NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 21, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorDan Caprera
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Gobble (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSNARF→
6A
English pop duo with the 1984 hit "Last Christmas" (4)
Starts with W, ends with MWHAM→
10A
First book after the four Gospels (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACTS→
14A
Slicker, as a winter road (5)
Starts with I, ends with RICIER→
15A
Name of Sporty Spice in the Spice Girls (4)
Starts with M, ends with CMELC→
16A
TV host Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime" (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOAH→
17A
Convenient source of tinctures and tonics (15)
Starts with C, ends with ECORNERDRUGSTORE→
20A
Bit of workout apparel, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
21A
Dish with a Cantonese counterpart called egg foo yong (8)
Starts with O, ends with EOMELETTE→
22A
Tool that may be used as a hoe (3)
Starts with A, ends with ZADZ→
25A
Needs for in vitro fertilization (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOVA→
27A
Prefix with liberal (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
28A
Actor McShane (3)
Starts with I, ends with NIAN→
29A
Singer of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTube (9)
Starts with L, ends with ILUISFONSI→
32A
Exploitative ones (5)
Starts with U, ends with SUSERS→
34A
Mardi Gras follower (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLENT→
35A
Fish also called a nishikigoi (3)
Starts with K, ends with IKOI→
36A
Surreptitiously let in on an email (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBCC→
37A
42A
Kettle component (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLID→
43A
Figure painted by Warhol (3)
Starts with M, ends with OMAO→
44A
Skip out of a party (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBAIL→
46A
Canine welcomes (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBARKS→
49A
Item with hinged legs (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECARDTABLE→
51A
Salt Lake City-to-Minneapolis dir. (3)
Starts with E, ends with EENE→
52A
___ Jordan, a.k.a. the Green Lantern (3)
Starts with H, ends with LHAL→
54A
Neither's partner (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
55A
Word after phone or, modernly, Zoom (3)
Starts with S, ends with XSEX→
56A
Piece of blackboard chalk, geometrically (8)
Starts with C, ends with RCYLINDER→
59A
Stir-fry accessory (3)
Starts with W, ends with KWOK→
61A
"That's not even the half of it ..." (15)
Starts with O, ends with AOHYOUHAVENOIDEA→
66A
Body personified by the Greek Titan Selene (4)
Starts with M, ends with NMOON→
67A
Walkie-talkie word (4)
Starts with O, ends with ROVER→
68A
Cultivates, in a way (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPLOWS→
69A
So, so, so long (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEONS→
70A
"Barbie" actor Michael (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACERA→
71A
Like Pittsburgh's Canton Avenue, famously (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEEP→
Down
1D
[as printed!] (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSIC→
2D
Cpl. or sgt. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONCO→
3D
Word with open or central (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAIR→
4D
Monthly budget item (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRENT→
5D
No longer burdened by (6)
Starts with F, ends with FFREEOF→
6D
Nuke, for one (3)
Starts with W, ends with DWMD→
7D
Hoagie (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHERO→
8D
Reunion attendees (6)
Starts with A, ends with IALUMNI→
9D
Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___" (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMCGEE→
10D
It may be a chip or two (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
11D
Playground pathogen (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECOOTIE→
12D
Dental detritus (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTARTAR→
13D
Glosses (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSHEENS→
18D
Annulled, as a license (7)
Starts with R, ends with DREVOKED→
19D
Sit non-ergonomically (6)
Starts with S, ends with HSLOUCH→
23D
Union requirements (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDUES→
24D
Brass component (4)
Starts with Z, ends with CZINC→
26D
In a bit, to a poet (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
30D
Celery component (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSTALK→
31D
Greek letter that represents summation (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASIGMA→
33D
Marine photographer's aid (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASCUBA→
36D
Hang with the boys, slangily (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBRODOWN→
38D
God whose avatars restore cosmic order (6)
Starts with V, ends with UVISHNU→
40D
Catches in the act (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNABS→
41D
Rummikub piece (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETILE→
45D
Superman foe ___ Luthor (3)
Starts with L, ends with XLEX→
46D
"2 ___ 1" (Spice Girls song) (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBECOME→
47D
"O.K. ... moving on!" (6)
Starts with A, ends with OANYHOO→
48D
Have as support (6)
Starts with R, ends with NRELYON→
49D
Use an ax on, perhaps (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECLEAVE→
50D
Military force (6)
Starts with T, ends with STROOPS→
53D
Like some committees (5)
Starts with A, ends with CADHOC→
57D
+ or – bits (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIONS→
58D
One vacationing in a camper, informally (4)
Starts with R, ends with RRVER→
60D
Bagpiper's wear (4)
Starts with K, ends with TKILT→
62D
Big time (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
63D
Fawn's mother (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDOE→
64D
Lamb's mother (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
65D
Snake created by Medusa's blood, in myth (3)
Starts with A, ends with PASP→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 21, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dan Caprera and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Gobble (SNARF); English pop duo with the 1984 hit "Last Christmas" (WHAM); First book after the four Gospels (ACTS).
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