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New York Times, Monday, January 19, 2026

Author:
Peter Gorman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul"
TotalDebutLatest
32/20/20251/19/2026
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Peter Gorman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Gorman. Grid flow: 32.1 Monday freshness: 92%
Jim Horne notes:

The revealer LITTLE ROCK implies the other theme answer will be ROCK songs that start with a synonym for LITTLE.

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© 2026, The New York Times1/19/26 ( No. 27,831 )
Across
1
Package under a Christmas tree : GIFT
5
Old-fashioned butter maker : CHURN
10
Branded cotton swab : QTIP
14
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan : OMAR
15
In on, as a trend : HIPTO
16
Big coffee containers : URNS
17
1972 song by Elton John : TINYDANCER
19
Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings : AUDI
20
In progress : ONGOING
21
:), ;), :D and others : SMILEYS
23
Formal "you," in Spanish : USTED
25
Comedian Wong : ALI
26
Projects, as a shadow : CASTS
29
1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp : SMALLTOWN
34
Comes to light : ARISES
36
X minus III, in old Rome : VII
37
Cosmonaut Gagarin : YURI
38
Held the reins : LED
39
Spot for a massage : SPA
41
R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10 : SZA
43
Element used in bronze : TIN
44
Sporting blade : EPEE
46
Draft pick? : ALE
48
Firstborn : ELDEST
50
1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles : BABYGRAND
53
Midsection measurement : GIRTH
54
Apt rhyme for "shriek" : EEK
55
Martial arts studios : DOJOS
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Disheveled : UNKEMPT
61
Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it : CURACAO
65
Gently persuade : COAX
66
Capital of Arkansas ... or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across? : LITTLEROCK
68
In ___ land (daydreaming) : LALA
69
"I wish I could ___ that!" : UNSEE
70
A second helping, say : MORE
71
"Excuse me ..." : AHEM
72
Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car : GEARS
73
Winter coaster : SLED
Down
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___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board) : GOTO
2
"Sign me up!" : IMIN
3
Vampire's tooth : FANG
4
Auditions : TRYOUTS
5
"U-S-A! U-S-A! ...," e.g. : CHANT
6
Movable joints on a door : HINGES
7
___ code (what most product packages have) : UPC
8
Google Maps options: Abbr. : RTES
9
Bring into the mainstream : NORMALIZE
10
Counterpart of quantity : QUALITY
11
Factual : TRUE
12
Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally : INDY
13
Letters before omegas : PSIS
18
Insults : DISSES
22
Springfield is its capital: Abbr. : ILL
24
Org. with notoriously long lines : DMV
26
Biblical spy for Moses : CALEB
27
South American flatbread : AREPA
28
Lesser-played part of a 45 : SIDEB
30
ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two : AIS
31
Word before space or Mongolia : OUTER
32
Spot to find a pulse : WRIST
33
Final inning, typically : NINTH
35
Device for starting an engine : SPARKPLUG
40
In the style of : ALA
42
Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize : ALGORE
45
Test taken at the 24-Down : EYEEXAM
47
Finale : END
49
Wins over with charm : DISARMS
51
Jewel : GEM
52
Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul" : DOCTER
56
Novelist Verne : JULES
57
The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins : UCLA
58
Biblical ark builder : NOAH
59
Dark leafy green : KALE
60
Fork prong : TINE
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Chilly : COOL
63
Surveyor's measure : ACRE
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Gave a thumbs-up : OKED
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Airport screening grp. : TSA

Answer summary:
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