"5 stars" Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “"5 stars"” from the New York Times crossword of January 18, 2026? It has 8 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, JANUARY 18, 2026
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ILOVEDIT is the answer to “"5 stars"”.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
A 8-letter answer that starts with I.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: LETODIVI.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Four-star review, say”.
More clues from the New York Times (January 18, 2026)
Across
- 1. Bit of regal headwear6 letters, starts with DDIADEM
- 7. Singer Horne4 letters, starts with LLENA
- 11. Develops alopecia8 letters, starts with GGOESBALD
- 19. Total6 letters, starts with EENTIRE
- 20. 2022 World Series champ5 letters, starts with AASTRO
- 22. College town nicknamed "A2"8 letters, starts with AANNARBOR
- 23. Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially?12 letters, starts with AAFTERMATTHEW
- 25. Concert lineups8 letters, starts with SSETLISTS
- 26. Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel4 letters, starts with LLEAH
- 27. Make a choice3 letters, starts with OOPT
- 28. Trouble3 letters, starts with WWOE
- 30. 1982 film whose name is a security program4 letters, starts with TTRON
- 31. Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably4 letters, starts with SSCAM
- 33. Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam?15 letters, starts with RREVIEWTHEENGINE
- 40. Pulsates6 letters, starts with TTHROBS
- 42. Rock's Plastic ___ Band3 letters, starts with OONO
- 43. Central parts of planets5 letters, starts with CCORES
- 44. Hairdresser's supply3 letters, starts with DDYE
- 45. Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class3 letters, starts with DDNA
- 46. Soft shots, in tennis5 letters, starts with DDINKS
- 48. Meditative chants3 letters, starts with OOMS
- 49. Plant used in pickling4 letters, starts with DDILL
- 50. H.S. exam whose highest score is 363 letters, starts with AACT
- 53. Source of income for a website6 letters, starts with AADSALE
- 55. Half of a popular social media app3 letters, starts with TTIK
- 57. Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets5 letters, starts with NNANOS
- 58. Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula?20 letters, starts with TTHESETTLERSOFYUCATAN
- 63. Affectionate term for una madre4 letters, starts with MMAMI
- 64. Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp3 letters, starts with AAAA
- 65. Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue3 letters, starts with MMRS
- 66. "Big" comic protagonist4 letters, starts with NNATE
- 67. "Don't look at me for help" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme21 letters, starts with SSOUNDSLIKEAYOUPROBLEM
- 75. Dove's dwelling4 letters, starts with CCOTE
- 76. Wii remote batteries3 letters, starts with AAAS
- 77. Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age"3 letters, starts with SSID
- 78. Sensation before a migraine, medically4 letters, starts with AAURA
- 79. Gets married while wearing protective gear?20 letters, starts with UUNITESINSHININGARMOR
- 85. Quarrels5 letters, starts with SSPATS
- 86. Itty-bitty3 letters, starts with WWEE
- 87. Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting"6 letters, starts with BBONSAI
- 88. "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short3 letters, starts with PPSA
- 89. Best-selling romance author Jimenez4 letters, starts with AABBY
- 90. One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth3 letters, starts with RRBI
- 92. "Shrek!" author William5 letters, starts with SSTEIG
- 94. Common item at a checkout line, informally3 letters, starts with MMAG
- 96. #1 spot in London?3 letters, starts with LLOO
- 97. Honkers without horns5 letters, starts with GGEESE
- 99. It might come with a shell3 letters, starts with OOAR
- 100. Go over again6 letters, starts with RREREAD
- 103. List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old?15 letters, starts with TTWOANDAHALFMENU
- 107. Kerfuffle4 letters, starts with TTODO
- 108. Oodles4 letters, starts with GGOBS
- 109. Someone who might issue a travel warning?3 letters, starts with RREF
- 110. "Roger that!"3 letters, starts with YYEP
- 112. Name that means "pink" in Spanish4 letters, starts with RROSA
- 114. Relative of a husky8 letters, starts with MMALAMUTE
- 118. Wedding planner's aid?12 letters, starts with VVENUEDIAGRAM
- 122. "5 stars"8 letters, starts with IILOVEDIT
- 123. It might raise a bunch of dough5 letters, starts with YYEAST
- 124. Stab of pain6 letters, starts with TTWINGE
- 125. Values8 letters, starts with AASSESSES
- 126. Businesses offering mud masks4 letters, starts with SSPAS
- 127. Pulls the chain of, so to speak6 letters, starts with TTEASES
Down
- 1. Word on either side of "or no"4 letters, starts with DDEAL
- 2. Overrun6 letters, starts with IINFEST
