Crossword Answers for Sunday, 4 January 2026

All 44 answers to the daily crossword for Sunday, 4 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
Provide care for CARES
6
Succeed at easily ACE
9
Give life-time employment to TENURE
10
A small vessel for travel on water BOAT
12
Communication between individuals INTERCOURSE
14
The residue that remains when something is burned ASH
15
Inquire about ASKED
16
Eggs of female fish ROE
17
An occurrence of something CASE
19
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation ARM
20
Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
21
A pompous fool ASS
24
By bad luck ALAS
25
Speak softly or lovingly COO
26
Communicate electronically on the computer EMAIL
29
A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds TON
30
Embellish with plants LANDSCAPING
34
A fortified position LINE
35
A yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation OLIVES
36
An official prosecutor for a judicial district DAS
37
A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons LAGER

Down

1
Someone who censures or condemns CENSOR
2
A song of praise ANTHEM
3
A street or road in France RUE
4
To make a mistake or be incorrect ERR
5
Moderately dry SEC
6
Treat badly ABUSE
7
A port city in southern Ireland CORK
8
Make easier EASE
9
A jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions TIARA
11
A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
13
A fertile tract in a desert OASIS
17
A brief social visit CALLS
18
A collection of anecdotes about a person or place ANA
21
Taking part in an activity ACTIVE
22
More readily or willingly SOONER
23
A very small sum SONGS
24
Improve the condition of AIDES
26
An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building ELL
27
A female domestic MAID
28
A former copper coin of Pakistan and India ANNA
31
A pass between mountain peaks COL
32
A wing of an insect ALA
33
Eat greedily PIG