Today's USA Today Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The USA Today

(January 10, 2026)

ACROSS

• 1. ___ Lanka - Crossword Clue
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• 4. He sings "If I Can't Love Her" about Belle - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Bubble tea - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Azul or Carcassonne piece - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Blend of metals - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Many a keffiyeh wearer - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Egg cell - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Move on tiptoe - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Fiddling Roman emperor - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Greets with a gesture - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Entrance with a flap - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Sloppy soup-eating sound - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Yea's opposite - Crossword Clue
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• 27. "It ___ been easy" - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Croc relative - Crossword Clue
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• 30. "Been number one, but I never had two / And I can't have ___ if I can't have you" - Crossword Clue
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• 31. "Good grief!" - Crossword Clue
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• 34. Procreate and Calculator Pro+ - Crossword Clue
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• 39. Stage hog - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Encountered - Crossword Clue
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• 42. Prefix meaning "on this side of" - Crossword Clue
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• 43. Feel cruddy - Crossword Clue
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• 44. Succulent with healing properties - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Avocado ___ (dish popularized on social media) - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Europe's most active volcano - Crossword Clue
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• 49. Tough spots - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Genre for Cardi B - Crossword Clue
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• 53. The "I" in the first-aid acronym "RICE" - Crossword Clue
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• 54. Go downhill, in a way - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Main points - Crossword Clue
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• 57. In your area - Crossword Clue
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• 59. Nose around - Crossword Clue
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• 61. "___ til you drop!" - Crossword Clue
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• 62. Common exploration sites for scuba divers . . . and what can be found in rows 4, 7 and 10 of this crossword - Crossword Clue
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• 67. Fiction writer Tyler - Crossword Clue
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• 68. Any "Star Trek: TNG" episode, now - Crossword Clue
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• 69. Ace - Crossword Clue
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• 70. Throw away - Crossword Clue
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• 71. Pouty moods - Crossword Clue
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• 72. Basic dog command - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Stashes away - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Nemesis - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Message on a candy heart - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Big party - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Pacific weather phenomenon - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Homophone of 43-Across - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Covered in suds - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Tot - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Large, colorful handkerchief - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Cookies commonly seen in crosswords - Crossword Clue
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• 11. The Red ___ (Snoopy's nemesis) - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Cancel, like a mission - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Come out - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Charley horse, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Not-so-soft landing sounds - Crossword Clue
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• 26. NPR host Shapiro - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Letter after eta - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Complete trust - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Former Iranian ruler - Crossword Clue
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• 32. Part of an angel costume - Crossword Clue
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• 33. :-) and :-( - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Apple alternatives - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Trails - Crossword Clue
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• 37. Noir or grigio grape - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Is really good - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Little kids - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Gets free - Crossword Clue
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• 47. "Maybe your iPhone can answer that" - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Lifesaving allergy devices - Crossword Clue
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• 50. Snakelike fish - Crossword Clue
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• 52. Dr. Frankenstein's helper - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Feedback - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Pre-bar exam (Abbr.) - Crossword Clue
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• 58. "That's a disaster!" - Crossword Clue
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• 60. Has - Crossword Clue
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• 62. Soon-to-be grads - Crossword Clue
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• 63. Bird in a coop - Crossword Clue
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• 64. Tortoiseshell or tabby, e.g. - Crossword Clue
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• 65. Korean automaker - Crossword Clue
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• 66. Sneaky - Crossword Clue
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