NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 17, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorWilla Angel Chen Miller
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Introductory course (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSALAD→
6A
Exchange letters (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIPO→
9A
Venue for the sale of the town of Buford, Wyo., in 2012 (price: $900,000) (4)
Starts with E, ends with YEBAY→
13A
What you might get after being taken for a ride (10)
Starts with U, ends with GUBERRATING→
17A
Jörmungandr, in Norse mythology (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAMONSTER→
18A
___ option (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCALL→
19A
Narrow passage: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSTR→
20A
Affixes, in a way (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPINS→
21A
Unprincipled (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAMORAL→
23A
Midrange performer (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
24A
Shattering results (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSHARDS→
25A
So-so at best (13)
Starts with N, ends with SNOGREATSHAKES→
29A
Buff marsh resident (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEGRET→
30A
Budget alternative (5)
Starts with A, ends with OALAMO→
31A
Saucer contents, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
34A
Industrial Revolution and others (4)
Starts with E, ends with SERAS→
35A
First Pixar film with a female protagonist (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBRAVE→
36A
Fulminate (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAIL→
37A
Cubby hole? (3)
Starts with D, ends with NDEN→
38A
Playwright/screenwriter Douglas Carter ___ (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBEANE→
39A
First capital of Alaska (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASITKA→
40A
One method of payment (13)
Starts with D, ends with TDIRECTDEPOSIT→
43A
Pickle (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESCRAPE→
44A
Actress Melissa Joan ___ (4)
Starts with H, ends with THART→
45A
Sauce made of seeds (6)
Starts with T, ends with ITAHINI→
46A
Company behind Sonic the Hedgehog (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASEGA→
47A
Blubber (3)
Starts with S, ends with BSOB→
50A
2011 hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West that samples a 1966 soul performance (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
51A
Very (10)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTALITTLE→
54A
Bit of a subway station wall (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETILE→
55A
"That'll do" (10)
Starts with G, ends with HGOODENOUGH→
56A
Split things, sometimes (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
57A
Some printer purchases, for short (3)
Starts with H, ends with SHPS→
58A
Ping maker (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSONAR→
Down
1D
Work (out) (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUSS→
2D
Provide crooked support for (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
3D
Shakespearean counterpart to Logan on "Succession" (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLEAR→
4D
Ready to fight (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
6D
"Take your time!" (11)
Starts with I, ends with EITSNOTARACE→
7D
Worst possible circumstances, with "the" (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPITS→
8D
Horizontal line, in Chinese writing (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
9D
"More!" (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENCORE→
10D
Positions of governance (10)
Starts with B, ends with SBOARDSEATS→
11D
It shows the lay of the land (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
12D
Big whoop (4)
Starts with Y, ends with LYELL→
14D
Borg who co-founded the Institute for Women in Technology (5)
Starts with A, ends with AANITA→
15D
Kenneth who wrote "The Wind in the Willows" (7)
Starts with G, ends with EGRAHAME→
22D
Speedy shark (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMAKO→
23D
Father of Phobos and Deimos (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
24D
Features of some monks and punks (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSHAVEDHEADS→
25D
It's a must (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNEED→
26D
Fantasy creature (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGRE→
27D
Relative minor? (10)
Starts with G, ends with DGRANDCHILD→
28D
Way of looking at things (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSLANT→
32D
___ bar (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITIKI→
33D
Louver (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
35D
Alarm sound option on a smartphone (7)
Starts with B, ends with GBEEPING→
38D
Milling byproduct (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBRAN→
39D
Unfortunate twists (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSPRAINS→
41D
Blooms for van Gogh (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIRISES→
42D
Quarter back? (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEAGLE→
43D
Smooth kind of finish (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSATIN→
45D
Schlep (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETOTE→
46D
Point on a bus route (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTOP→
48D
___ Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOLGA→
49D
Big name in paint (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBEHR→
52D
"How gorgeous!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with HOOH→
53D
Adverb much used by Goldilocks (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTOO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 17, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Willa Angel Chen Miller and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Introductory course (SALAD); Exchange letters (IPO); Venue for the sale of the town of Buford, Wyo., in 2012 (price: $900,000) (EBAY).
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