Crossword Answers for Thursday, 8 January 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 8 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

1
A slight amount or degree of difference TAD
4
Speak softly or lovingly COO
7
Followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery OBI
8
Clock time HOUR
9
An incomplete piece FRAGMENTS
11
Play a role or part ACT
12
A quad with a square body EMS
13
A person skilled in a particular type of therapy THERAPIST
17
The second day of the week; the first working day MON
18
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
19
A close observer; someone who looks at something SPECTATOR
22
A connecting shape LINK
23
Leave unchanged LET
24
Up to the present time YET
25
A public promotion of some product or service ADS

Down

1
Burn maliciously, as by arson TORCH
2
The act of abating ABATEMENT
3
A small gouge DIG
4
Be composed of CONSISTED
5
Not allowed to continue to bat or run OUT
6
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific ORS
8
A plant fiber HEMP
9
Excess bodily weight FAT
10
Denote or connote MEANT
14
Hard bright-colored stick candy ROCK
15
A blemish made by dirt SPOTS
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A man who serves as a sailor TAR
19
Marked by skill in deception SLY
20
Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top PIE
21
A wing of an insect ALA