Crossword Answers for Tuesday, 20 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Tuesday, 20 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- A branch of the Tai languages TAY
- 4
- A short drive in a car SPIN
- 8
- A single person or thing ONE
- 9
- Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone CAMEO
- 11
- Move deeply DISTURBED
- 13
- A woolen cap of Scottish origin TAM
- 14
- Bestow a quality on ADD
- 15
- Being one more than nine TEN
- 16
- Use diligently PLY
- 17
- Seed vessel having hooks or prickles BUR
- 18
- A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur BOA
- 19
- A state of surviving; remaining alive ENDURANCE
- 23
- Tear into pieces TEASE
- 24
- A buoy with a round bottom and conical top CAN
- 25
- Color with dye DYED
- 26
- Good discernment EYE
Down
- 1
- Alone and on your own TOD
- 2
- Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
- 3
- The recent past YESTERDAY
- 4
- Worthless people SCUM
- 5
- A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced PAR
- 6
- A lack of symmetry IMBALANCE
- 7
- Poor enough to need help from others NEEDY
- 10
- Not used up ODD
- 12
- A light brown the color of topaz TAN
- 15
- Adjust the pitches of TUNED
- 16
- Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions POA
- 17
- The act of gambling BET
- 18
- Call forth BRED
- 20
- The act of using USE
- 21
- A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida CAY
- 22
- The compass point midway between northeast and east ENE