Crossword Answers for Monday, 26 January 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 26 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium ERS
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The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet CHI
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A German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman FRAU
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A sacred place of pilgrimage HOLY
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In keeping AGREEABLE
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Drive obliquely TOE
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Increase or raise BOOST
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A negative NOS
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Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient JAPAN
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Become pale and sickly WAN
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The state of being anonymous ANONYMITY
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Ask to go away WARN
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A desire for sexual intimacy EROS
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A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock LEY
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A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan GEM

Down

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(used as a sentence connector) therefore or consequently ERGO
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Having low density RARE
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Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against SUE
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A state of extreme confusion and disorder CHAOS
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A disreputable vagrant HOBO
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An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ILLS
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Excess bodily weight FAT
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Up to the present time YET
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A very dark black EBONY
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Female goat NANNY
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Censure severely or angrily JAW
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Of or related to the anus ANAL
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Direct one's attention on something PORE
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Provide with electrical circuits WIRE
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A tiny piece of anything ATOM
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A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
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The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros MEG