Puzzles Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Puzzles featured in New York Times puzzle on January 9, 2026. We have found 43 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is VEXES.

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17 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
VEXES Puzzles (5) New York Times Jan 9, 2026
ENIGMAS Puzzles (7) Thomas Joseph Dec 6, 2024
BEMUSES Puzzles (7) Universal Feb 20, 2022
TEASERS Puzzles (7) The Telegraph Quick Mar 7, 2019
BRAINTEASERS Puzzles (12) The Times Concise May 17, 2018
PERPLEXES Puzzles (9) The Telegraph Quick Sep 22, 2017
POSERS Puzzles (6)
BAFFLEMENTS Puzzles (11)
ENIGMATA Puzzles (8)
MAZES Puzzles (5)

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26% JIGSAW Puzzle (6) The Telegraph Quick Jan 5, 2025
26% BAFFLED Puzzled (7) The Sun Mini Oct 1, 2024
26% CONFUSED Puzzled (8) The Telegraph Quick Jan 24, 2024
26% ALOSS At ___ (puzzled) (5) Wall Street Journal Feb 13, 2023
26% CONFUSE Puzzle (7) Wall Street Journal Nov 7, 2020
26% ATALOSS Puzzled (7) Universal Nov 26, 2019

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