Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Down Clues and Answers:

---

Down: Old car from Sweden => SAAB
Down: __ Rica => COSTA
Down: Distance runner Zátopek => EMIL
Down: Bike trick also called a stoppie => ENDO
Down: Poker buy-ins => ANTES
Down: Ciao => TATA
Down: Neurochemicals that act as natural painkillers => ENDORPHINS
Down: Fluid-filled cavity => CYST
Down: Italian staple => PASTA
Down: Story-sharing app, briefly => INSTA
Down: I'm on vacay notification => OOO
Down: Prisoner => INMATE
Down: Peter Pan protagonist => WENDY
Down: Bon __! => APPETIT
Down: Low-calorie sweetener => SPLENDA
Down: Source of minerals => ORE
Down: Garden pest with tentacles => SLUG
Down: __ Mujeres, Mexico => ISLA
Down: One way to stop a cab? => CORK
Down: JD seekers' hurdles => LSATS
Down: Baking instruction => SIFT
Down: German article => EINE
Down: Heads up! => DUCK
Down: __ Paulo, Brazil => SAO
Down: Classifications for nouns in some languages => GENDERS
Down: Wild => BERSERK
Down: Lets use => LENDS
Down: Saved option => PRESET
Down: Lennox of R&B => ARI
Down: Weasellike critter => STOAT
Down: First lady of the 1950s => MAMIE
Down: Obsolete phone part => DIAL
Down: One way to tumble, or what can be found four times in this puzzle => ENDOVEREND
Down: Scope prefix => TELE
Down: Wide-mouthed => AGAPE
Down: Hawk => VEND
Down: Rough words? => ORSO
Down: Brusque => TERSE
Down: Marketplace with personalized gifts => ETSY
Down: Leak slowly => SEEP
Down: The Piano Oscar winner Paquin => ANNA
Down: Puts two and two together => ADDS
Down: Part of a knitted outfit for a baby => BOOTIE
Down: Part of a knitted outfit for a baby => CAP
Down: Taking a gap year, say => ONHIATUS
Down: Spell => STINT
Down: Reacts to suspense => TENSES
Down: Admin. aide => ASST
Down: Succinct I could go on => ETC
Down: Thousand Island base => MAYONNAISE
Down: This ain't normal => ITSODD
Down: Heart Don't Lie singer Jackson => LATOYA
Down: __ and raves => RANTS
Down: Piercing tools => AWLS
Down: Playwright Arthur => MILLER
Down: Bed fellows? => EELS
Down: Rep. from the Bronx => AOC
Down: Expert => PRO
Down: Plants with a long life cycle => PERENNIALS
Down: Star fish? => PISCES
Down: Knock (about) => GAD
Down: The Secret Life of Bees novelist => KIDD
Down: Garments that may lead to cold shoulders => TUBETOPS
Down: Not close => FAR
Down: Tik's partner => TOK
Down: Loch for monster hunters => NESS
Down: Last word in doughnuts => KREME
Down: My pleasure => GLADTO
Down: More spine-tingling => EERIER
Down: Freeload => SPONGE
Down: Feed a cold, __ a fever => STARVE
Down: Meteorology tool => RADAR
Down: Udder part => TEAT
Down: Bump into => MEET
Down: Stops along the way => INNS
Down: Sink hole feature, perhaps => EDDY
Down: Novelist Tolstoy => LEO
Down: Vendetta's origin? => VEE

---

This crossword has 0 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
You can find more crosswords on Washington Post website.

---