Crossword Answers for Sunday, 4 January 2026

All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 4 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Leather with a napped surface SUEDE
6
Make a pretence of SHAM
10
Confined to an exclusive group INNER
11
Animal or plant group having natural relations TAXA
12
Take a seat SITES
13
Thin in thickness or diameter FINER
14
Give food to FED
15
A stripe or stripes of contrasting color BAND
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A high rocky hill TOR
17
Be fond of LIKING
20
The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
21
A colloid in a more solid form than a sol GEL
22
Speak softly or lovingly COO
23
A standard or typical example IMAGES
25
Break down ROT
26
An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ILLS
27
Someone who is morally reprehensible CAD
28
The male organ of copulation PENIS
30
Steal goods; take as spoils RIFLE
32
Make older AGED
33
Take in solid food EATEN
34
Be contingent on RODE
35
A temporary police force POSSE

Down

1
A female person who has the same parents as another person SIS
2
Evenly spaced UNIFORM
3
Provide entertainment for ENTERTAINED
4
Something that people do or cause to happen DEED
5
A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
6
Smell badly and offensively STINK
7
A work produced by hand labor HANDICRAFTS
8
Chop or split with an ax AXE
9
Make imperfect MAR
13
Be unsuccessful FAIL
15
Give a benediction to BLESS
16
Of or relating to Thailand TAI
18
A ribbonlike strip of pasta NOODLES
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Go through GOT
21
Become a gel GELS
24
Move smoothly and effortlessly GLIDE
27
An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye CIAO
28
A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced PAR
29
The conscious mind EGO
30
A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs REP
31
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE