Crossword Answers for Monday, 12 January 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Monday, 12 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A master's degree in education MED
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The highest point ACME
8
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan POLO
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A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year PROM
10
The act of using USES
11
A resource AIDS
12
A police officer who investigates crimes TEC
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The creation of beautiful or significant things ART
14
Bring into being STARTED
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The branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother OBS
18
Uncastrated adult male sheep RAM
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A rounded thickly curled hairdo AFRO
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Get credit or money by using a bad check KITE
23
Weight to be borne or conveyed LOAD
24
Dig with a hoe HOES
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Having a strong healthy body ABLE
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A state in midwestern United States INS

Down

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United States painter of colorful and primitive rural scenes MOSES
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Relating to or composed of electors ELECTORAL
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An uproarious party DOS
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One from the other APART
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The ideal in terms of which something can be judged CRITERION
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Relating to a recently developed fashion or style MOD
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A quad with a square body EMS
8
Attribute or give PUT
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A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARS
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Housing that someone is living in ABODE
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A participant in a date DATES
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A state in New England MES
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A wing of an insect ALA
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Deceive somebody FOB
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The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet KHI