NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 28, 2025
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Clues78
Across37
Down41
ConstructorDan Margolis
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Wagner heroine (6)
Starts with I, ends with EISOLDE→
7A
Words before date or speed (4)
Starts with U, ends with OUPTO→
11A
Like some scientists and dashes (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMAD→
14A
Go off track (6)
Starts with D, ends with LDERAIL→
15A
Old-fashioned prelude to a duel (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLAP→
16A
Big bird (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEMU→
17A
The 68 participants in the N.C.A.A. March Madness tournament, e.g. (11)
Starts with S, ends with SSEEDEDTEAMS→
19A
Quick drink (3)
Starts with N, ends with PNIP→
21A
Deserve (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEARN→
22A
In the buff (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENUDE→
23A
Rank below marquess (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEARL→
25A
Convenience (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEASE→
28A
Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo, for two (13)
Starts with M, ends with SMARBLESTATUES→
33A
A, in Aachen (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEIN→
34A
The "S" of CBS: Abbr. (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSYST→
35A
Like some remedies or teas (6)
Starts with H, ends with LHERBAL→
37A
Sow's sniffer (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSNOUT→
39A
Listen here (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
41A
Cheers (for) (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROOTS→
42A
Bit of shut-eye (6)
Starts with C, ends with PCATNAP→
44A
C-worthy (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOSO→
46A
Young fellow (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLAD→
47A
Purim or Rosh Hashanah (13)
Starts with J, ends with YJEWISHHOLIDAY→
50A
Mononymous Irish singer (4)
Starts with E, ends with AENYA→
52A
The ___ of Avon (4)
Starts with B, ends with DBARD→
55A
Doesn't keep (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROTS→
57A
Sgt. or cpl. (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONCO→
60A
Bowl over (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAWE→
61A
Old TV series featuring the creepy main character Barnabas Collins (11)
Starts with D, ends with SDARKSHADOWS→
65A
Drag accessory (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABOA→
66A
Et ___ (and others) (4)
Starts with A, ends with IALII→
67A
Place for a lace (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEYELET→
68A
69A
See 68-Across (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERISE→
70A
Tranquil (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESERENE→
Down
1D
T.S.A. requirements (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIDS→
2D
Nostradamus, for one (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
3D
Cookie with its name on it (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOREO→
4D
Item on a fire truck (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLADDER→
5D
Stop running (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDIE→
6D
In one's golden years (7)
Starts with E, ends with YELDERLY→
7D
App customer (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSER→
8D
Venus, but not Serena (6)
Starts with P, ends with TPLANET→
9D
Many a tartan cap (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTAM→
10D
Photo ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
11D
List of options (4)
Starts with M, ends with UMENU→
12D
Surrounded by (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAMID→
18D
"Honor Thy Father" author (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETALESE→
22D
Prefix with -logical (5)
Starts with N, ends with ONEURO→
24D
Choose not to participate (7)
Starts with A, ends with NABSTAIN→
26D
"Feels so good!" (3)
Starts with A, ends with HAAH→
27D
Olympics no-no (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSTEROID→
28D
Nicki with the 2014 hit "Anaconda" (5)
Starts with M, ends with JMINAJ→
29D
Make ___ of (jot down) (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANOTE→
30D
Secret store (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSTASH→
31D
Virus first discovered in 1976 (5)
Starts with E, ends with AEBOLA→
32D
Skewered Indonesian dish (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSATAY→
33D
F1 neighbor (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
36D
It's taken to start a trip (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
38D
Like bachelors (5)
Starts with U, ends with DUNWED→
40D
Fowl poles? (6)
Starts with R, ends with SROOSTS→
43D
Therapist's maj. (3)
Starts with P, ends with YPSY→
45D
Walks through water (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSLOSHES→
48D
2024 campaign name (6)
Starts with H, ends with SHARRIS→
49D
It's up when you're angry (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDANDER→
52D
___ ghanouj (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABABA→
53D
Way off base? (4)
Starts with A, ends with LAWOL→
54D
Bona fide (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREAL→
56D
Steinbeck's Tom Joad, e.g. (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOKIE→
58D
___ slaw (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECOLE→
59D
Clive of "Inside Man" (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOWEN→
61D
___ es Salaam, Tanzania (3)
Starts with D, ends with RDAR→
62D
"Beef" star Wong (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
63D
House vote (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAYE→
64D
French holy title: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ESTE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 28, 2025?+
78 clues: 37 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dan Margolis and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Wagner heroine (ISOLDE); Words before date or speed (UPTO); Like some scientists and dashes (MAD).
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