Free Printable Crossword Puzzle #3

This is the Daily Crossword Puzzle #3 for Jan 5, 2026
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Across
  • 1. Teen's lifeline
  • 6. DDE predecessor
  • 9. Locked
  • 13. Vice President Burr
  • 14. Matadors' motivation
  • 16. Meager
  • 17. Abyss
  • 18. Medieval defense feature
  • 19. Persian Gulf leader
  • 20. Start of a coming-of-age scenario
  • 23. Fuss
  • 25. Entirety
  • 26. Geller of psychic fame
  • 27. Contrary start
  • 28. Scenario, part 2
  • 32. Madison Avenue honor
  • 33. Campus URL completer
  • 34. Underhanded
  • 35. Mush
  • 36. Augusta player
  • 38. Lahr of "The Wizard of Oz"
  • 42. Young mischief-maker
  • 45. Sushi choice
  • 47. Borodin's "Prince ___"
  • 48. Scenario, part 3
  • 53. "___ the ramparts . . ."
  • 54. "___ don't say!"
  • 55. Sheltered side
  • 56. Nickname uttered in the Lone Star State
  • 57. End of the scenario
  • 61. Enthusiastic
  • 62. Quiet valley
  • 63. Hasta luego
  • 66. Be given
  • 67. Moistureless
  • 68. Make confetti of
  • 69. Right-hand column, typically
  • 70. It's positive
  • 71. Peevish
Puzzle Grid
Down
  • 1. Org. with capital assets?
  • 2. "So there!"
  • 3. "Messiah," for one
  • 4. Ruin one's appetite
  • 5. Catch, as in a net
  • 6. Made from scratch
  • 7. Highway advisory
  • 8. Oolong container
  • 9. Disgorge
  • 10. Compassionate
  • 11. Harmony
  • 12. Despot
  • 15. Bart and Brenda
  • 21. Like Michelangelo's David
  • 22. Cambodian currency
  • 23. "Sesame Street" subject
  • 24. It gets in a pickle
  • 29. Cause for discussion
  • 30. Wassailers' times
  • 31. Title role for Sally Field
  • 37. Shipping routes
  • 39. Self-indulgent excursions?
  • 40. Meander
  • 41. "Jurassic Park" menace
  • 43. Chichén Itzá builders
  • 44. Pointy projections
  • 46. In ___ of
  • 48. Cherry, for one
  • 49. Utter delight
  • 50. White-furred weasel
  • 51. "Arthur" star Moore
  • 52. Take off
  • 58. Inserts
  • 59. Dijon dad
  • 60. Carmela portrayer
  • 64. Odd man's place
  • 65. Intelligence purveyor