Crossword Answers for Friday, 16 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 16 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet TAU
- 4
- A small amount of liquid food SUP
- 7
- An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk DADS
- 8
- At another time ANON
- 10
- The highest point ACME
- 11
- Very small TINY
- 12
- Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow SKI
- 13
- Stick to firmly BINDS
- 14
- Precipitate as rain RAINS
- 16
- A grant made by a law court AWARD
- 18
- A large pot for making coffee or tea URN
- 21
- A shop selling ready-to-eat food products DELI
- 22
- Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree TREE
- 23
- Take a seat SITS
- 24
- Make hot or hotter HEAT
- 25
- The seed of the cereal grass RYE
- 26
- Not used up ODD
Down
- 1
- Gear for a horse TACK
- 2
- The office of admiral ADMIRALTY
- 3
- The act of using USE
- 4
- A smooth fabric of silk or rayon; has a glossy face and a dull back SATIN
- 5
- Not covered by insurance UNINSURED
- 6
- A small lake POND
- 7
- An official prosecutor for a judicial district DAS
- 9
- A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
- 13
- Invoke upon BID
- 15
- Move upward ARISE
- 16
- A public promotion of some product or service ADS
- 17
- A fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish WEIR
- 19
- Obtain data from magnetic tapes READ
- 20
- The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time NET
- 22
- A branch of the Tai languages THO