- 3. Add electronically, in a way6 letters, starts with AATTACH
- 4. Like a really big fan7 letters, starts with DDIEHARD
- 5. Go wrong3 letters, starts with EERR
- 6. Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?)4 letters, starts with MMEMO
- 7. The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks5 letters, starts with LLATTE
- 8. "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden")3 letters, starts with EEST
- 9. High degree3 letters, starts with NNTH
- 10. "Is it time to rethink this relationship?"7 letters, starts with AAREWEOK
- 11. Hilarious thing3 letters, starts with GGAS
- 12. Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush7 letters, starts with OONETERM
- 13. Starters' followers7 letters, starts with EENTREES
- 14. Businesses whose employees work standing up6 letters, starts with SSALONS
- 15. Carry in5 letters, starts with BBRING
- 16. "Chiseled" features3 letters, starts with AABS
- 17. Destiny in life3 letters, starts with LLOT
- 18. Hippocratic oath followers, for short3 letters, starts with DDRS
- 21. "Stop! That hurts!"4 letters, starts with OOWOW
- 24. Car financing figs.4 letters, starts with AAPRS
- 29. List shortener3 letters, starts with EETC
- 32. "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle5 letters, starts with MMONAE
- 34. Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets5 letters, starts with VVOILE
- 35. ___ child5 letters, starts with IINNER
- 36. What a bad student might play5 letters, starts with HHOOKY
- 37. Menzel of Broadway5 letters, starts with IIDINA
- 38. Guitar string material5 letters, starts with NNYLON
- 39. Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash"4 letters, starts with EEELS
- 41. What kitsch exhibits8 letters, starts with BBADTASTE
- 46. ___ Lama5 letters, starts with DDALAI
- 47. Part of a bedtime routine5 letters, starts with SSTORY
- 49. Healthy, fiber-rich snack7 letters, starts with DDATEBAR
- 50. Where some bills originate4 letters, starts with AATMS
- 51. Former transportation secretary Elaine4 letters, starts with CCHAO
- 52. Chinese competitor of Amazon4 letters, starts with TTEMU
- 54. Loses freshness6 letters, starts with SSTALES
- 56. "In that case …"4 letters, starts with IIFSO
- 57. Grp. that Sweden joined in 20244 letters, starts with NNATO
- 59. Vegas7 letters, starts with SSINCITY
- 60. Sensation5 letters, starts with SSMASH
- 61. Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post6 letters, starts with UUNPINS
- 62. Hearts or spades, but not diamonds8 letters, starts with CCARDGAME
- 68. .........4 letters, starts with DDOTS
- 69. Classic Orson Welles protagonist4 letters, starts with KKANE
- 70. Ameliorates5 letters, starts with EEASES
- 71. Via5 letters, starts with UUSING
- 72. Feature of undermixed batter4 letters, starts with LLUMP
- 73. Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end4 letters, starts with EEROS
- 74. Golden Globe nominee Rooney4 letters, starts with MMARA
- 79. "V," to a violinist5 letters, starts with UUPBOW
- 80. Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars"5 letters, starts with NNABOO
- 81. "If only!"5 letters, starts with IIWISH
- 82. Steel girder5 letters, starts with IIBEAM
- 83. Bête ___5 letters, starts with NNOIRE
- 84. Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps5 letters, starts with AAIART
- 85. Pretzel topper4 letters, starts with SSALT
- 90. Trees with heart-shaped leaves7 letters, starts with RREDBUDS
- 91. Creature, cutesily7 letters, starts with BBEASTIE
- 93. Candies that crack with a crunch7 letters, starts with TTOFFEES
- 95. Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded7 letters, starts with GGEORGIA
- 97. Some lawn ornaments6 letters, starts with GGNOMES
- 98. Part of E.N.T.3 letters, starts with EEAR
- 100. Kicked oneself for4 letters, starts with RRUED
- 101. Prettifies6 letters, starts with AADORNS
- 102. 500 mg 2x/day, e.g.6 letters, starts with DDOSAGE
- 104. Source of a natural sweetener5 letters, starts with AAGAVE
- 105. Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek"4 letters, starts with LLEVY
- 106. Russian denials5 letters, starts with NNYETS
- 111. The Panthers of the A.C.C.4 letters, starts with PPITT
- 113. Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end4 letters, starts with AAMES
- 114. Not around, informally3 letters, starts with MMIA
- 115. Hirt and Hirschfeld3 letters, starts with AALS
- 116. Día de ___ Reyes Magos3 letters, starts with LLOS
- 117. They're often depicted with green skin, for short3 letters, starts with EETS
- 119. Something much needed after an all-nighter3 letters, starts with NNAP
- 120. Today preceder3 letters, starts with UUSA
- 121. Leave speechless3 letters, starts with AAWE
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Questions
What is the answer to “"5 stars"”?
ILOVEDIT, 8 letters.
When was “"5 stars"” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of January 18, 2026.
How many letters does the answer have?
8 letters, starting with I.