Crossword Answers for Sunday, 18 January 2026

All 46 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 18 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A dark brown color MOCHA
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The head of the College of Cardinals DEAN
10
The residue that remains when something is burned ASHES
11
Without merit SORRY
12
Cause to point inward STEMS
13
A damage or loss HURTS
14
A gentle blow RAP
15
A small piece of cloth or paper TAG
16
A small drink SIP
17
Be loyal to ADHERE
21
Water frozen in the solid state ICE
22
Throw or toss with a light motion SKY
23
A male subordinate MEN
24
Plate with chromium CHROME
26
Bestow a quality on ADD
27
A truck with an enclosed cargo space VAN
28
Relieve from RID
29
A small thin crisp cake or cookie WAFER
32
The system of numbering pages FOLIO
34
Put to use EXERT
35
To make better AMEND
36
Round red root vegetable BEET
37
Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status BADGE

Down

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Informal terms for a mother MAS
2
A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth OSTRICH
3
Tastelessly showy CHEAPER
4
A plant fiber HEMP
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A pompous fool ASS
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Informal terms for money DOUGH
7
To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
8
The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
9
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
11
Not as expected SHADY
15
Take somebody somewhere TAKEN
16
Urge to attack someone SIC
18
Communicate electronically on the computer EMAILED
19
A town in north central California on the Sacramento River REDDING
20
A final state END
22
Quick and brisk SMART
25
Open and observable; not secret or hidden OVERT
28
Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed ROMA
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An interconnected system of things or people WEB
30
Chop or split with an ax AXE
31
An interest in land capable of being inherited FEE
32
Extremely pleasing FAB
33
A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE