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

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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
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Being one more than nine TEN
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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
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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
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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