NYT Crossword January 1, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Rapscallion 5 6A Certain tankful 3 9A Kind of game that's a pitcher's dream 5 14A Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor" 5 15A Tuna type 3 16A Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294 5 17A Cove 5 18A On the ___ 3 19A Christopher who directed "Oppenheimer" 5 20A Slangy suffix with "most" 3 21A "OK ... tell me" 7 24A N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr. 3 25A Exclamation from Homer 3 26A Hero of "The Matrix" 3 27A "A work of ___ that isn't based on feeling isn't ___ at all": Cézanne 3 28A "Look at Me, I'm Sandra ___" ("Grease" song) 3 29A Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood" 5 31A Chinese greeting 5 33A Tool for a pineapple 5 35A 1990s sitcom featuring a bookstore 5 38A You can count on them 5 39A Rating for junk bonds 3 42A Candymaker Wonka 5 43A Chauvinist or racist 5 44A In the style of 3 45A Start of Caesar's boast 5 46A Actress Hatcher 4 47A Deposit, as an egg 3 48A Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for two 4 49A Singer on "Give Peace a Chance" 3 51A "Golden Girls" actress Arthur 3 52A Sheds, with "off" 7 56A Stylish tote for an executive 7 60A Worshiping rows 4 61A Cousin of a croc 5 63A The Emerald Isle 4 64A "___ have to do" 4 65A Like the breeds Shetland and merino 5 66A TALK LIKE THIS! 4 67A Like a yenta 4 68A Props for close-up magicians 5 69A Arrogant sort 4

Down

1D Worked for the C.I.A., perhaps 5 2D Playground retort 5 3D Super-trendy 10 4D West who said "Men are my life, diamonds are my career" 3 5D Set down on paper 12 6D Cider unit 6 7D Starbuck's higher-up? 4 8D Ape or monkey 6 9D In the dark about something nefarious 12 10D "Well, lookee there!" 3 11D Place to see J.F.K. 10 12D Hopping mad 5 13D Past, present or future 5 22D Flowery necklace 3 23D Multisport race, in short 3 30D In a prim and proper way 10 32D Singer with the #1 albums "As I Am" and "Girl on Fire" 10 33D What you might call a tipsy friend 3 34D Last words? 4 36D Symbols of wisdom 4 37D 12/31 3 39D Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr. 3 40D Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal song 4 41D Coral island 3 50D "Yikes!" 5 51D Puts to sleep, say 5 52D Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results) 4 53D Oscar-winning Jared 4 54D Symbols of wisdom 4 55D Word processing command 4 56D Policy nerd 4 57D "Très ___" 4 58D Singer Guthrie 4 59D Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle's game 4 62D ___-tac-toe 3