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Thomas Joseph Crossword January 16, 2026 Answers
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1Influence4 letters5Remove4 letters9Wheel connectors5 letters11Little hooter5 letters13Was bright5 letters14Sleeper’s sound5 letters15Road rescue3 letters16Speculate7 letters18Built7 letters20Hightailed it3 letters21Had a go at5 letters22Court worker: Abbr.4 letters23Lynx or lion3 letters24Uncle, in Acapulco3 letters25Casual shirt4 letters27Like stuffed animals5 letters29Outback bird3 letters30Witty fellow7 letters32Move down7 letters34-- de France3 letters35Church fixture5 letters36Small brooks5 letters38Vichyssoise veggies5 letters39Portion out5 letters40Grove growth4 letters41House creations4 letters
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1Dispatch5 letters2Urge strongly6 letters3Catkin, e.g.13 letters4Toe count3 letters5Gave medicine to5 letters6Possesses4 letters7Wheat version of a Mexican flatbread13 letters8Mathematician Pierre6 letters10Big singing group6 letters12Minute5 letters17Warning color3 letters19Italian farewell4 letters22Haughtiness4 letters24Frozen expanse6 letters25Piano part5 letters26Brunch dish6 letters27Merriment3 letters28Cowardly6 letters30In itself5 letters31Kicks back5 letters33Bakery buy4 letters37Suffering3 letters