Crossword Answers for Friday, 16 January 2026
All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 16 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- Female swan PEN
- 4
- In the past AGO
- 7
- Marked by skill in deception FOXY
- 8
- Hit lightly DAB
- 9
- By bad luck ALAS
- 10
- The underside of the foot SOLE
- 11
- The hoop from which the net is suspended RIM
- 12
- Avail oneself to APPLY
- 13
- A salt or ester of citric acid CITRATE
- 15
- An agenda of things to do MENUS
- 16
- Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong IRE
- 18
- A stock exchange in New York AMEX
- 19
- Be agitated BOIL
- 20
- Make imperfect MAR
- 21
- A single person or thing ONES
- 22
- An associate degree in nursing ANS
- 23
- A pompous fool ASS
Down
- 1
- A member of a police force POLICEMAN
- 2
- An investigator who observes carefully EXAMINERS
- 3
- A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
- 4
- The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception ADOPTIONS
- 5
- A covered corridor GALLERIES
- 6
- Be obedient to OBEY
- 7
- Beyond a norm in opinion or actions FAR
- 10
- A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area SPA
- 12
- A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters ARS
- 14
- Semiformal evening dress for men TUX
- 15
- Informal terms for a mother MAMA
- 17
- Angular distance above the horizon ELS
- 19
- A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur BOA