Missing Letter Crossword January 4 2026 Answers (1/4/26)

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The Missing Letter Crossword January 4, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	NOUN: "the Hindu goddess of death and destruction"
5A	NOUN: "promotional goods or items
9A	Scarlett or Catherine
14A	Greek for "contest"
15A	ADJECTIVE: "retaining exceptional health and vigor"
16A	Some are dangerous to inhale
17A	Granny
18A	"Off ___?" (question at bedtime to a parent holding a light switch)
19A	Communication service since 2004
20A	NOUN: "a [game] consisting of small irregularly cut pieces that are to be fitted together to form a picture"
23A	"___ Coin" (arcade game instruction)
24A	___ corn (picnic item)
27A	ADJECTIVE: "of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the [historic] especially in literature, music, art, or architecture"
32A	Follow up on brushing
35A	Handles of swords
36A	ABBREVIATION: "the third day of the week"
37A	Amusement park hassle
38A	"Roots" author Alex
39A	Dunham on "Too Much"
40A	VERB: "to take in through the mouth as food"
41A	Romero who played the Joker on "Batman"
42A	GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula projecting into the Persian Gulf"
43A	NOUN: "the [full range] of an emission of [light] that is obtained by dispersion with either a crystal grating or a ruled grating"
46A	Trendy ancient grain
47A	"Old ___ die hard"
51A	NOUN: "a [small container] that has markings for [gauging] ingredients when cooking"
55A	Skunk's surname
58A	Words used when spelling something out over the phone
59A	Cooler brand
60A	Rice-___
61A	NOUN: "a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature"
62A	NOUN: "a ceremonial act"
63A	BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Bette 1908–1989 ...American actress"
64A	Taylor's big tour
65A	Milo's movie buddy
1D	Japanese system of writing
2D	ADVERB: "once more"
3D	Yearns (for)
4D	IDIOM: "from [one] point of view"
5D	Let someone see, as a cool new gadget
6D	VERB: "to turn or twist...out of shape"
7D	Baseball surname for Felipe and Matty
8D	NOUN: "the [cohort] of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s"
9D	"Heart ___" (1979 Blondie hit)
10D	Upper-arm bones
11D	"I ___ Rock"
12D	Patagonia competitor
13D	Talking with your hands, briefly
21D	"Tron: ___" (2025 Jared Leto movie)
22D	ADJECTIVE: "appealingly piquant or lively"
25D	Group of musicians, sometimes
26D	Animals of a certain region
28D	VERB: "to swing at (a baseball pitched out of the strike zone)"
29D	NOUN: "a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers"
30D	On one's toes
31D	Shakespeare title role
32D	VERB: "to talk in a boastful or aggressive way"
33D	You can't trust them
34D	PHRASE: "ready to be drawn from a large container (such as a cask or keg)"
38D	Prefix meaning "seven"
39D	Greek lunch
41D	"The Chronicles of Narnia" author
42D	Ke Huy ___ (actor in "The Goonies" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once")
44D	NOUN: "[person from a] country in southern Arabia bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden"
45D	Big beasts
48D	Clinch the victory
49D	___-frutti
50D	Undercover agents
52D	Computer command
53D	NOUN: "a person who [enjoys] a product or service"
54D	Ora or Wilson
55D	Man of the future
56D	Historian's study
57D	ABBREVIATION: "a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated"

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