Crossword Answers for Friday, 23 January 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 23 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
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- The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one VIS
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- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
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- A penal institution CAMP
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- Long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation PEW
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- A large number of people united for some specific purpose ARMY
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- To be courageous enough to try or do something; , DARE
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- Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive LIE
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- Take in solid food EATS
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- A circular helping of food MEDALLION
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- A light mattress TICK
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- A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
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- A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record FIAT
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- Utilization or exercise PLAY
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- Leave unchanged LET
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- An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ILLS
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- The act of using USE
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- A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
Down
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- Noticeable heterogeneity VARIETIES
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- Having no intervening medium IMMEDIATE
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- Catch sight of SPY
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- With regard to space SPATIALLY
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- A short newspaper article about a particular person or group PERSONALS
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- An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration AWE
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- Make steady CALM
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- A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters DAL
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- Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia ELK
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- Play a role or part ACT
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- A negative NAYS
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- An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease FLU
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- Informal terms for the leg PIN