NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 18, 2025
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Clues72
Across27
Down45
ConstructorScott McMahon
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Famous palindrome starter (15)
Starts with A, ends with LAMANAPLANACANAL→
16A
"Is there more?" (15)
Starts with C, ends with ECARETOELABORATE→
17A
It can be infectious after Thanksgiving (15)
Starts with C, ends with TCHRISTMASSPIRIT→
18A
Coloring sometimes confused with dun (4)
Starts with R, ends with NROAN→
19A
Female rapper with the 2008 hit "Paper Planes" (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMIA→
20A
Makes a move (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACTS→
21A
Lead-in to day, way or more (3)
Starts with A, ends with YANY→
22A
Love interest of Peter in the "Spider-Man" universe (4)
Starts with G, ends with NGWEN→
24A
Informal preposition (3)
Starts with T, ends with LTIL→
26A
Fish with a shy-sounding name (3)
Starts with K, ends with IKOI→
27A
It's the word (3)
Starts with M, ends with MMUM→
28A
___-Cat (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSNO→
31A
One of 12 for Katharine Hepburn (15)
Starts with O, ends with NOSCARNOMINATION→
37A
Dish that's different from its cousins by the inclusion of potatoes (15)
Starts with S, ends with ESPANISHOMELETTE→
38A
Catchers of waves (15)
Starts with S, ends with SSATELLITEDISHES→
39A
Vein output (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
40A
Constellation with the star Regulus (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
41A
Informal hookups (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIVS→
42A
Half a candy bar? (3)
Starts with K, ends with TKAT→
43A
Reasonable (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESANE→
45A
Initials for a 20th-century president (and his wife) (3)
Starts with L, ends with JLBJ→
48A
Avian symbol of good fortune in Celtic culture (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWREN→
51A
Throne (3)
Starts with C, ends with NCAN→
52A
Uncover (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBARE→
53A
Hit 1976 album whose title track won the Grammy for Record of the Year (15)
Starts with H, ends with AHOTELCALIFORNIA→
58A
Yogi Berra or Joe DiMaggio, e.g. (15)
Starts with I, ends with NITALIANAMERICAN→
59A
Sent out feelers, so to speak (15)
Starts with T, ends with STESTEDTHEWATERS→
Down
1D
City that's the "heart of Africa's art scene," per National Geographic (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACCRA→
2D
Capital and second-largest city of Minorca (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMAHON→
4D
How to turn down a Hamburger (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEIN→
5D
They share keys with 2's (3)
Starts with A, ends with SATS→
6D
Nursery purchase (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPOT→
7D
"I can handle this!" (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEMME→
8D
___ LeRoy Locke, "Father of the Harlem Renaissance" (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALAIN→
9D
Org. with a climate research program (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANASA→
10D
Required safety feature on cars, in brief (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
11D
13-Down, e.g. (3)
Starts with C, ends with PCOP→
12D
It preceded Calibri as Microsoft's default font (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARIAL→
13D
Kilo finder (4)
Starts with N, ends with CNARC→
14D
Plugging away (4)
Starts with A, ends with TATIT→
15D
Some do-overs (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLETS→
22D
Chest-beating sort (7)
Starts with G, ends with AGORILLA→
23D
Kate who won an Academy Award for "The Reader" (7)
Starts with W, ends with TWINSLET→
24D
On the right radio frequency (7)
Starts with T, ends with NTUNEDIN→
25D
Cry after a close shave (7)
Starts with I, ends with EIMALIVE→
26D
Memorable title role of a 1941 film (4)
Starts with K, ends with EKANE→
27D
Handy person? (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMIME→
28D
Dark Lord of the ___ ("Star Wars" title) (4)
Starts with S, ends with HSITH→
29D
Pay attention to (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTE→
30D
Stack of Monopoly bills (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
31D
Scapola o femore (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOSSO→
32D
Go a couple of rounds (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSPAR→
33D
___ Tiernan, author of the "Immortal Beloved" trilogy (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECATE→
34D
Largest tributary of the Mississippi (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOHIO→
35D
Wisecrack (3)
Starts with M, ends with TMOT→
36D
Novelist Gerritsen (4)
Starts with T, ends with STESS→
42D
Showed respect or submission, in a way (5)
Starts with K, ends with TKNELT→
43D
Arabic for "prayer" (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSALAH→
44D
Netflix category (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANIME→
45D
Long weapon (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELANCE→
46D
Pipe material (5)
Starts with B, ends with RBRIAR→
47D
Jimmy Carter was the first president regularly seen in these (5)
Starts with J, ends with SJEANS→
48D
Slightest amount (4)
Starts with W, ends with TWHIT→
49D
___ learning (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROTE→
50D
Some travelers' concerns, in brief (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETAS→
52D
Person partial to humour? (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRIT→
54D
Golfer's concern (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
55D
Scoundrel (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCAD→
56D
Handful (3)
Starts with F, ends with WFEW→
57D
___ pro nobis (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 18, 2025?+
72 clues: 27 Across and 45 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Scott McMahon and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Famous palindrome starter (AMANAPLANACANAL); "Is there more?" (CARETOELABORATE); It can be infectious after Thanksgiving (CHRISTMASSPIRIT).
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