NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 13, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorAdam Levav
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
Place for gladiatorial combat (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARENA→
6A
___ and seek (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIDE→
10A
"Money, Money, Money" group (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
14A
Some jazz instruments, informally (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAXES→
15A
Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIHOP→
16A
"Dagnabbit!" (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDRAT→
17A
Quality of a statement that feels plausible (10)
Starts with T, ends with STRUTHINESS→
19A
Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFORT→
20A
Purges (of) (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDS→
21A
Holding hands outside, e.g., for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with APDA→
22A
Shelf on a cliff (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEDGE→
23A
Chewed and swallowed (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
24A
High school or college seniors, usually (11)
Starts with F, ends with SFOURTHYEARS→
27A
Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing" (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLYSOL→
29A
Sweetheart, slangily (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBAE→
30A
Tit for ___ (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTAT→
31A
Strings along (7)
Starts with L, ends with NLEADSON→
35A
Visibly supports, as a university or sports team (4)
Starts with R, ends with SREPS→
36A
Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares? (13)
Starts with M, ends with HMIDDLEENGLISH→
40A
Tightens one's ice skates, e.g. (7)
Starts with L, ends with PLACESUP→
41A
German "Phooey!" (3)
Starts with A, ends with HACH→
42A
Give in to gravity (3)
Starts with S, ends with GSAG→
43A
Gave up, as territory (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCEDED→
47A
Feel relief from anxiety (11)
Starts with B, ends with YBREATHEEASY→
52A
Do a whoopsie (3)
Starts with E, ends with RERR→
53A
"Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom) (5)
Starts with M, ends with YMORTY→
54A
Card that can have the highest or lowest value (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
55A
Leave roaring with laughter (4)
Starts with S, ends with YSLAY→
56A
"Beware the ___ of March" (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDES→
57A
Aid in preventing a shipwreck (10)
Starts with L, ends with ELIGHTHOUSE→
60A
Edible ice cream holder (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECONE→
61A
Competent (4)
Starts with A, ends with EABLE→
62A
More than willing (5)
Starts with E, ends with REAGER→
63A
"At Last" singer James (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETTA→
64A
Sent a private text, for short (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDMED→
65A
Journalism (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRESS→
Down
1D
Word before plane or projection (6)
Starts with A, ends with LASTRAL→
2D
Uncommon thing (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRARITY→
3D
Oozes, as charm (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEXUDES→
4D
Basketball goals (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNETS→
5D
Cigarette byproduct (3)
Starts with A, ends with HASH→
6D
Holi celebrant (5)
Starts with H, ends with UHINDU→
7D
"Rumor has it …" (5)
Starts with I, ends with RIHEAR→
8D
Uno x 2 (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDOS→
9D
Mini-albums, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEPS→
10D
Cost for a commercial (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADFEE→
11D
Hangout events for two guy friends (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBRODATES→
12D
Common chart for comparing data (8)
Starts with B, ends with HBARGRAPH→
13D
Swears (to) (7)
Starts with A, ends with SATTESTS→
18D
Stock market debut, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with OIPO→
22D
Caustic drain cleaner (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELYE→
24D
Made a quick retreat (4)
Starts with F, ends with DFLED→
25D
Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETBONE→
26D
Chillaxes with friends (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHANGS→
28D
Ye ___ Shoppe (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOLDE→
32D
Arabic for God (5)
Starts with A, ends with HALLAH→
33D
Digitally make to look younger (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDEAGE→
34D
Brief moment (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
35D
Ready to eat, as fruit (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERIPE→
36D
Minuscule picture used in spycraft (8)
Starts with M, ends with TMICRODOT→
37D
Essential to the character of something (8)
Starts with I, ends with TINHERENT→
38D
Football holder in "Peanuts" (4)
Starts with L, ends with YLUCY→
39D
Cheese-loving test subjects (7)
Starts with L, ends with ELABMICE→
42D
Pigpen (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSTY→
44D
Downpour (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDELUGE→
45D
Wipes out (6)
Starts with E, ends with SERASES→
46D
Spinners in laundromats (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDRYERS→
48D
On the ocean (5)
Starts with A, ends with AATSEA→
49D
Sharp-eyed bird (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEAGLE→
50D
Felt sore (5)
Starts with A, ends with DACHED→
51D
"Quiet on the ___!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
55D
Fly high (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSOAR→
57D
Young feller (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLAD→
58D
Company nicknamed "Big Blue" (3)
Starts with I, ends with MIBM→
59D
With it, in last-century slang (3)
Starts with H, ends with PHEP→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 13, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Levav and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Place for gladiatorial combat (ARENA); ___ and seek (HIDE); "Money, Money, Money" group (ABBA).
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