NYT Crossword January 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Famous palindrome starter 15 16A "Is there more?" 15 17A It can be infectious after Thanksgiving 15 18A Coloring sometimes confused with dun 4 19A Female rapper with the 2008 hit "Paper Planes" 3 20A Makes a move 4 21A Lead-in to day, way or more 3 22A Love interest of Peter in the "Spider-Man" universe 4 24A Informal preposition 3 26A Fish with a shy-sounding name 3 27A It's the word 3 28A ___-Cat 3 31A One of 12 for Katharine Hepburn 15 37A Dish that's different from its cousins by the inclusion of potatoes 15 38A Catchers of waves 15 39A Vein output 3 40A Constellation with the star Regulus 3 41A Informal hookups 3 42A Half a candy bar? 3 43A Reasonable 4 45A Initials for a 20th-century president (and his wife) 3 48A Avian symbol of good fortune in Celtic culture 4 51A Throne 3 52A Uncover 4 53A Hit 1976 album whose title track won the Grammy for Record of the Year 15 58A Yogi Berra or Joe DiMaggio, e.g. 15 59A Sent out feelers, so to speak 15

Down

1D City that's the "heart of Africa's art scene," per National Geographic 5 2D Capital and second-largest city of Minorca 5 3D Range 5 4D How to turn down a Hamburger 4 5D They share keys with 2's 3 6D Nursery purchase 3 7D "I can handle this!" 5 8D ___ LeRoy Locke, "Father of the Harlem Renaissance" 5 9D Org. with a climate research program 4 10D Required safety feature on cars, in brief 3 11D 13-Down, e.g. 3 12D It preceded Calibri as Microsoft's default font 5 13D Kilo finder 4 14D Plugging away 4 15D Some do-overs 4 22D Chest-beating sort 7 23D Kate who won an Academy Award for "The Reader" 7 24D On the right radio frequency 7 25D Cry after a close shave 7 26D Memorable title role of a 1941 film 4 27D Handy person? 4 28D Dark Lord of the ___ ("Star Wars" title) 4 29D Pay attention to 4 30D Stack of Monopoly bills 4 31D Scapola o femore 4 32D Go a couple of rounds 4 33D ___ Tiernan, author of the "Immortal Beloved" trilogy 4 34D Largest tributary of the Mississippi 4 35D Wisecrack 3 36D Novelist Gerritsen 4 42D Showed respect or submission, in a way 5 43D Arabic for "prayer" 5 44D Netflix category 5 45D Long weapon 5 46D Pipe material 5 47D Jimmy Carter was the first president regularly seen in these 5 48D Slightest amount 4 49D ___ learning 4 50D Some travelers' concerns, in brief 4 51D Lingo 4 52D Person partial to humour? 4 54D Golfer's concern 3 55D Scoundrel 3 56D Handful 3 57D ___ pro nobis 3