With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme

Latest answer — January 22, 2026

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Across

  1. 1Purchase of ice cream or cream ale
  2. 5Cognac label letters
  3. 9Escapade
  4. 14Goddess depicted with cow's horns
  5. 15"Hey, look who's here!"
  6. 16Film without much wardrobe, informally
  7. 17Watch sound
  8. 18Happens
  9. 20Left in
  10. 22Ingredient in a zombie
  11. 23Late ___
  12. 24Anxious
  13. 25Francis Ford Coppola's alma mater, for short
  14. 26Org. that watches television
  15. 27Tackling the task at hand
  16. 31Dump
  17. 32Unceasingly
  18. 33Hotel room coolers, for short
  19. 34Band with the 2008 platinum single "Electric Feel"
  20. 35Cut (in)
  21. 38Flabbergasted feeling
  22. 40Prefix meaning "heavens," as the name of a planet suggests
  23. 42Low
  24. 45Result of missing the boat
  25. 49Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly
  26. 50Sweeping
  27. 51Seth of Apple TV's "Platonic"
  28. 52Furious feeling
  29. 53Rescue squad pro
  30. 54Country whose seven-letter name can be spelled using only one-point Scrabble tiles
  31. 56Striking through
  32. 59"___ what I'm talkin' 'bout!"
  33. 60Standard
  34. 61Lead-in to -drome
  35. 62Oversupply
  36. 63Full of energy
  37. 64___ Mix
  38. 65Catch a glimpse of

Down

  1. 1Tools requiring two people
  2. 2"Am I wrong about that?"
  3. 3"Please, I know better than that"
  4. 4"You know better than that"
  5. 5Sotto ___
  6. 6Sporting flats, say
  7. 7Omega, in physics
  8. 8Approximately 84% of American women have at least one
  9. 9Early ancestor
  10. 10(The) OK
  11. 11With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme
  12. 12Bees, but not birds
  13. 13Trig ratio
  14. 19Kick butt, so to speak
  15. 21Like a run that sends the game into extra innings, say
  16. 25Buffet table item
  17. 28___ de plume
  18. 29Increase one's intensity
  19. 30"Hard pass"
  20. 34Mal de ___
  21. 36Channel with the longtime slogan "We Know Drama"
  22. 37Legal setting
  23. 3837-Down order
  24. 39Roused
  25. 41Turn to mush, maybe
  26. 42See 11-Down
  27. 43Loved every second
  28. 44The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g.
  29. 46Early pop music's ___ Brothers
  30. 47Honorific title
  31. 48Pestering type
  32. 49Minor snafu
  33. 54Mark's successor
  34. 55Put away
  35. 57Space between here and there
  36. 58French word between two surnames

The answer to “With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme” in the New York Times crossword is TRAFFIC — a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 22, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 11-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme” answer

TRAFFIC (7 letters)

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Why the answer is TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC is the 7-letter solution that fits "With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 22, 2026 (11-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does TRAFFIC mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of TRAFFIC is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • vehicles moving on a public highway
  • the messages or signals transmitted through a communications system
  • the action of dealing or trading in something illegal

When else has “With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

January 22, 2026 (most recent) → TRAFFIC. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme”?

The answer is TRAFFIC, a 7-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 22, 2026.

How many letters is the answer to “With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme”?

7 letters: TRAFFIC.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on January 22, 2026 (a Thursday puzzle), at 11-Down.

Can “With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and go ... as seen in this puzzle's theme” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for January 22, 2026 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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