Crossword Answers for Thursday, 15 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 15 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
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- A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle HOE
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- Unwanted e-mail SPAM
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- Have sexual intercourse with EFF
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- Lacking companions or companionship LONE
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- Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular DAFT
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- By bad luck ALAS
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- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
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- One or some or every or all without specification ANY
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- Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures STRINGENT
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- A state in midwestern United States INS
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- Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
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- A male subordinate MANS
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- An individual instance of a type of symbol ITEM
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- The boundary of a surface EDGE
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- The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue RED
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- Used to form the superlative MOST
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- A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
Down
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- The courage to carry on HEART
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- Something offered OFFERINGS
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- A newt in its terrestrial stage of development EFT
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- Fool or hoax SLANG
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- Any of a large class of synthetic fabrics POLYESTER
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- A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
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- A state in New England MES
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- An uproarious party DOS
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- An associate degree in nursing ANS
- 15
- Set or place in INSET
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- Have need of NEEDS
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- A woolen cap of Scottish origin TAM
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- The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet MEM
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- A rapid active commotion ADO
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- Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong IRE