Crossword Answers For: Friday, January 16, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Lemon piece => WEDGE
Down: Shoe with a Sport Mode => CROC
Down: Sunscreen ingredient => ZINC
Down: Far from familiar => ALIEN
Down: Off-white hue => ECRU
Down: Pick me! => OHOH
Down: [Math], science, gym, English => FIRSTCLASS
Down: Simplicity => EASE
Down: Start of a long drive, perhaps => TEESHOT
Down: Available sans Rx => OTC
Down: Craps cube => DIE
Down: Journalist Katie => COURIC
Down: Formal expulsion => OUSTER
Down: Well-suited => APT
Down: Allegory, [fable], anecdote, parable => SECONDSTORY
Down: Tasks => CHORES
Down: Doja Cat's signature song => SAYSO
Down: Zipped, or ripped => TORE
Down: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta airer => MTV
Down: Kardashian matriarch => KRIS
Down: Sailor Moon headpiece => TIARA
Down: Benoit Blanc, e.g. => SLEUTH
Down: Walkout, slowdown, [picketing], sit-in => THIRDSTRIKE
Down: Pigpen => STY
Down: Tried to improve one's score on, perhaps => RETOOK
Down: Rat => SNITCH
Down: __ longa, vita brevis => ARS
Down: Cat seat => LAP
Down: Some bagels => SESAMES
Down: Masjid prayer leader => IMAM
Down: Safari lodge, island property, destination spa, [all-inclusive beach hotel] => LASTRESORT
Down: Bob's Burgers girl => TINA
Down: Redhead of classic TV => OPIE
Down: Features of some lobbies => ATRIA
Down: Quit it! => STOP
Down: Rain delay sight => TARP
Down: Small => TEENY
Down: Travel by air => WAFT
Down: Lebanese fashion designer Saab => ELIE
Down: Chloé Zhao, for one => DIRECTOR
Down: Bas-relief medium => GESSO
Down: Gush => ENTHUSE
Down: Boston player => CELTIC
Down: TV producer => RCA
Down: Ish => ORSO
Down: Guardianship => CUSTODY
Down: Elmo's orange friend => ZOE
Down: Couldn't resist! => IHADTO
Down: More likely to pry => NOSIER
Down: Chipper => CHEERY
Down: Targets of some workouts => CORES
Down: Swear => CUSS
Down: People who get half the credit => COSTARS
Down: Stir up => STOKE
Down: Do one's part => ACT
Down: Soup with rice noodles => PHO
Down: Pt. of USNA => NAV
Down: In vogue again => RETRO
Down: B.A. Baracus player => MRT
Down: Mount with southeast-facing faces => RUSHMORE
Down: Addams cousin => ITT
Down: Reserved => SHY
Down: Object of admiration => IDOL
Down: Have high expectations => ASKALOT
Down: One with two poles => SKIER
Down: Cry of hunger? => LETSEAT
Down: Qualities => TRAITS
Down: __ crab => HERMIT
Down: I'll have to pass => ITSANO
Down: Foot part => INSTEP
Down: Isabel Wilkerson's __: The Origins of Our Discontents => CASTE
Down: Dada => PAPA
Down: Former DWTS co-host Andrews => ERIN
Down: Hotel visit => STAY
Down: World view? => MAP
Down: Aaron Burr, __: Hamilton song => SIR

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