NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 30, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorJoe Marquez
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
First U.S. prez to be born outside the original 13 Colonies (3)
Starts with A, ends with EABE→
4A
Airport transports (4)
Starts with V, ends with SVANS→
8A
The film "Airplane!," e.g. (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFARCE→
13A
Cry in a horror film (3)
Starts with R, ends with NRUN→
14A
Challenge for an interpreter, perhaps (5)
Starts with I, ends with MIDIOM→
16A
Result of a leadoff walk (5)
Starts with O, ends with NONEON→
17A
"Sic vita ___" ("Such is life") (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
18A
Mercenary (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESOLDIERTUNE→
20A
DEF, on a phone (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETHREE→
22A
Bemoan (6)
Starts with L, ends with TLAMENT→
23A
Groundbreaking medical procedure first accomplished in 1967 (10)
Starts with H, ends with THEANSPLANT→
27A
Region bordering India and China in Risk (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSIAM→
29A
Nestlé Purina PetCare brand (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALPO→
31A
Only about 10% of Americans have one (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOUTIE→
32A
Tiny bit (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSPECK→
34A
Shakers in the woods (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASPENS→
35A
Suffix with social (3)
Starts with I, ends with TIST→
38A
Focus of a product development test (7)
Starts with U, ends with HUSEARCH→
40A
Govt. agency for retirees (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASSA→
41A
They might sound the alarm (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHEFTS→
43A
In-the-works software versions (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBETAS→
45A
Score endings (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCODAS→
46A
El ___ (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPASO→
47A
Caresses (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPATS→
51A
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" police captain (4)
Starts with H, ends with THOLT→
52A
Has a clouded mind (10)
Starts with C, ends with TCANTRAIGHT→
54A
Append (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTACKON→
56A
Turn left or right, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSTEER→
57A
Uncertainties of life ... or a feature of four answers in this puzzle? (11)
Starts with U, ends with SUPSANDDOWNS→
61A
Supermodel Carangi (3)
Starts with G, ends with AGIA→
62A
Personal style (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETASTE→
63A
Throat lozenge additive (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANISE→
64A
This is "plagiarism or revolution," per Gauguin (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
65A
Emerged (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAROSE→
66A
Walks, for one (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSTAT→
67A
Anti-vaping ad, e.g. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APSA→
Down
1D
Singer with the 1972 album "Young, Gifted and Black," informally (6)
Starts with A, ends with AARETHA→
2D
Quantity on a farm (6)
Starts with B, ends with LBUSHEL→
4D
Clamps in a shop (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVISES→
5D
Big fuss (3)
Starts with A, ends with OADO→
7D
Cover some ground? (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSOD→
8D
1040, e.g. (4)
Starts with F, ends with MFORM→
9D
Pays for a hand (7)
Starts with A, ends with PANTESUP→
10D
Connects with an ex, e.g. (8)
Starts with R, ends with SREUNITES→
11D
Holds within (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCONTAINS→
12D
Suffix with methyl (3)
Starts with E, ends with EENE→
15D
19D
Work on a sub? (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
21D
Grandson of Eve (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENOS→
24D
Newspapers, collectively (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRESS→
25D
Delicate fabric (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELACE→
26D
Fictional prison guarded by Dementors (7)
Starts with A, ends with NAZKABAN→
28D
Canyonlands National Park feature (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMESA→
31D
Division of the Dept. of Labor (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOSHA→
33D
Plunks (down) (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPUTS→
34D
Pidgeon, Hawke or Crowe (5)
Starts with A, ends with RACTOR→
35D
Rash reaction? (4)
Starts with I, ends with HITCH→
36D
Play a bogey-free round, maybe (8)
Starts with S, ends with RSHOOTPAR→
37D
TV character who said "Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing" (8)
Starts with T, ends with OTEDLASSO→
39D
Chillax (4)
Starts with R, ends with TREST→
42D
Deep-pocketed types (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFATCATS→
44D
Stick at a roast (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSPIT→
46D
Zoo Atlanta's Lun Lun or Yang Yang (5)
Starts with P, ends with APANDA→
48D
Separation in some relationships? (6)
Starts with A, ends with PAGEGAP→
49D
Possible answer to "Whose?" (6)
Starts with T, ends with STHEIRS→
50D
Rock layers (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASTRATA→
52D
Cousin of a haddock (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCOD→
53D
One can be fixed or liquid (5)
Starts with A, ends with TASSET→
55D
Base for a proposal? (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKNEE→
57D
Hagen in the American Theater Hall of Fame (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUTA→
58D
Switch positions (3)
Starts with O, ends with SONS→
59D
Cleverness (3)
Starts with W, ends with TWIT→
60D
U.S. org. that operates a cryptology museum in Maryland (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 30, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joe Marquez and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: First U.S. prez to be born outside the original 13 Colonies (ABE); Airport transports (VANS); The film "Airplane!," e.g. (FARCE).
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