Daily Themed Crossword January 11, 2026 Answers
Every clue and answer from the January 11, 2026 grid, in puzzle order.
January 11, 2026 — All 67 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dead ___ (road that leads to nowhere) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | Precious stone | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | Carry-___ (in-flight luggage) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | Sticky stuff | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | Actress ___ Gardner of Mogambo | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | Inventor's spark | Show answer | 4 | |
| #7 | Boat propellers | Show answer | 4 | |
| #8 | Put into words | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Pigeon or robin's home | Show answer | 4 | |
| #10 | Deal sealer when used after hand ... or before 28a left it incomplete word for a beverage ordered with burgers | Show answer | 5 | |
| #11 | Black ___ (secret military missions say) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #12 | Why would ___ to you? (hide something): 2 wds. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #13 | ___ and puffs (breathes hard after climbing the stairs perhaps) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #14 | Thing not to cry over in a phrase ... or what left the words at 17a 40a 45a 44d and 49d incomplete: 2 wds. | Show answer | 11 | |
| #15 | NYC airport: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #16 | Inc. alternative: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Drop an egg like a hen | Show answer | 3 | |
| #18 | Like top-tier celebrities: Hyph. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #19 | If push comes to ___ ... (in a decisive moment) | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Churned dairy product spread on toast ... or before 28a left it incomplete word for a fermented dairy drink used to make pancakes or soda bread | BUTTER | 6 | |
| #21 | What a French person might hope to hear after proposing | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | One on a grocery list | Show answer | 4 | |
| #23 | Dentist's concern ... or before 28a left it incomplete word for a set of baby pearly whites | Show answer | 5 | |
| #24 | Like some grapes | Show answer | 4 | |
| #25 | Golf standard | Show answer | 3 | |
| #26 | Just the Way You ___ (Bruno Mars song) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #27 | Hockey legend Bobby | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Curved geometric figure for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #30 | Currency from a Tokyo ATM | Show answer | 3 | |
| #31 | Football field measures for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #32 | Garden tool | Show answer | 3 | |
| #33 | Inflated self-images | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Ark builder in Genesis | Show answer | 4 | |
| #35 | ___ the Explorer (cartoon Spanish teacher) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #36 | Car fuel | Show answer | 3 | |
| #37 | Actress Longoria of Desperate Housewives | Show answer | 3 | |
| #38 | Cinco de ___ (Mexican holiday) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #39 | ___ to a Nightingale (poem) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Nintendo's classic gaming console: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Took a chair | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | To recap ...: 2 wds. | Show answer | 5 | |
| #43 | Hop ___ and a jump away (short distance) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #44 | Yale student | Show answer | 3 | |
| #45 | Highest degree for a professor: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Under the weather | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Some right-angled Tetris shapes phonetically | Show answer | 4 | |
| #48 | Rank and ___ (regular members) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #49 | Sunshine State for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #50 | It's the limit idiomatically | Show answer | 3 | |
| #51 | Comedy show bit | Show answer | 4 | |
| #52 | Sound rebound in a cave | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Quick punch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Winter bug you can catch | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Recipe verb | Show answer | 4 | |
| #56 | Vietnamese New Year | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | ___ and about (like a tourist say) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Compete | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Email in a thread say | Show answer | 5 | |
| #60 | Hotel room cleaner ... or before 28a left it incomplete word for a woman who works in a dairy | Show answer | 4 | |
| #61 | Apiece | Show answer | 4 | |
| #62 | Alvin and the Chipmunks e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #63 | Present! alternative in a classroom | Show answer | 4 | |
| #64 | Tofu bean ... or before 28a left it incomplete a dairy alternative | Show answer | 3 | |
| #65 | Raw metal | Show answer | 3 | |
| #66 | Ash container | Show answer | 3 | |
| #67 | Hospital workers: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 |
How the January 11, 2026 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for January 11, 2026, a Sunday. It contains 67 clues, which is a little above the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is SPILLEDMILK at 11 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 5 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 3 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2026 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
January 11, 2026 — Questions
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3 Tips for the January 11, 2026 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 67 clues with answers from 3 to 11 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
Keep the streak going
The 2026 archive holds every board from this year, and nothing is removed once published. Older boards are the cheapest practice there is, because the clue style repeats even when the answers do not.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 67 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the January 11, 2026 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
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How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.