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New York Times Bonus Answers

Thursday, 1st January 2026
There are 35 across clues and 44 down clues for the New York Times Bonus crossword on Thursday, 1st January 2026. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Supreme Court justice honored with her own category on "Jeopardy!," familiarlyRBG
AAcross 4: Embarrass
AAcross 9: Certain smart device that can stream Game Show NetworkLGTV
AAcross 13: The Pat Sajak years on "Wheel of Fortune," e.g.
AAcross 14: Candy brand sometimes seen on "The Price is Right"
AAcross 16: 38-Down host Sara Haines's home state
AAcross 17: Famous Bob Barker catchphraseCOMEONDOWN
AAcross 19: Pay, as a bill
AAcross 20: ___ Gbajabiamila, "American Ninja Warrior" co-hostAKBAR
AAcross 21: On the same team
AAcross 23: Hit, as with balls on "Wipeout"
AAcross 24: Spot to sleep
AAcross 26: On "Double Dare" it was typically made of vanilla pudding, apple sauce, oatmeal and green food coloring
AAcross 29: Trojan War sage
AAcross 31: Some contestants on "The Newlywed Game"
AAcross 32: "Count me in!"IMGAME
AAcross 35: Program before "Wheel of Fortune," often
AAcross 36: Famous Monty Hall catchphraseLETSMAKEADEAL
AAcross 40: Remini who hosted "People Puzzler"LEAH
AAcross 41: Provoke
AAcross 42: One might be eaten by a "Fear Factor" contestant
AAcross 44: Crown adornments
AAcross 48: Intimidate mentally, with "out"
AAcross 49: Length of time to "win it," in brief
AAcross 50: Meower in MexicoGATO
AAcross 52: "Smile!"
AAcross 55: "Oppenheimer" director Christopher NOLAN
AAcross 56: Kunis who has appeared on "Hollywood Squares"MILA
AAcross 58: Famous Steve Harvey catchphraseSURVEYSAYS
AAcross 61: Bonus
AAcross 62: Bird that has been shown to outperform humans at solving the Monty Hall problem (!)
AAcross 63: What impostors do on "To Tell the Truth"
AAcross 64: Feeling after a million-dollar win
AAcross 65: Like the chances of winning a game show's grand prize
AAcross 66: Colony member
DDown 1: A game show host usually gives one after an ad break
DDown 2: Like Ken Jennings's 74-game winning streak on "Jeopardy!" after losing to Nancy Zerg
DDown 3: Decide to "press your luck" one more time, e.g.
DDown 4: Love, in Spanish
DDown 5: "Idiotest" host Gleib
DDown 6: Mazed ___ Confused ("Ellen's Game of Games" challenge)
DDown 7: Weasel relative
DDown 8: Wolf's cry
DDown 9: Ask the Audience or Phone-a-Friend
DDown 9: Ask the Audience or Phone-a-Friend
DDown 10: "I like that strategy!"GOODIDEA
DDown 11: Number of contestants who have won the $1 million prize on "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?"
DDown 12: 26-Across container
DDown 15: Show whose sketches include "Celebrity Jeopardy!" and "Celebrity Family Feud," for shortSNL
DDown 18: Gobbles up
DDown 22: Tel Aviv's land: Abbr.ISR
DDown 24: Lock in a final answer, say
DDown 25: Instrument with pipes
DDown 27: Whimper
DDown 28: "Survivor" intro?
DDown 30: Christmas carol contraction
DDown 31: Like the losers on a game show
DDown 33: National Dog Show org.AKC
DDown 34: Japanese emperor who led the country's rapid industrializationMEIJI
DDown 36: Part of an eye or camera
DDown 37: What a "Password" contestant might hope forEASYCLUE
DDown 38: Game show featuring a "Cash Builder"THECHASE
DDown 39: Morning droplets
DDown 40: "___ Sync Battle" (musical game show)
DDown 43: Revolutionary Guevara
DDown 45: Boastful champions have big ones
DDown 46: Syllables a struggling "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" contestant might singLALALA
DDown 47: Avoid eliminationSTAYIN
DDown 49: Join the flow of traffic
DDown 51: Game show filming locale
DDown 53: Useful ability for a guesser on "Pyramid," for short
DDown 53: Useful ability for a guesser on "Pyramid," for short
DDown 54: Garb for many a game show host
DDown 55: Where "Cash Cab" was usually filmed, in briefNYNY
DDown 56: Fuel efficiency statMPG
DDown 57: "___ take case number 7, Howie"
DDown 57: "___ take case number 7, Howie"
DDown 59: Geese formation
DDown 60: Long, long time