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NYT Mini Crossword · Answers

NYT Mini Crossword answers for Sunday, January 18, 2026

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A Sunday 5x5 by Joel Fagliano: CUZ opens the Across clues and CANON runs down the first column. Tap a clue to show just that answer.

Across

1. "I said so, that's why!"
CUZ
4. Highway division
LANE
5. Genre for Olivia Dean and Daniel Caesar
RANDB
6. French "to have"
AVOIR
7. Animal that would blend in well with a crossword grid
PANDA

Down

1. Officially accepted storylines
CANON
2. Reversed
UNDID
3. Animal that would blend in well with a crossword grid
ZEBRA
4. Molten flow
LAVA
5. Flow over a beat
RAP

Full grid

Every answer, in grid order.

Across: CUZ · LANE · RANDB · AVOIR · PANDA
Down: CANON · UNDID · ZEBRA · LAVA · RAP

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