NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 29, 2025
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Clues79
Across42
Down37
ConstructorSophia Maymudes
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Home of Spaceship Earth (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEPCOT→
6A
Kimono sash (3)
Starts with O, ends with IOBI→
9A
To date (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOFAR→
14A
Author Novik of the "Scholomance" trilogy (5)
Starts with N, ends with INAOMI→
15A
Kiddie (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTOT→
16A
Cherish (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADORE→
17A
Direction toward the very top of the world (9)
Starts with T, ends with HTRUENORTH→
19A
Testify (for) (5)
Starts with V, ends with HVOUCH→
20A
"Game of Thrones" actress Diana (4)
Starts with R, ends with GRIGG→
21A
Appropriate for all gamers (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERATEDE→
23A
West Coast team, on scoreboards (3)
Starts with L, ends with ALAA→
24A
Characteristic of a fork in the road (6)
Starts with Y, ends with EYSHAPE→
26A
Margarine (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOLEO→
27A
Minnesotan trio? (3)
Starts with E, ends with SENS→
28A
Armenia, e.g., until 1991: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSSR→
29A
Snack whose name translates as "breaded" (8)
Starts with E, ends with AEMPANADA→
31A
"Star Wars" heroine (3)
Starts with R, ends with YREY→
33A
Shape of the Stade de France (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOVAL→
35A
Ctrl-Alt-___ (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDEL→
36A
Break a sweat (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPERSPIRE→
38A
Gemma's role in "Crazy Rich Asians" (6)
Starts with A, ends with DASTRID→
42A
Like fake nails, typically (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGLUEON→
43A
One of a wide pair for snow sports (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSKIBOARD→
45A
Setting for Cape Cod at Christmas, in brief (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
46A
Tegan's pop music bandmate (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASARA→
47A
"___ Him Back!" (Olivia Rodrigo hit) (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGET→
48A
Zoom past (8)
Starts with S, ends with YSTREAKBY→
51A
Farm share inits. (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACSA→
53A
Class for a pre-med student (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBIO→
54A
Ending with new or teen (4)
Starts with A, ends with RAGER→
55A
Chore-doing robot brand (6)
Starts with R, ends with AROOMBA→
58A
___ up (get hyped) (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAMP→
59A
Professor's goal (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETENURE→
61A
Goes a-courting? (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUES→
62A
"Same here" (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODITTO→
64A
Merchandise with logos for "Baienglaca" or "Guddi," e.g. (9)
Starts with K, ends with SKNOCKOFFS→
66A
Justice Kagan (5)
Starts with E, ends with AELENA→
67A
Environmentally friendly prefix (3)
Starts with E, ends with OECO→
68A
"Priscilla" director Coppola (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASOFIA→
69A
"Ladies and ___ …" (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGENTS→
70A
Org. for care in the U.K. (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNHS→
71A
Togetherness (5)
Starts with U, ends with YUNITY→
Down
1D
Ledger item (5)
Starts with E, ends with YENTRY→
2D
2024 Olympics host (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPARIS→
3D
*Remedy for a cold (9)
Starts with C, ends with UCOUGHSYRU→
4D
Some sorority members, informally (6)
Starts with O, ends with SOMEGAS→
5D
"Cat on a Hot ___ Roof" (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
6D
___ vez (again, in Spanish) (4)
Starts with O, ends with AOTRA→
7D
8D
What might be necessary after a crash (6)
Starts with I, ends with PITHELP→
9D
*Help avoid disaster (12)
Starts with S, ends with OSAVEONESBACO→
10D
Prefix with -meter (3)
Starts with O, ends with OODO→
11D
Received a card, say (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFOULED→
12D
Major or minor part of a tarot deck (6)
Starts with A, ends with AARCANA→
13D
*Go over again (5)
Starts with R, ends with SREHAS→
18D
Mined find (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
22D
Bad thing on a live broadcast (7)
Starts with D, ends with RDEADAIR→
25D
*Raise one's glass (12)
Starts with P, ends with SPROPOSEATOAS→
29D
Kernel locale (3)
Starts with E, ends with REAR→
30D
Vocal range for Amy Winehouse (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
31D
World of Warcraft or Rune, in brief (3)
Starts with R, ends with GRPG→
32D
Flotsam or Jetsam, in "The Little Mermaid" (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
34D
Retro, maybe (7)
Starts with V, ends with EVINTAGE→
37D
Person using a crystal ball (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
39D
*Little scamp (9)
Starts with R, ends with IRAGAMUFFI→
41D
Toxic insecticide (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDDT→
44D
"Eloise" author Thompson (3)
Starts with K, ends with YKAY→
48D
Light as a feather, e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESIMILE→
49D
Biggest hits (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTOPTEN→
50D
Popular logic puzzle (6)
Starts with K, ends with NKENKEN→
52D
"You're already leaving?" (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSOSOON→
53D
*No-goodnik (5)
Starts with B, ends with GBADEG→
55D
Video camera button (3)
Starts with R, ends with CREC→
57D
Analyze, as 18-Down (5)
Starts with A, ends with YASSAY→
60D
Large Aussie animals (4)
Starts with R, ends with SROOS→
63D
Explosive material (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTNT→
65D
N.C.A.A. Wildcats, in brief (3)
Starts with K, ends with UKSU→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 29, 2025?+
79 clues: 42 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Sophia Maymudes and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Home of Spaceship Earth (EPCOT); Kimono sash (OBI); To date (SOFAR).
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