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NYT Crossword answers for January 25, 2026

NYT Crossword · January 25, 2026 · Every hint stays hidden until you tap it

All 140 clues from the Sunday NYT Crossword (21 by 21), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.

Today's title: Alert! Alert!

Across clues and answer lengths
Across first letters
  • 1 starts with I
  • 6 starts with T
  • 14 starts with E
  • 20 starts with P
  • 21 starts with C
  • 22 starts with S
  • 23 starts with O
  • 25 starts with L
  • 26 starts with S
  • 27 starts with E
  • 28 starts with S
  • 30 starts with S
  • 31 starts with N
  • 33 starts with S
  • 36 starts with A
  • 38 starts with T
  • 41 starts with E
  • 43 starts with R
  • 45 starts with I
  • 47 starts with A
  • 49 starts with S
  • 50 starts with A
  • 51 starts with V
  • 54 starts with P
  • 58 starts with O
  • 59 starts with L
  • 60 starts with L
  • 62 starts with S
  • 63 starts with R
  • 65 starts with R
  • 67 starts with H
  • 69 starts with C
  • 70 starts with W
  • 75 starts with P
  • 76 starts with T
  • 77 starts with A
  • 78 starts with Y
  • 79 starts with E
  • 81 starts with K
  • 84 starts with E
  • 86 starts with E
  • 89 starts with I
  • 91 starts with S
  • 94 starts with V
  • 95 starts with F
  • 96 starts with S
  • 97 starts with S
  • 98 starts with F
  • 103 starts with S
  • 105 starts with G
  • 106 starts with O
  • 107 starts with M
  • 109 starts with A
  • 111 starts with R
  • 112 starts with A
  • 114 starts with H
  • 116 starts with S
  • 120 starts with C
  • 122 starts with S
  • 126 starts with E
  • 127 starts with O
  • 128 starts with F
  • 129 starts with D
  • 130 starts with N
  • 131 starts with S
Show the across answers
  • 1 Across: Baggage accessory IDTAG
  • 6 Across: Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season TEDLASSO
  • 14 Across: In which baby spiders develop EGGSAC
  • 20 Across: Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas" PRADO
  • 21 Across: "I want to hear about that!" CLUEMEIN
  • 22 Across: Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex SLEEVE
  • 23 Across: "That cabinet with plates looks awfully full" OUTOFDISKSPACE
  • 25 Across: Triangular sail LATEEN
  • 26 Across: Food court pizzeria SBARRO
  • 27 Across: Some M.I.T. grads, for short EES
  • 28 Across: Resort amenity SPA
  • 30 Across: Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos" SAGET
  • 31 Across: A noble gas NEON
  • 33 Across: It's good for the long haul SEMI
  • 36 Across: Sphere of creativity ARTSCENE
  • 38 Across: Private investigator, informally TEC
  • 41 Across: Cheese in a wax coating EDAM
  • 43 Across: "It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right" RUNTIMEERROR
  • 45 Across: Persian Gulf nation IRAQ
  • 47 Across: Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels AVIA
  • 49 Across: Mix up STIR
  • 50 Across: Actress Edebiri of "The Bear" AYO
  • 51 Across: "Is that a cough I hear?" VIRUSDETECTED
  • 54 Across: Event for V.I.P. customers PRESALE
  • 58 Across: The planets in our solar system, e.g. OCTET
  • 59 Across: Sci-fi princess LEIA
  • 60 Across: Stretchy material LYCRA
  • 62 Across: Freight barge SCOW
  • 63 Across: Not fantastical REAL
  • 65 Across: La Città Eterna ROMA
  • 67 Across: Haunted house sound HOWL
  • 69 Across: Something to use on your break? CUE
  • 70 Across: "Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in" WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
  • 75 Across: Group of humpbacks POD
