NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 6, 2025
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorRena Cohen
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
Supersonic speed number (4)
Starts with M, ends with HMACH→
5A
Cookies that are sometimes dunked in milk (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOREOS→
10A
Whole lot (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSCAD→
14A
Cousin of a clarinet (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
15A
What "duty-free" means (5)
Starts with N, ends with XNOTAX→
16A
Westover with the best-selling memoir "Educated" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATARA→
17A
Theatrical description (15)
Starts with C, ends with HCHARACTERSKETCH→
20A
Position of greatest stress (7)
Starts with H, ends with THOTSEAT→
21A
"Campbell's Soup Cans" painter (6)
Starts with W, ends with LWARHOL→
22A
"___ longa, vita brevis" (3)
Starts with A, ends with SARS→
23A
Iditarod entries (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSLEDS→
26A
Follower of double-you, ex, wye (3)
Starts with Z, ends with EZEE→
27A
Dog crossbreed known for its teddy bear appearance (12)
Starts with G, ends with EGOLDENDOODLE→
31A
Recovered from a fall (5)
Starts with G, ends with PGOTUP→
34A
Modern anxiety source, in brief (4)
Starts with F, ends with OFOMO→
35A
Small cove (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARIA→
36A
Applications (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUSES→
37A
Sandwiches that often contain tuna (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMELTS→
39A
Overnight ___ (breakfast option) (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
40A
Brewery offering (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
41A
Crimson Tide univ. (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABAMA→
42A
Large cove (5)
Starts with I, ends with TINLET→
43A
Track exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist might (12)
Starts with C, ends with ECONTACTTRACE→
47A
Hosp. V.I.P.s (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDRS→
48A
Note on a failed test, maybe (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESEEME→
49A
Ball club V.I.P.s (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGMS→
52A
Valiant (6)
Starts with H, ends with CHEROIC→
55A
Amy who voiced Joy in "Inside Out" (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPOEHLER→
57A
Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have (15)
Starts with D, ends with SDRAWCONCLUSIONS→
60A
Proctor's cry at the end of a test (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIME→
61A
South Korea's second-largest city (5)
Starts with B, ends with NBUSAN→
62A
Actor Esparza (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAUL→
63A
Calf's meat (4)
Starts with V, ends with LVEAL→
64A
Stretch of work (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTINT→
65A
Custom gift site (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
Down
1D
Chocolaty coffee drink (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMOCHA→
2D
Despise (5)
Starts with A, ends with RABHOR→
3D
Nail polish layers (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOATS→
4D
His and ___ (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHERS→
5D
Available if needed (6)
Starts with O, ends with LONCALL→
6D
Went bad (6)
Starts with R, ends with DROTTED→
7D
Saison of the 2024 Paris Olympics (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
8D
Rower's blade (3)
Starts with O, ends with ROAR→
9D
Annual festival in Austin, Tex. (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSXSW→
10D
Sound system (6)
Starts with S, ends with OSTEREO→
11D
Paris's Notre-Dame, for one (9)
Starts with C, ends with LCATHEDRAL→
12D
West Coast gas brand (4)
Starts with A, ends with OARCO→
13D
Roald who wrote "Matilda" and "The BFG" (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDAHL→
18D
"The Tortoise and the Hare" author (5)
Starts with A, ends with PAESOP→
19D
Instrument that may be included in a birthday goodie bag (5)
Starts with K, ends with OKAZOO→
24D
Take down, as a bouncy house (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDEFLATE→
25D
Arrogant sort (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSNOT→
27D
"Gloomy" fellow (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGUS→
28D
Chats with on Insta (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDMS→
29D
Lo-cal (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELITE→
30D
Toward the sunrise (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
31D
One layer in a seven-layer dip, informally (4)
Starts with G, ends with CGUAC→
32D
Norway's capital (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSLO→
33D
"Riverdale" or "XO, Kitty" (9)
Starts with T, ends with ATEENDRAMA→
37D
___ and cheese (3)
Starts with M, ends with CMAC→
38D
Ambulance personnel, in brief (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMTS→
39D
Start of a count (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
41D
>7 on the pH scale (5)
Starts with B, ends with CBASIC→
42D
Colorful summer drinks (5)
Starts with I, ends with SICEES→
44D
Gardener's tool (6)
Starts with T, ends with LTROWEL→
45D
Come up with a new schedule (6)
Starts with R, ends with NREPLAN→
46D
Quantity (6)
Starts with A, ends with TAMOUNT→
49D
Show bad sportsmanship, in a way (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGLOAT→
50D
Kids might be given these with crayons (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMENUS→
51D
"r u kidding?!" (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSRSLY→
52D
Flat-screen, say (4)
Starts with H, ends with VHDTV→
53D
Scary-sounding Great Lake (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
54D
Corn waste (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCOBS→
56D
Bring on, as workers (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIRE→
58D
Pecan or pistachio (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNUT→
59D
CBS procedural that ran for 15 seasons (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 6, 2025?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rena Cohen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Supersonic speed number (MACH); Cookies that are sometimes dunked in milk (OREOS); Whole lot (SCAD).
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