Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 14 January 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 14 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions ZIG
4
Someone who is morally reprehensible CAD
7
An agenda of things to do MENU
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The left eye ORA
9
An obstruction that stands in the way OBSTACLES
12
A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
13
A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters DAL
14
The second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth NARRATION
18
A gentle blow TAP
19
Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against SUE
20
State or assert MAINTAINS
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In the past AGO
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A licensed medical practitioner DOCS
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Being one more than nine TEN
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A single person or thing ONE

Down

1
Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines ZEBRA
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The act of putting one thing into another INSERTION
3
A narrow channel or strait GUT
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A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals COLLISION
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Form or compose ARE
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An official prosecutor for a judicial district DAS
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Any natural satellite of a planet MOON
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Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose ADAPT
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A spiteful woman gossip CAT
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Have a particular form RAN
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Large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur OUNCE
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A strip of land projecting into a body of water NESS
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A master's degree in teaching MAT
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Make older AGE
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A rapid active commotion ADO