NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 23, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorNatan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Tavern regular (6)
Starts with B, ends with YBARFLY→
7A
Bit of haunted house décor (6)
Starts with C, ends with BCOBWEB→
13A
Remove some bugs from (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDELOUSE→
14A
Beethoven work initially dedicated to Napoleon (6)
Starts with E, ends with AEROICA→
15A
Classic line from the Dick and Jane series (10)
Starts with S, ends with NSEESPOTRUN→
16A
Hiring practice at a family business, say (8)
Starts with N, ends with MNEPOTISM→
17A
Like many shots in soccer (6)
Starts with O, ends with LONGOAL→
18A
Suppose (6)
Starts with A, ends with EASSUME→
19A
One might be worthy or formidable (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFOE→
20A
Years of decline (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDOTAGE→
23A
Pilots' chronicles (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOGS→
25A
"___ plaisir!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with CAVEC→
27A
Where people amass for Mass (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENAVE→
28A
Bee-dazzler? (5)
Starts with P, ends with LPETAL→
29A
Adequate (4)
Starts with S, ends with OSOSO→
30A
Hurdle for a future Ph.D. (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGRE→
31A
E, in a musical mnemonic (5)
Starts with E, ends with YEVERY→
32A
Land whose name meant "between two rivers" (11)
Starts with M, ends with AMESOPOTAMIA→
36A
Gets up (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRISES→
39A
Grp. with a lot of intelligence (3)
Starts with N, ends with ANSA→
40A
Painter Bob who said "We don't make mistakes. We have happy accidents" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROSS→
44A
Advocacy org. that gained prominence in 1980s New York City (5)
Starts with A, ends with PACTUP→
45A
Eastern currency (4)
Starts with Y, ends with NYUAN→
46A
Word repeated in a children's game (4)
Starts with D, ends with KDUCK→
47A
Laura of "Jurassic Park" (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDERN→
48A
Structure with smoke flaps (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETEEPEE→
50A
Prefix with color and county (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
51A
"Snow Falling on ___," 1994 mystery novel set in Washington State (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCEDARS→
53A
Bank assessment (6)
Starts with A, ends with EATMFEE→
55A
Sichuan bean curd dish (8)
Starts with M, ends with UMAPOTOFU→
56A
Obstacles for a driver ... or what this puzzle's circled squares represent (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPOTHOLES→
58A
"When in the course of human ___ …" (start of the Declaration of Independence) (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEVENTS→
59A
"You're kidding yourself!" (7)
Starts with D, ends with NDREAMON→
61A
In the interim (6)
Starts with F, ends with WFORNOW→
Down
1D
Singers who co-starred in the 1978 film "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBEEGEES→
3D
Either of two diverging in a Robert Frost poem (7)
Starts with R, ends with DROPOTAD→
4D
Horse-racing measurements (8)
Starts with F, ends with SFURLONGS→
5D
Football powerhouse in the S.E.C. (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
6D
Eastern currency (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
7D
Perfume ecclesiastically (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECENSE→
8D
Unrefined metal sources (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
9D
Sunset in the West? (12)
Starts with B, ends with DBOPOTULEVARD→
10D
Motion-sensing gaming device (7)
Starts with W, ends with EWIIMOTE→
11D
Popeye's creator (7)
Starts with E, ends with RECSEGAR→
12D
"Kapow!" (3)
Starts with B, ends with MBAM→
13D
All over again (6)
Starts with D, ends with ODENOVO→
15D
Lounges, e.g. (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSOFAS→
18D
Bit of biographical data (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
21D
___ chips, snack from Hawaii (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTARO→
22D
Way (9)
Starts with A, ends with EAVEPOTNUE→
24D
Vulpine (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
26D
Fall apart mentally (10)
Starts with C, ends with ECOMEUNDONE→
28D
Canadian province where "Anne of Green Gables" is set: Abbr. (3)
Starts with P, ends with IPEI→
33D
Special reading ability, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with PESP→
34D
"And make it snappy!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
35D
Hall & Oates hit with the opening lyric "She'll only come out at night" (8)
Starts with M, ends with RMANEATER→
36D
Beyond cool (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRAD→
37D
Geologic formation from glacial melting (7)
Starts with I, ends with EICECAVE→
38D
Word with clothes or cleaner (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSTREPOTET→
41D
Discharge of water, e.g. (7)
Starts with O, ends with WOUTFLOW→
42D
Filter (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSCREEN→
43D
Heavens (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSKIES→
45D
"You rang?" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with SYES→
48D
Arrangement for an heir, perhaps (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRUST→
49D
Literary husband of Zeena Frome (5)
Starts with E, ends with NETHAN→
52D
Early p.m. times, in brief (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAFTS→
54D
Steamed dumpling in Tibetan cuisine (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMOMO→
55D
___ school (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMED→
56D
Common download (3)
Starts with P, ends with FPDF→
57D
Metal para una medalla olímpica (3)
Starts with O, ends with OORO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 23, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Tavern regular (BARFLY); Bit of haunted house décor (COBWEB); Remove some bugs from (DELOUSE).
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