Crossword Answers for Friday, 9 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 9 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- A lyric poem with complex stanza forms ODE
- 4
- The act of preventing BAR
- 7
- A toroidal shape RING
- 9
- Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills IBIS
- 11
- Be envious of; set one's heart on ENVY
- 12
- Be the cause or source of GAVE
- 13
- One who is playfully mischievous IMP
- 15
- Use to the limit TAX
- 16
- To a massive degree or in a massive manner MASSIVELY
- 19
- A wing of an insect ALA
- 20
- A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan GEM
- 21
- United States baseball player YOGI
- 23
- Of a bluish shade of green TEAL
- 26
- Get rid of SHED
- 27
- As soon as ONCE
- 28
- A public promotion of some product or service ADS
- 29
- The starting place for each hole on a golf course TEE
Down
- 1
- A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined ORE
- 2
- A loud harsh or strident noise DIN
- 3
- Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case ENVISAGED
- 4
- Prodigious BIG
- 5
- The act of abating ABATEMENT
- 6
- The contestant you hope to defeat RIVAL
- 8
- Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training GYMS
- 10
- Exciting sexual desire SEXY
- 14
- Eat greedily PIG
- 16
- United States baseball player MAYS
- 17
- An acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye ALOHA
- 18
- Command against VETO
- 22
- A state in the Rocky Mountains IDS
- 24
- Succeed at easily ACE
- 25
- Soldier of the American Revolution LEE