NYT Crossword January 14, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Ruling from a tennis line judge 5 6A Spelled-out chant at the World Cup 3 9A Home for Shrek 5 14A For the first time 5 15A ___ Beta Kappa 3 16A Signature Caitlin Clark shot, informally 5 17A One in charge of a sting operation? 9 19A Vessel in a slip 5 20A Individuals 4 21A It locks locks into place 3 22A Lead-in to rock or weekly 3 23A Like a birthday candle prior to your making a wish 3 24A Absolute champion 11 29A Head off 6 31A Make good as new 7 32A Cheer after a gooooooal! 3 33A Poorly behaved child 4 35A Parks who sparked a bus boycott 4 36A Publicity hound 15 40A News of an alien landing, probably 4 41A "Milk's favorite cookie" brand 4 42A Barnyard sound 3 43A Challenge for a person drawing lots? 7 45A Piece of equipment seen at the Paralympics 6 48A Person often flirting with disaster 11 51A Response in the game of Battleship 3 52A Org. that helped phase out CFCs 3 53A Jost's "S.N.L." Weekend Update co-host 3 54A Hardy and Petty 4 55A Friend of Flower and Thumper 5 58A Game that ends when the snitch is caught … and whose positions end 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across 9 60A Handbill 5 61A Chilly remark? 3 62A Home of the Craters of the Moon National Monument 5 63A Bit of snow 5 64A Posed 3 65A Question after a joke bombs 5

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1D Emphasized, textwise 6 2D Like the yellow polka dot bikini, in a 1960 #1 novelty song 6 3D Popular Thanksgiving item 11 4D Types 4 5D Scientific Bill 3 6D Word before deck or hand 5 7D Prominent part of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume 5 8D The "A" of A/C 3 9D Choices at salons 6 10D "I like this so much!" 10 11D ___ de Triomphe 3 12D "I wasn't impressed" 3 13D Rescue animal, maybe 3 18D Quadruple award achievement, informally 4 22D Supports illegally, in a way 5 24D Small brown songbird 4 25D Liquid-Plumr alternative 5 26D Attempted 11 27D Gaelic language 4 28D Back end 4 30D TV host who got asked a lot of questions 10 33D Labor day event 5 34D Pseudonym in a landmark legal case 3 36D Cries of understanding 4 37D Cause for a lawsuit 4 38D "Vissi d'arte" opera 5 39D Qatari leader 4 44D Enemy of the Rebel Alliance 6 45D Tournament ranking 4 46D Korean fermented cabbage 6 47D Remark while fanning oneself, maybe 6 49D Integra maker 5 50D Polo, e.g. 5 54D It washes a shore 4 55D Closest pal, informally 3 56D Not just some 3 57D Hamm of soccer fame 3 58D Ones trying not to be sacked, in brief 3 59D Fossil hunters' project 3