Crossword Answers for Thursday, 29 January 2026

All 30 answers to the daily crossword for Thursday, 29 January 2026. Still want to finish it yourself? Play the puzzle instead.

Across

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A container; usually has a lid BIN
4
Naturally disposed toward APT
7
Bowl for baptismal water FONT
8
Take a sample of TRY
9
A strong restless desire ITCH
10
A short distance STEP
11
A man who serves as a sailor TAR
12
The body excluding the head and neck and limbs TORSO
13
Something causing misery or death NEMESIS
15
Constituting an imitation; - Archibald Alison MIMIC
16
Annoy persistently BUG
18
Succeed at easily ACES
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Anything that serves as an enticement LURE
20
Have a particular form RAN
21
An individual instance of a type of symbol ITEM
22
Angular distance above the horizon ALT
23
The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet PES

Down

1
A drug made from part of a plant BOTANICAL
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The amount by which something increases INCREMENT
3
Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series NTH
4
Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme ATTRIBUTE
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A force that compels PRESSURES
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A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind TYPO
7
A display of bad temper FIT
10
An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code SOS
12
A police officer who investigates crimes TEC
14
A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region MIS
15
Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama MARA
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A sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan GEM
19
An impudent or insolent rejoinder LIP