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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: US state
5 Across: Commence
8 Across: Explosive devices
9 Across: Inhabitant
10 Across: Woodwind instrument
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Drank
2 Down: "The Three Musketeers" author
3 Down: Run away
4 Down: Accessories
5 Down: Extra payment
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Monday, January 19, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Gain
4 Across: Counting-frame
8 Across: Grossly overweight
9 Across: Anti-tank gun
10 Across: Waiting to be dealt with
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: On the dot
2 Down: Cocaine (anag.)
3 Down: Boadicea's people
5 Down: Outlandish
6 Down: Hit
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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Renowned Swedish pop group
3 Across: Indoor footwear
9 Across: Chat
10 Across: Armed services canteen
11 Across: Russian president
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Notorious gangster
2 Down: Constructed
4 Down: Bequest
5 Down: Sudden uncontrollable fear
6 Down: Made possible
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Saturday, January 17, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Hypnotic states
5 Across: Professorship
8 Across: Revolve rapidly
9 Across: Required
10 Across: Attack
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Track by a canal
2 Down: Wrong
3 Down: Conspire
4 Down: Soundness of mind
5 Down: Upper part of a wave
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Friday, January 16, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Resist
4 Across: Convent head
8 Across: Freshwater fish
9 Across: Vanquish
10 Across: Popular cheese
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Science of light
2 Down: Go on
3 Down: Replete
5 Down: Servitude
6 Down: Evenly matched
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Thursday, January 15, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: -- Sharif, film star
3 Across: Seen briefly
9 Across: Seer
10 Across: Shakespearean lover
11 Across: Settees
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Contrary
2 Down: Distant in manner
4 Down: Deadly
5 Down: Deserve
6 Down: Japanese warrior
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Platform for public speaking
5 Across: Powdered tobacco for inhaling
8 Across: Clothe
9 Across: Putting through a sieve
10 Across: Institute of higher education
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Slimmed down
2 Down: Expand
3 Down: Look up to
4 Down: Edible shellfish
5 Down: Long upholstered seats
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Quicker
4 Across: Second sign of the zodiac
8 Across: Young eel
9 Across: Large tent
10 Across: Nuts from a horse chestnut tree
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: European language
2 Down: African grassland
3 Down: Eagle's nest
5 Down: Side by side
6 Down: Circular
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Monday, January 12, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Daring
3 Across: Three born at the same time
9 Across: In the wrong
10 Across: Making false statements
11 Across: Eskimo canoe
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Road hazard in winter
2 Down: Elevated
4 Down: Two-way ticket
5 Down: Lively Bohemian dance
6 Down: Tombstone inscription
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Sunday, January 11, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Implore
5 Across: Oddly amusing
8 Across: Primary
9 Across: Earache
10 Across: Cases
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Perplexed
2 Down: Lean end of a neck of veal or mutton
3 Down: Take out
4 Down: Nose (slang)
5 Down: Miniature variety of a plant or animal
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Saturday, January 10, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Portray
4 Across: Relatives by marriage
8 Across: Contrite
9 Across: Certificate of attainment
10 Across: Horns of a deer
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Dreary
2 Down: Buccaneers
3 Down: Glasgow's river
5 Down: Pinching
6 Down: Audibly
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Friday, January 9, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Jason's ship
3 Across: Begin
9 Across: Lingered
10 Across: Homer Simpson's wife
11 Across: Fracture
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: German motorway
2 Down: Eat gluttonously
4 Down: Fall asleep
5 Down: Language of Sri Lanka
6 Down: Zeppelin, for example
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Flaws
5 Across: Jeer
8 Across: Conductor's stick
9 Across: Paint solvent
10 Across: Frankness
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Fiasco
2 Down: Belong
3 Down: Cease functioning
4 Down: Giant planet
5 Down: River of Paris
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Unwary (anag.)
4 Across: Belgian resort
8 Across: Father Christmas
9 Across: Common pain-killer
10 Across: Fishermen
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Scamp
2 Down: Nine-sided figure
3 Down: Astound
5 Down: Thoroughly soaked
6 Down: In good time
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Across Clues and Answers:1 Across: Warmth
3 Across: Became better
9 Across: Post Office vehicle
10 Across: Poison
11 Across: Group of singers
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Down Clues and Answers:1 Down: Murder
2 Down: Spanish friend
4 Down: Threat
5 Down: Axe or Exe, for example
6 Down: Ice-cream flavour
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