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.
1A
Soaked in water, like a towel
WET
3
4A
Chapel bench
PEW
3
7A
Graduation ceremony headwear
CAP
3
10A
Spooky-sounding Great Lake
ERIE
4
12A
Hawaiian flower necklace
LEI
3
13A
Scrabble piece
TILE
4
14A
Sport where you can hit a home run
BASEBALL
8
16A
Staircase unit
STEP
4
17A
Actress Dennings from "2 Broke Girls"
KAT
3
18A
Rolls-___ (luxury car maker)
ROYCE
5
19A
Sleep time need which can come in king or queen size
BED
3
22A
"Everybody ___ Raymond," sitcom about a family man which is referenced by Jake Peralta in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
LOVES
5
25A
Qatari, for one
ARAB
4
27A
Opposite of "inputs"
OUTPUTS
7
32A
___ of passage (ceremonial event)
RITE
4
33A
Christmas tree
FIR
3
34A
When doubled, a toy train's sound
CHOO
4
35A
Political series starring Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, whose on-screen drama is watched by the characters in "Jane the Virgin"
SCANDAL
7
37A
Prefix with "gram" to mean an ultrasound image
SONO
4
38A
Like purchases made within a game: Hyph.
INAPP
5
41A
Brooding sort
HEN
3
42A
"The ___ Bunch," sitcom about a blended family which inspires the dating schemes used in "The Goldbergs"
BRADY
5
46A
Pharaoh's snake symbol
ASP
3
48A
Lead-in to "dynamic"
AERO
4
49A
"Shaken, not stirred" drinks
MARTINIS
8
54A
"___ of Thrones," fantasy drama with warring houses and dragons that gets a shoutout when Dwight teaches a coworker Dothraki in "The Office"
GAME
4
55A
"Just fine," at NASA: Hyph.
AOK
3
56A
Spacious bag for veggie shopping
TOTE
4
57A
On the ___ (secretly)
SLY
3
58A
Big t-shirt sizes, for short
XLS
3
59A
Spin like ___ (rotate rapidly): 2 wds.
ATOP
4
1D
Fly catcher made by a spider
WEB
3
2D
Historical period of time
ERA
3
3D
"My country, ___ of thee ..."
TIS
3
4D
Greek philosopher who was Aristotle's teacher
PLATO
5
5D
Fish that resembles a snake
EEL
3
6D
___ Wheaton, actor of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
WIL
3
7D
"Sex and the ___," comedy about four friends navigating life and dating in NYC, whose theme song is featured as a ringtone in "2 Broke Girls"
CITY
4
8D
___ Baldwin, actor from "30 Rock"
ALEC
4
9D
___ Le Pew (cartoon character)
PEPE
4
11D
Kin to "Yikes!"
EEK
3
13D
General ___ (chicken dish on a Chinese menu)
TSO
3
15D
Amount due, for short
BAL
3
18D
Character string after "Q"
RST
3
19D
Happy hour venues
BARS
4
20D
___ Clapton, "Wonderful Tonight" musician
ERIC
4
21D
___ science (subject that deals with analytics)
DATA
4
23D
"Ta-da!" in France
VOILA
5
24D
The "E" in EU, for short
EUR
3
26D
Big ___ (clock tower in London)
BEN
3
28D
HP or Dell products: Abbr.
PCS
3
29D
"That doesn't sound good": Hyph.
UHOH
4
30D
"Please leave a message after the ___" (voicemail words)
TONE
4
31D
Directly
SOON
4
33D
Swiftie, e.g.
FAN
3
36D
Like some easy craft projects: Abbr.
DIY
3
39D
"___ and Recreation," mockumentary about quirky local government workers, with Easter eggs that can be seen in "The Good Place"
PARKS
5
40D
Seattle time zone in December: Abbr.
PST
3
42D
Book carriers for children
BAGS
4
43D
Very, informally
REAL
4
44D
Navy's football rival
ARMY
4
45D
Female in the forest
DOE
3
47D
Gyros wrapper
PITA
4
49D
___ Verstappen, second-generation F1 racer
MAX
3
50D
Pioneering internet company: Abbr.
AOL
3
51D
"This is ___ a drill"
NOT
3
52D
Figure skater Midori
ITO
3
53D
World Ozone Day month, for short
SEP
3
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1W
2E
3T
4P
5E
6W
7C
8A
9P
10E
R
I
11E
12L
E
I
13T
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L
E
14B
A
S
E
15B
A
L
L
16S
T
E
P
17K
A
T
18R
O
Y
C
E
19B
20E
21D
22L
O
23V
24E
S
25A
R
A
26B
27O
U
T
28P
29U
30T
31S
32R
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T
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33F
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R
34C
H
O
O
35S
C
A
N
36D
A
L
37S
O
N
O
38I
N
A
39P
40P
41H
E
N
42B
43R
44A
45D
Y
46A
S
47P
48A
E
R
O
49M
50A
R
T
I
51N
52I
53S
54G
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M
E
55A
O
K
56T
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57S
L
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58X
L
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59A
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The completed 13 x 13 grid for January 7, 2026. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.
About the January 7, 2026 puzzle
The January 7, 2026 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 31 across and 37 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Wednesday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.
There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the January 7 2026 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.