Fictional lover of Rochester Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Fictional lover of Rochester” from the New York Times crossword of January 8, 2026? It has 4 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 8, 2026

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the New York Times (January 8, 2026)

Across

1. ___ canto
4. Lessons that might be spelled out for you?
8. Photographer Diane
13. Wide-open Q&A
14. Coffee option
15. Snatching sound, in the comics
16. Nonverbal "well done"
18. Well-known scheme designer
19. One of the two Boolean values, in programming
20. Disney princess whose name is one letter off from a common princess accessory
22. Gimlet base
23. Dundee dissent
25. Cars with retractable roofs
27. What Neapolitan ice cream is divided into
30. Compete (for)
31. Bit in a breakfast bowl
32. Benefactor with a limited number of grants?
35. Symbol of the "Black is beautiful" movement
39. College concern seen in 16-, 25-, 49- and 63-Across?
42. Cathedral recess
43. Full of zing
44. Tallahassee sch.
45. Get rid of
47. Tea traders?
49. Accidentally burn, perhaps
54. Influential power
55. Feel under the weather
56. It's a start!
58. ___-free
61. Brand in the feminine care aisle
63. Results of wearing some uncomfortable shoes
65. Mexican street food typically served with cheese, chili and lime
66. Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School
67. Cpl. or sgt.
68. Grannies
69. Fictional lover of Rochester
70. Many Ph.D.s-to-be, for short

Down

1. Bangkok currency
2. Doha dignitary
3. Heineken subsidiary whose name means "small bodies of water"
4. Go on, in dialogue
5. One who eats crisps and uses a loo
6. Kind of duty
7. Stab, in a way
8. Spanish exclamation akin to "Oh, baby!"
9. Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood
10. "Spot on!"
11. Open, as a fanny pack
12. Scrapes
17. Get wind of
21. Knickknack
24. "We stand today on the ___ of a new frontier": John F. Kennedy, 7/15/1960
26. Nursing spot
27. Attire for a fraternity party, maybe
28. Instrument originating in ancient Sumer
29. Jump at, as an opportunity
33. Opposite of SSW
34. Maybes
36. "In da Club" rapper
37. Parks in history
38. Albatross, so to speak
40. Beloved
41. Thumbs-up votes
46. PlayStation alternatives
48. So-called "father of the American cartoon"
49. Like the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey
50. It takes a bow in a concert hall
51. Sir ___ Hercules John
52. Indigenous people at the center of 2023's "Killers of the Flower Moon"
53. ___ green
57. Layer
59. Sea creature that can weigh 400 pounds at birth
60. Possessive of a Chinese menu?
62. Zeta follower
64. Go on dates with

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Questions

What is the answer to “Fictional lover of Rochester”?

EYRE, 4 letters: a journey.

When was “Fictional lover of Rochester” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of January 8, 2026.

How many letters does the answer have?

4 letters, starting with E.