Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

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Down: Facing attack from all sides => BESET
Down: Getup => GARB
Down: Target's target, for one => LOGO
Down: Well done! => BRAVO
Down: Double-reed woodwind => OBOE
Down: Each, informally => APOP
Down: Uses as evidence in a research paper => CITES
Down: Run a rag over => WIPE
Down: Tuckered out => BEAT
Down: Trousers with tool-carrying pockets and loops => CARPENTERPANTS
Down: Elite squads => ATEAMS
Down: Bubble source, maybe => GUM
Down: __ Lanka => SRI
Down: Give up, in an idiom => CUTBAIT
Down: So glad I don't have to deal with that => BETTERYOUTHANME
Down: Broke bread => ATE
Down: Amazement => AWE
Down: By __ way ... => THE
Down: Goal of meditation, perhaps => STRESSREDUCTION
Down: Lifestyle brand with origins in surf culture => HANGTEN
Down: Yeah, right! => HAH
Down: Liquor in a bee's knees cocktail => GIN
Down: Fitting measurement => INSEAM
Down: Backpedaled, or what's found in 20-, 30-, and 38-Across => REVERSEDCOURSE
Down: Desertlike => ARID
Down: Layered cookie => OREO
Down: Whirlpool subsidiary => AMANA
Down: __ de gallo: salsa choice => PICO
Down: Hot To Go! singer Chappell => ROAN
Down: Resonates, as a successful joke => LANDS
Down: Witnessed => SEEN
Down: IDs that never begin with 666 => SSNS
Down: Punctuation in a web address => SLASH
Down: EastEnders airer => BBC
Down: Oldest child on The Goldbergs => ERICA
Down: Occupied, as a diner booth => SATAT
Down: Into Thin Air mountain peak => EVEREST
Down: More than is needed => TOSPARE
Down: Bridal shop selections => GOWNS
Down: You haven't changed __! => ABIT
Down: Tire swing line => ROPE
Down: Potbelly => BEERGUT
Down: Ritchie Valens hit => LABAMBA
Down: Doing business => OPEN
Down: Farm animal in some yoga classes => GOAT
Down: Makes a choice => OPTS
Down: Dubai dignitary => EMIR
Down: How Long singer Charlie => PUTH
Down: Prompted on stage => CUED
Down: Against => ANTI
Down: If u ask me ... => IMHO
Down: Many a promgoer => TEEN
Down: Big blast => BASH
Down: At Last singer James => ETTA
Down: Arctic seabird => TERN
Down: Crochet need => YARN
Down: Be behind, in a way => OWE
Down: Spurred to action => EGGEDON
Down: Tend to risotto => STIR
Down: Motion detectors for automatic doors => SENSORS
Down: Yeah, try again => UHNO
Down: Informal clothing => CASUALS
Down: Rising current of warm air => THERMAL
Down: Significant figures => ICONS
Down: Yoga pose => ASANA
Down: Fixes => MENDS
Down: Hard knocks? => RAPS
Down: Source of Buffalo's lake-effect snow => ERIE
Down: Moral shortcoming => VICE
Down: Cupid's counterpart => EROS
Down: Academic administrator with a list => DEAN
Down: Barbecue residue => ASH

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This crossword has 0 across clues and 73 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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