Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 7 January 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 7 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
A tiny piece of anything ATOM
5
Alight from LIT
8
Having low density RARE
9
A territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru ACRE
11
Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding CUSTODIAL
13
Form a curve BENDS
14
Action taken in return for an injury or offense REVENGE
17
Beat with a cane CANES
18
A female actor ACTRESSES
23
Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system BERG
24
A coniferous tree PINE
25
The seed of the cereal grass RYE
26
Again but in a new or different way ANEW

Down

1
Something curved in shape ARC
2
The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet TAU
3
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ORS
4
Come together MET
5
Fill or place a load on LADEN
6
Decorate with frosting ICING
7
An equal exchange TRADE
10
Angular distance above the horizon ELS
12
Excessively fat OBESE
14
An animal that races RACER
15
The act of entering ENTRY
16
Border on; come close to VERGE
17
Ride in a taxicab CAB
19
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
20
Estrangement from god SIN
21
The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE
22
Create (clothes) with cloth SEW