NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 1, 2025
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Clues77
Across42
Down35
ConstructorSeth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Rapscallion (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSCAMP→
6A
Certain tankful (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGAS→
9A
Kind of game that's a pitcher's dream (5)
Starts with N, ends with TNOHIT→
14A
Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor" (5)
Starts with P, ends with UPALAU→
15A
Tuna type (3)
Starts with A, ends with IAHI→
16A
Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294 (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOHARE→
18A
On the ___ (3)
Starts with L, ends with MLAM→
19A
Christopher who directed "Oppenheimer" (5)
Starts with N, ends with NNOLAN→
20A
Slangy suffix with "most" (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
21A
"OK ... tell me" (7)
Starts with I, ends with EILLBITE→
24A
N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr. (3)
Starts with F, ends with SFTS→
25A
Exclamation from Homer (3)
Starts with D, ends with HDOH→
26A
Hero of "The Matrix" (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
27A
"A work of ___ that isn't based on feeling isn't ___ at all": Cézanne (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
28A
"Look at Me, I'm Sandra ___" ("Grease" song) (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDEE→
29A
Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood" (5)
Starts with E, ends with NEDWIN→
31A
Chinese greeting (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONIHAO→
33A
Tool for a pineapple (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCORER→
35A
1990s sitcom featuring a bookstore (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELLEN→
38A
You can count on them (5)
Starts with A, ends with IABACI→
39A
Rating for junk bonds (3)
Starts with C, ends with CCCC→
42A
Candymaker Wonka (5)
Starts with W, ends with YWILLY→
43A
Chauvinist or racist (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBIGOT→
44A
In the style of (3)
Starts with A, ends with AALA→
45A
Start of Caesar's boast (5)
Starts with I, ends with EICAME→
46A
Actress Hatcher (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITERI→
47A
Deposit, as an egg (3)
Starts with L, ends with YLAY→
48A
Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for two (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSIRS→
49A
Singer on "Give Peace a Chance" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OONO→
51A
"Golden Girls" actress Arthur (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABEA→
52A
Sheds, with "off" (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOUGHS→
56A
Stylish tote for an executive (7)
Starts with W, ends with GWORKBAG→
60A
Worshiping rows (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEWS→
61A
Cousin of a croc (5)
Starts with G, ends with RGATOR→
63A
The Emerald Isle (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEIRE→
64A
"___ have to do" (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITLL→
65A
Like the breeds Shetland and merino (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOVINE→
66A
TALK LIKE THIS! (4)
Starts with Y, ends with LYELL→
67A
Like a yenta (4)
Starts with N, ends with YNOSY→
68A
Props for close-up magicians (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDECKS→
69A
Arrogant sort (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSNOT→
Down
1D
Worked for the C.I.A., perhaps (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSPIED→
2D
Playground retort (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCANSO→
3D
Super-trendy (10)
Starts with A, ends with EALLTHERAGE→
4D
West who said "Men are my life, diamonds are my career" (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
5D
Set down on paper (12)
Starts with P, ends with GPUTINWRITING→
6D
Cider unit (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGALLON→
7D
Starbuck's higher-up? (4)
Starts with A, ends with BAHAB→
8D
Ape or monkey (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSIMIAN→
9D
In the dark about something nefarious (12)
Starts with N, ends with RNONETHEWISER→
10D
"Well, lookee there!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with OOHO→
11D
Place to see J.F.K. (10)
Starts with H, ends with RHALFDOLLAR→
12D
Hopping mad (5)
Starts with I, ends with EIRATE→
13D
Past, present or future (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETENSE→
22D
Flowery necklace (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
23D
Multisport race, in short (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
30D
In a prim and proper way (10)
Starts with D, ends with YDECOROUSLY→
32D
Singer with the #1 albums "As I Am" and "Girl on Fire" (10)
Starts with A, ends with SALICIAKEYS→
33D
What you might call a tipsy friend (3)
Starts with C, ends with BCAB→
34D
Last words? (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOBIT→
36D
Symbols of wisdom (4)
Starts with E, ends with SELMS→
39D
Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCAL→
40D
Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal song (4)
Starts with C, ends with YCLAY→
41D
Coral island (3)
Starts with C, ends with YCAY→
50D
"Yikes!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOHGOD→
51D
Puts to sleep, say (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBORES→
52D
53D
Oscar-winning Jared (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLETO→
54D
Symbols of wisdom (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWLS→
55D
Word processing command (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESAVE→
56D
Policy nerd (4)
Starts with W, ends with KWONK→
57D
"Très ___" (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBIEN→
58D
Singer Guthrie (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARLO→
59D
Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle's game (4)
Starts with G, ends with TGELT→
62D
___-tac-toe (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTIC→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 1, 2025?+
77 clues: 42 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Seth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Rapscallion (SCAMP); Certain tankful (GAS); Kind of game that's a pitcher's dream (NOHIT).
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