  • 76 Across: ___ Bora (embattled Afghan region) TORA
  • 77 Across: Tel ___ AVIV
  • 78 Across: Designer Saint Laurent YVES
  • 79 Across: Little bits of energy ERGS
  • 81 Across: New Zealanders, familiarly KIWIS
  • 84 Across: Color of undyed linen ECRU
  • 86 Across: Course that doesn’t require much studying EASYA
  • 89 Across: "Gimme, gimme!" INEEDIT
  • 91 Across: "Those pancakes are piled way too high!" STACKOVERFLOW
  • 94 Across: Boxy transport VAN
  • 95 Across: Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá FLOR
  • 96 Across: Like close-fitting clothes SNUG
  • 97 Across: It's just under a foot SOLE
  • 98 Across: "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" FILETOOLARGE
  • 103 Across: Undesirable roommate SLOB
  • 105 Across: Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution GOD
  • 106 Across: Part of M.O. OPERANDI
  • 107 Across: Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs" MOTH
  • 109 Across: Isn't feeling great AILS
  • 111 Across: Large flightless birds RHEAS
  • 112 Across: National Poetry Mo. APR
  • 114 Across: "That ship ___ sailed" HAS
  • 116 Across: Beverage brewed outside using natural heat SUNTEA
  • 120 Across: ___ beef CORNED
  • 122 Across: "Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!" SERVERNOTFOUND
  • 126 Across: Passes ENACTS
  • 127 Across: Chips may go into it ONIONDIP
  • 128 Across: Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award FONDA
  • 129 Across: Have no stomach for DETEST
  • 130 Across: Doesn't care for NEGLECTS
  • 131 Across: Unexpected jerk SPASM
Down clues and answer lengths
Down first letters
  • 1 starts with I
  • 2 starts with D
  • 3 starts with T
  • 4 starts with A
  • 5 starts with G
  • 6 starts with T
  • 7 starts with E
  • 8 starts with D
  • 9 starts with L
  • 10 starts with A
  • 11 starts with S
  • 12 starts with S
  • 13 starts with O
  • 14 starts with E
  • 15 starts with G
  • 16 starts with G
  • 17 starts with S
  • 18 starts with A
  • 19 starts with C
  • 24 starts with D
  • 29 starts with A
  • 32 starts with N
  • 34 starts with M
  • 35 starts with I
  • 37 starts with T
  • 38 starts with T
  • 39 starts with E
  • 40 starts with C
  • 42 starts with M
  • 44 starts with T
  • 46 starts with Q
  • 48 starts with A
  • 52 starts with S
  • 53 starts with C
  • 54 starts with P
  • 55 starts with A
  • 56 starts with L
  • 57 starts with E
  • 61 starts with C
  • 64 starts with L
  • 66 starts with A
  • 68 starts with L
  • 70 starts with W
  • 71 starts with W
  • 72 starts with A
  • 73 starts with T
  • 74 starts with L
  • 75 starts with P
  • 80 starts with S
  • 82 starts with I
  • 83 starts with S
  • 85 starts with U
  • 87 starts with Y
  • 88 starts with A
  • 90 starts with D
  • 92 starts with A
  • 93 starts with E
  • 95 starts with F
  • 98 starts with F
  • 99 starts with I
  • 100 starts with L
  • 101 starts with O
  • 102 starts with E
  • 104 starts with B
  • 108 starts with H
  • 110 starts with S
  • 113 starts with R
  • 115 starts with S
  • 117 starts with T
  • 118 starts with E
  • 119 starts with A
  • 121 starts with D
  • 123 starts with R
  • 124 starts with V
  • 125 starts with O
Show the down answers
  • 1 Down: Major N.Y.S.E. events IPOS
  • 2 Down: Beat handily DRUB
  • 3 Down: "See ya later!" TATA
  • 4 Down: Deck out ADORN
  • 5 Down: Walk GOFREE
  • 6 Down: Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T in 1999 TCI
  • 7 Down: "What ___?" ELSE
  • 8 Down: William, Edward and Harry, e.g. DUKES
  • 9 Down: To a ___ degree LESSER
  • 10 Down: Stage booster AMP
