Universal Crossword January 8 2026 Answers (1/8/26)

Our Universal Crossword January 8, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The Universal Crossword is a syndicated crossword that is published across different apps and websites each day. It is created with a focus on clarity and simplicity, making it a great choice for both experienced and casual solvers.

Universal Crossword January 8, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving the Universal Crossword on 1/8/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Dance version of a song, say
6A	Vessel for frying
9A	Uses a spatula while frying
14A	Nice smell
15A	Historic period
16A	Goosebump-inducing
17A	Italian fashion capital
18A	Modern believers in many gods
20A	Scratching post user (Note the last 3 letters of this answer + ...)
22A	"Ancient grain" that's actually a seed (... the first 6 letters of this answer)
23A	Part of a lowercase J
25A	"___ that special?"
26A	Treat rudely via phone (Last 3 letters + ...)
31A	Canadian $2 coin (... first 4 letters)
35A	___ vera jelly
36A	Make more lean
38A	Sphere
39A	Web destination
40A	Laughs extra-hard
41A	"Moby-Dick" antihero
42A	Peg in a golf bag
43A	Great delight
44A	Toy that rides the wind
45A	Don't spoil it! (Last 4 letters + ...)
47A	Having drunk enough (... first 2 letters)
50A	Drug cop
52A	___ after another
53A	From California to New York, say
57A	Horn in a rack
62A	Squad with a spiel (Last 5 letters + ...)
64A	Slowly undermine (... first 2 letters)
65A	Now, in Spanish
66A	Name hidden in "A Star Is Born"
67A	What Type 2 hair has
68A	Sophia Wilson's American soccer grp.
69A	Rx item
70A	Exhausted
1D	Building's accessibility feature
2D	Lake that sounds like 16-Across
3D	Shed some skin
4D	Big Apple?
5D	1980 Olivia Newton-John movie
6D	Write
7D	Surface ___
8D	Osaka of tennis
9D	"Don't be scared!"
10D	Smoothly, musically
11D	Tehran's country
12D	Unit at a pub
13D	Get-together, for short
19D	Rigatoni and rotini
21D	One-up
24D	Big old fusses
26D	Too much speed
27D	Totally unfamiliar
28D	"Duly ___"
29D	"Oh, wow!"
30D	Under, poetically
32D	Very well pitched
33D	Beyond annoyed
34D	Receded
37D	Pinkberry dessert, for short
40D	Little kid
41D	Letters before an alias
43D	Chews on
46D	Summer worker, perhaps
48D	What makes you you
49D	Gets more of a magazine
51D	Irish coffee addition
53D	Jacob's twin
54D	Massage parlor sounds
55D	Word before "down" or "dance"
56D	Be bold
58D	Snare, or a music genre
59D	Zero, in tennis
60D	Biblical paradise
61D	Chillax
63D	Not so hot, in slang

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