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FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword January 9 2026 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the January 9, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Morning hours: Abbr. AMS 3 4A Ray-___ (brand of sunglasses) BAN 3 7A Travel by ship SAIL 4 11A ___ constrictor (big snake) BOA 3 12A "Much ___ About Nothing" (Shakespearean play) ADO 3 13A Continent containing Tibet ASIA 4 14A Low-___ (diet choice) CAL 3 15A Summertime alternative to a shirt, informally TEE 3 16A "___ too shall pass" THIS 4 17A Take without permission STEAL 5 20A Baton Rouge campus: Abbr. LSU 3 22A Playwright Connelly MARC 4 25A Duster's target? CROP 4 28A Largest planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 4,333 Earth days JUPITER 7 31A "... bombs bursting ___ ..." ("The Star-Spangled Banner" lyrics): 2 wds. INAIR 5 33A City that creates "Magic" in the NBA, for short ORL 3 34A Young bear CUB 3 36A "... wasn't ___ most peculiar man?" (Simon and Garfunkel lyrics): 2 wds. HEA 3 37A Securely fasten with rope: 2 wds. TIEUP 5 40A Smallest planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 88 Earth days MERCURY 7 43A Spook someone SCARE 5 44A Male romantic partner BEAU 4 45A "Short ___ sweet" AND 3 47A Brightest planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 225 Earth days VENUS 5 51A Make, as a CD BURN 4 54A "That's ___!" ("Don't believe it!"): 2 wds. ALIE 4 57A Ninety-degree joint, say ELL 3 58A Biblical twin to Jacob ESAU 4 59A "Red Planet" in the Solar System where one year is equal to 687 Earth days MARS 4 60A "Not ___ million years!": 2 wds. INA 3 61A Beer-dispensing hardware items TAPS 4 62A Book units, briefly PGS 3 63A ___-abiding citizen LAW 3
Down
1D English basics taught in nursery school ABCS 4 2D Protective ditch around a castle (anagram of "atom") MOAT 4 3D Shopping event with discounts SALE 4 4D Nocturnal mammal that hangs upside down BAT 3 5D Suffix used with a lemon-based summer drink ADE 3 6D "The First ___" (John Stainer's Christmas carol) NOEL 4 7D Ringed planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 10,759 Earth days SATURN 6 8D Burnt wood residue ASH 3 9D Roman number for 3 III 3 10D "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas" (Hunter S. Thompson book) LAS 3 18D "Bel ___," Robert Pattinson movie AMI 3 19D Cartographic line, for short LAT 3 21D ___-fi (genre for 2025's "Frankenstein") SCI 3 23D Red button on a VCR, for short REC 3 24D Cookie jar remainder CRUMB 5 26D Hawaiian island with Honolulu OAHU 4 27D Docking site on a lake, say PIER 4 28D Writes down quickly JOTS 4 29D ___ acid (chemical waste product formed in the body) URIC 4 30D Court proposition PLEA 4 32D Line of light radiating from the Sun RAY 3 35D "Bumbling" insect? BEE 3 38D Ice-cold and tilted planet in the Solar System, where one year is equal to 30,687 Earth days URANUS 6 39D Purchase from Parker? PEN 3 41D Rants and ___ (gives a positive review) RAVES 5 42D Chalked pool stick CUE 3 46D Like many basements DAMP 4 48D Pet Shop Boys singer Tennant NEIL 4 49D Long bone in the forearm ULNA 4 50D Cole ___ (cabbage dish) SLAW 4 51D Monetary risk BET 3 52D Springsteen's "Born in the ___" USA 3 53D Knock on a door RAP 3 55D Zoom woe LAG 3 56D Tax law organization: Abbr. IRS 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 128 letters
1A
2M
3S
4B
5A
6N
7S
8A
9I
10L
11B
O
A
12A
D
O
13A
S
I
A
14C
A
L
15T
E
E
16T
H
I
S
17S
T
E
18A
19L
20L
21S
U
22M
A
23R
24C
25C
R
26O
27P
28J
29U
30P
I
T
E
R
31I
N
A
I
32R
33O
R
L
34C
U
35B
36H
E
A
37T
I
E
38U
39P
40M
E
41R
42C
U
R
Y
43S
C
A
R
E
44B
E
A
U
45A
N
46D
47V
E
48N
49U
50S
51B
52U
53R
N
54A
55L
56I
E
57E
L
L
58E
S
A
U
59M
A
R
S
60I
N
A
61T
A
P
S
62P
G
S
63L
A
W

The completed 13 x 13 grid for January 9, 2026. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the January 9, 2026 puzzle

The January 9, 2026 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 33 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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