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Here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, January 23, 2026. Spoilers follow.
Spoilers: the complete solution is below.
Across answers
- 1A, “Attach, as one plant to another”: GRAFT
- 6A, “Email button with a backward-facing arrow”: REPLY
- 7A, “Make very excited”: AMPUP
- 8A, “Two-time Best Actor nominee Nick”: NOLTE
- 9A, “Total dork”: DWEEB
Down answers
- 1D, “Word that can precede piano, total or staircase”: GRAND
- 2D, “Cut again, as a lawn”: REMOW
- 3D, “Company whose logo has a bite taken out of it”: APPLE
- 4D, “Champagne glass”: FLUTE
- 5D, “Laid-back kind of personality”: TYPEB
Play or revisit the Mini
The New York Times says the Mini is available in the Games app, at nytimes.com/crosswords, and in the News app. Access depends on a subscription that includes Games. The official Mini Crossword help page explains that players can use the in-game lifesaver control to check or reveal a square, an answer, or the whole puzzle.
To find an older puzzle, use the Mini archive: select a month and year, then choose the puzzle. The Times says Games and All Access subscribers have archive access, while other users have limited access; availability and terms may change. Its daily Mini is generally released the evening before its published date: weekdays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. Eastern, and Sundays at 6 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.
The clue-and-answer list above is reported by Parade; Try Hard Guides also has a January 23, 2026 puzzle page with the matching clue set. The original NYT answer key was not available in those sources.
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