Crossword Answers for Friday, 23 January 2026

All 32 answers to the daily crossword for Friday, 23 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman NEE
4
A unit of pressure PSI
7
To make melodious sounds SING
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Get undressed PEEL
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The basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos PESO
10
Using speech rather than writing ORAL
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Water frozen in the solid state ICE
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Informal terms for a mother MOM
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Not extreme TEMPERATE
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Annoy persistently BUG
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Be almost asleep NOD
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Pitching dangerously to one side TILT
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Cut off the testicles GELD
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Succeed at easily ACES
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Except that ONLY
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A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies NYS
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100 at equal 1 kip in Laos ATS

Down

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A daughter of your brother or sister NIECE
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A coordinated outfit ENSEMBLES
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The conscious mind EGO
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A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals PERMANENT
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Turbulent water with swells of considerable size SEA
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Distressing ILL
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Rain gently SPIT
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Unsatisfactory POOR
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The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros MEG
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Attribute or give PUTS
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Ring slowly TOLLS
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Founder of Christian Science in 1866 EDDY
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A light brown the color of topaz TAN
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Extremely cold ICY
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A state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony GOA