Here are selected answers for the Monday, January 26, 2026, New York Times crossword. Its theme connects three people named Pete through the revealer THREEPEATS.
January 26, 2026 NYT crossword at a glance
- Day: Monday
- Constructor: Erica Hsiung Wojcik
- Editor: Will Shortz
- Grid: 15 rows by 15 columns, with 78 entries
XWord Info’s January 26, 2026 archive provides the puzzle metadata, clues, answers, and grid.
Selected across answers
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1-Across: “Pie nut” | PECAN |
| 10-Across: “I want to be in the loop on this email” | CCME |
| 17-Across: “Classic flowering locale adjacent to the White House [baseball star]” | ROSEGARDEN |
| 26-Across: “Connections” | INS |
| 29-Across: “Grammy Award that’s good for laughs? [1960s rock musician]” | BESTCOMEDYALBUM |
| 46-Across: “North Carolina educational institution [former S.N.L. cast member]” | DAVIDSONCOLLEGE |
| 60-Across: “Athletic trifectas … or a phonetic hint to the starts of 17-, 29- and 46-Across” | THREEPEATS |
How the theme works
THREEPEATS points to the starts of three long answers: ROSEGARDEN evokes baseball star Pete Rose, BESTCOMEDYALBUM evokes 1960s musician Pete Best, and DAVIDSONCOLLEGE evokes former S.N.L. cast member Pete Davidson. Each answer begins with a surname that completes a different Pete reference.
Why the year matters
January 26 does not identify one unique NYT crossword: puzzles appeared on that date in several years. The likely target here is the 2026 Monday puzzle. For comparison, January 26, 2025 was a Sunday puzzle constructed by Rich Proulx. XWord Info’s dated archive lists the January 26 editions across years.
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For a complete across-and-down answer list and the reproduced grid, use the linked 2026 archive. Check crossing letters when entering answers, especially where an abbreviated or playful clue leaves more than one plausible fill.
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