Missing Letter Crossword January 12 2026 Answers (1/12/26)

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The Missing Letter Crossword January 12, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	NOUN: "a small gift or decorative item given out at a party"
6A	Crane's arm
9A	VERB: "to display conspicuously or abundantly"
10A	NOUN: "an official in a sport who rules on plays"
11A	NOUN: "any of various typically sweet gourds...usually eaten raw as fruits"
12A	They guard generals (abbr.)
13A	NOUN: "a dry colorless brandy"
15A	NOUN: "popular music of Jamaican origin that combines elements of traditional Caribbean rhythms and jazz"
17A	NOUN: "a line for leading or restraining an animal"
19A	Tough
21A	Part of SATB
22A	Differently-___
24A	Cabin component
25A	GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city and capital of Mali on the Niger River population 1,016,167"
27A	Used an ottoman
28A	VERB: "to vacillate irresolutely between choices"
31A	Ring king
32A	"___ Breath You Take"
33A	VERB: "be physically or mentally able to"
34A	Military nickname
1D	Like "die" nouns in German (abbr.)
2D	NOUN: "(slang): any of several musical instruments (such as a guitar or a saxophone)"
3D	NOUN: "the nonclassical [language] of ancient Rome including the speech of plebeians and the informal speech of the educated established by comparative evidence as the chief source of the Romance languages"
4D	NOUN: "a quality of something that stimulates the olfactory organ"
5D	ADJECTIVE: "of, relating to, involving, or located in the region of the kidneys"
6D	IDIOM: "to angrily criticize or shout at (someone)"
7D	NOUN: "the thick application of a pigment to a canvas or panel in painting"
8D	Some gas stations
14D	NOUN: "a variable annual Eurasian vine (Lathyrus oleraceus) of the legume family that is cultivated especially for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds"
15D	___ cha chicken
16D	NOUN: "a medieval and modern system of Jewish theosophy, mysticism, and thaumaturgy marked by belief in creation through emanation and a cipher method of interpreting Scripture"
18D	VERB: "to take in excess of one's due"
20D	GOP member's opponent, often
23D	BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Charles Gates 1865–1951 American lawyer and financier; vice president of U.S. (1925–29)"
26D	Pepper family plant
27D	___ bunt (baseball tactic)
29D	Rowing machine unit
30D	Marble ___ (bread variety)

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