Crossword Answers for Wednesday, 21 January 2026
All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Wednesday, 21 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.
Across
- 1
- A dissenting clique SECT
- 5
- Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour TIN
- 8
- Feel physical pain ACHE
- 9
- A tiny piece of anything ATOM
- 11
- A remarkable development PHENOMENA
- 13
- Be in debt OWED
- 14
- Come together MET
- 15
- Male turkey TOM
- 17
- The ultimate principle of the universe TAO
- 20
- Furnish with a rim RIMS
- 23
- An ambassador and his entourage collectively EMBASSIES
- 26
- A prescribed selection of foods DIET
- 27
- Stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree TREE
- 28
- The seed of the cereal grass RYE
- 29
- An oppressive power YOKE
Down
- 1
- Excavate the earth beneath SAP
- 2
- To say again or imitate ECHO
- 3
- Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow CHEW
- 4
- A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof TENET
- 5
- A woolen cap of Scottish origin TAM
- 6
- An individual instance of a type of symbol ITEM
- 7
- Not at all or in no way NONE
- 10
- A master's degree in teaching MAT
- 12
- Any property detected by the olfactory system ODORS
- 16
- Wet with mist MISTY
- 17
- A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes TED
- 18
- An independent ruler or chieftain AMIR
- 19
- Be obedient to OBEY
- 21
- Spanish surrealist painter MIRO
- 22
- Inquire for SEEK
- 24
- Take in solid food ATE
- 25
- Deem to be SEE