  • 11 Down: Domain for salty dogs SEA
  • 12 Down: Urges to attack, with "on" SICS
  • 13 Down: What this hand has: AAKQ6 ONEPAIR
  • 14 Down: Fluency-building subj. ESL
  • 15 Down: Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk GLASSEYE
  • 16 Down: Convey GETACROSS
  • 17 Down: Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" SEEGER
  • 18 Down: Skin care company AVEENO
  • 19 Down: Football snapper CENTER
  • 24 Down: Thingamabob DOODAD
  • 29 Down: Either side of a cheerleader's "A" ARM
  • 32 Down: Kind of orange NAVEL
  • 34 Down: It's not optional MUST
  • 35 Down: Silicon Valley giant INTEL
  • 37 Down: Easily detached TEARAWAY
  • 38 Down: Pioneering DVR brand TIVO
  • 39 Down: George Orwell's first name at birth ERIC
  • 40 Down: Purchase for the Atari 2600 CARTRIDGE
  • 42 Down: One cutting corners MITERSAW
  • 44 Down: Neat TIDY
  • 46 Down: One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky QUEEN
  • 48 Down: "Trade discount" quintet AEIOU
  • 52 Down: German for "city" STADT
  • 53 Down: Something to pitch CAMP
  • 54 Down: Univ. worker PROF
  • 55 Down: Site-seeing list? ACCESSLOG
  • 56 Down: Forte LOUD
  • 57 Down: Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun EWE
  • 61 Down: V-shaped designs CHEVRONS
  • 64 Down: Visit, as for a safety check LOOKINON
  • 66 Down: Mathematician Lovelace ADA
  • 68 Down: Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself LIVER
  • 70 Down: Frayed WORN
  • 71 Down: Court order WRIT
  • 72 Down: With, in Oise AVEC
  • 73 Down: Exam marks TICKS
  • 74 Down: N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly LEAFS
  • 75 Down: Smallest Canadian prov. PEI
  • 80 Down: Canning package? SEVERANCE
  • 82 Down: Mallorca, por ejemplo ISLA
  • 83 Down: Reason for turbulence STORM
  • 85 Down: Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have UVULA
  • 87 Down: Modern "seize the day" YOLO
  • 88 Down: Stunned AWED
  • 90 Down: Computer model inputs DATASETS
  • 92 Down: Ship that transported the Golden Fleece ARGO
  • 93 Down: Hardly a team player EGOIST
  • 95 Down: Betrays, in a way FLIPSON
  • 98 Down: Like an unnatural smile FORCED
  • 99 Down: Tech debut of 2007 IPHONE
  • 100 Down: Examine creepily LEERAT
  • 101 Down: ___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost") ODA
  • 102 Down: World's most-produced organic compound ETHENE
  • 104 Down: Puts up a false front BLUFFS
  • 108 Down: Property of curium, but not cerium HARDC
  • 110 Down: Eavesdrop, e.g. SNOOP
  • 113 Down: Surrealist Magritte RENE
  • 115 Down: Fit of irritation SNIT
  • 117 Down: Fish in niçoise salad TUNA
  • 118 Down: Cuts off ENDS
  • 119 Down: Actor Brody of "The O.C." ADAM
  • 121 Down: "Spring forward" hrs. DST
  • 123 Down: Illegally interfere with, as an election RIG
  • 124 Down: Remote abbr. VOL
  • 125 Down: Special ___ OPS
Show the solved grid
1I2D3T4A5G6T7E8D9L10A11S12S13O14E15G16G17S18A19C20PRADO21CLUEMEIN22SLEEVE23OUTOF24DISKSPACE25LATEEN26SBARRO27EES28SP29A30SAGET31NEO32N33SE34M35I36AR37TSCENE38T39E40C41EDA42M43RUN44TIMEERROR45IRA46Q47AVI48A49STIR50AYO51VIRU52SDETE53CTED54PRES55A56L57E58OCTET59LEIA60LY61CRA62SCOW63REA64L65ROM66A67HOW68L69CUE70WINDO71WSUPD72A73TEFAI74LED75POD76TORA77AVIV78YVES79ERG80S81KIW82I83S84ECR85U86EAS87Y88A89INEE90DIT91ST92ACKOV93ERFLOW94VAN95FLOR96SNUG97SOLE98F99I100LETO101OLARG102E103SLO104B105GOD106OPERANDI107MOT108H109AIL110S111RHEAS112AP113R114HA115S116SUN117T118E119A120CORNE121D122SE123R124VERN125OTFOUND126ENACTS127ONIONDIP128FONDA129DETEST130NEGLECTS131SPASM

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