Crossword Answers for Thursday, 1 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 1 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed ROMA
- 5
- Drink moderately but regularly BIB
- 8
- Using speech rather than writing ORAL
- 9
- A cruel wicked and inhuman person OGRE
- 11
- Have a particular form WENT
- 12
- Of or related to the anus ANAL
- 13
- Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck' DOE
- 15
- Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants OIL
- 16
- Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance BASTARD
- 18
- A clever remark MOT
- 19
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 20
- Sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures EXON
- 22
- A message received and understood INFO
- 25
- A small pond of standing water MERE
- 26
- Being sour to the taste ACID
- 27
- The seed of the cereal grass RYE
- 28
- Assign to a station SEND
Down
- 1
- An angry dispute ROW
- 2
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 3
- Required by rule MANDATORY
- 4
- The lowest female singing voice ALTOS
- 5
- A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur BOA
- 6
- The lack of knowledge or education IGNORANCE
- 7
- Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains BRAID
- 10
- An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building ELL
- 14
- The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet ETA
- 16
- Someone who fights with his fists for sport BOXER
- 17
- A name that has been assumed temporarily ALIAS
- 18
- The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet MEM
- 21
- Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman NEE
- 23
- The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one FIN
- 24
- Not used up ODD