Crossword Answers for Thursday, 22 January 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 22 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Kill intentionally and with premeditation OFFS
5
Move very slightly STIR
9
Support by placing against something solid or rigid PROP
10
Any of various types of cabbage CHOU
11
Affording pleasure EASY
12
Vulgar slang for anus ARSE
13
Half the width of an em NUT
14
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong IRE
15
Below 3 kilohertz ELVES
17
A column of light RAY
18
An informal term for a person's role HAT
21
Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills IBIS
23
An informal term for a racehorse PONY
24
Obscene terms for female genitals CUNT
25
A young and slender person SLIP
26
Coat with beaten egg EGGS
27
Silly or trivial IDLE

Down

1
Where the air is unconfined OPEN
2
A German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman FRAU
3
Promote the growth of FOSTERING
4
Catch sight of SPY
5
Cause fear in SCARE
6
A region marking a boundary THRESHOLD
7
The closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes IOS
8
A street or road in France RUE
14
Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits IVY
16
The temporal end; the concluding time LASTS
19
A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically ANIL
20
Printed characters TYPE
21
Water frozen in the solid state ICE
22
Annoy persistently BUG
23
A unit of pressure PSI