Crossword Answers for Monday, 5 January 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 5 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Succeed at easily ACE
- 4
- The force of policemen and officers LAW
- 7
- Drop sharply PLUMP
- 9
- Form or compose ARE
- 10
- A statement intended to inspire confidence ASSURANCE
- 12
- Any collection in its entirety LOT
- 13
- A final state ENDS
- 14
- A fertile tract in a desert OASIS
- 16
- Bestow a quality on ADDS
- 17
- A rapid escape LAM
- 20
- A light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters GUIDELINE
- 22
- The left eye ORA
- 23
- An aspect of something SIDES
- 24
- A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters DAL
- 25
- Create (clothes) with cloth SEW
Down
- 1
- In addition ALSO
- 2
- Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding CUSTODIAL
- 3
- Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller EMU
- 4
- An overwhelming electoral victory LANDSLIDE
- 5
- Form an arch or curve ARCS
- 6
- Very small WEE
- 7
- Become friends; act friendly towards PAL
- 8
- A dense crowd of people PRESSES
- 11
- Black tropical American cuckoo ANI
- 15
- Bestow a quality on ADD
- 16
- An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint AURA
- 18
- Again but in a new or different way ANEW
- 19
- A state in New England MES
- 20
- A material effigy that is worshipped GOD
- 21
- Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers LIS