Crossword Answers for Thursday, 1 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 1 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- An interest followed with exaggerated zeal FAD
- 4
- A quad with a square body EMS
- 7
- Used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs MORE
- 8
- A deep wide chasm GULF
- 10
- Having the character of an anecdote ANECDOTAL
- 12
- Put at risk STAKE
- 13
- Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller EMU
- 14
- Marked by skill in deception SLY
- 16
- A fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair ABA
- 19
- Discussion; TALKS
- 23
- Throw with an underhand motion SUBMARINE
- 25
- The underside of the foot SOLE
- 26
- Get or derive DREW
- 27
- A yearning for something or to do something YEN
- 28
- A power tool for cutting wood SAW
Down
- 1
- Bowl for baptismal water FONT
- 2
- A subject of study AREA
- 3
- Knock down with force DECKS
- 4
- The conscious mind EGO
- 5
- A deaf person who is unable to speak MUTE
- 6
- Close violently SLAM
- 7
- Informal terms for a mother MAS
- 9
- An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease FLU
- 11
- The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet DELTA
- 15
- A unit of volume YARDS
- 16
- A pompous fool ASS
- 17
- Keep afloat BUOY
- 18
- Having a strong healthy body ABLE
- 20
- The basic unit of money in Turkey LIRA
- 21
- Have fixed in the mind KNEW
- 22
- Create (clothes) with cloth SEW
- 24
- A male subordinate MEN