NYT Crossword January 21, 2025 Answers
By Dan Caprera · Edited by Will Shortz
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Every answer for the New York Times Crossword from January 21, 2025, organized by Across and Down. Tap any clue to reveal its answer, letter count, and every past puzzle where it appeared.
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1A Gobble 5 6A English pop duo with the 1984 hit "Last Christmas" 4 10A First book after the four Gospels 4 14A Slicker, as a winter road 5 15A Name of Sporty Spice in the Spice Girls 4 16A TV host Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime" 4 17A Convenient source of tinctures and tonics 15 20A Bit of workout apparel, informally 3 21A Dish with a Cantonese counterpart called egg foo yong 8 22A Tool that may be used as a hoe 3 25A Needs for in vitro fertilization 3 27A Prefix with liberal 3 28A Actor McShane 3 29A Singer of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTube 9 32A Exploitative ones 5 34A Mardi Gras follower 4 35A Fish also called a nishikigoi 3 36A Surreptitiously let in on an email 3 37A Popular camp activity … or, literally, what the circles are creating four times in this puzzle 13 42A Kettle component 3 43A Figure painted by Warhol 3 44A Skip out of a party 4 46A Canine welcomes 5 49A Item with hinged legs 9 51A Salt Lake City-to-Minneapolis dir. 3 52A ___ Jordan, a.k.a. the Green Lantern 3 54A Neither's partner 3 55A Word after phone or, modernly, Zoom 3 56A Piece of blackboard chalk, geometrically 8 59A Stir-fry accessory 3 61A "That's not even the half of it ..." 15 66A Body personified by the Greek Titan Selene 4 67A Walkie-talkie word 4 68A Cultivates, in a way 5 69A So, so, so long 4 70A "Barbie" actor Michael 4 71A Like Pittsburgh's Canton Avenue, famously 5Down
1D [as printed!] 3 2D Cpl. or sgt. 3 3D Word with open or central 3 4D Monthly budget item 4 5D No longer burdened by 6 6D Nuke, for one 3 7D Hoagie 4 8D Reunion attendees 6 9D Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___" 5 10D It may be a chip or two 4 11D Playground pathogen 6 12D Dental detritus 6 13D Glosses 6 18D Annulled, as a license 7 19D Sit non-ergonomically 6 22D 100% 3 23D Union requirements 4 24D Brass component 4 26D In a bit, to a poet 4 30D Celery component 5 31D Greek letter that represents summation 5 33D Marine photographer's aid 5 36D Hang with the boys, slangily 7 38D God whose avatars restore cosmic order 6 39D Net 4 40D Catches in the act 4 41D Rummikub piece 4 45D Superman foe ___ Luthor 3 46D "2 ___ 1" (Spice Girls song) 6 47D "O.K. ... moving on!" 6 48D Have as support 6 49D Use an ax on, perhaps 6 50D Military force 6 53D Like some committees 5 57D + or – bits 4 58D One vacationing in a camper, informally 4 60D Bagpiper's wear 4 62D Big time 3 63D Fawn's mother 3 64D Lamb's mother 3 65D Snake created by Medusa's blood, in myth 3Frequently Asked Questions
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