NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 3, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorColin Adams
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Out of whack (5)
Starts with A, ends with WASKEW→
6A
Rock group behind 2024's Power Up Tour (4)
Starts with A, ends with CACDC→
10A
What a bodybuilder builds during a bulk cycle (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMASS→
14A
Sudden weather phenomenon (10)
Starts with F, ends with DFLASHFLOOD→
16A
Closing on Sundays? (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAMEN→
17A
Cocktail that's called a French 75 if you use Champagne instead of soda water (10)
Starts with T, ends with STOMCOLLINS→
18A
Mulligan (4)
Starts with R, ends with OREDO→
19A
Eponymous tourist destination in Belgium (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
20A
Basis of some admissions (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGUILT→
21A
Strength, poetically (5)
Starts with S, ends with WSINEW→
22A
Area between the ribs and the round (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLOIN→
23A
Heaps of dressing? (7)
Starts with L, ends with YLAUNDRY→
25A
Responded identically to (6)
Starts with E, ends with DECHOED→
28A
On the ___ (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFENCE→
29A
Early synthesizers (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMOOGS→
30A
Ringing nuisance (9)
Starts with P, ends with LPRANKCALL→
34A
Like a face telling a spooky campfire story, maybe (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUPLIT→
35A
Give juice to (3)
Starts with R, ends with VREV→
36A
"Ditto" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISODOI→
37A
Words before someone finally snaps? (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESAYCHEESE→
39A
Bridge support (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRUSS→
40A
Stool at a counter, e.g. (5)
Starts with P, ends with HPERCH→
41A
Woody's crush in "Toy Story" (6)
Starts with B, ends with PBOPEEP→
42A
Member of a warrior class (7)
Starts with S, ends with ISAMURAI→
45A
Small stretches, perhaps (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFIBS→
46A
Cherish (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPRIZE→
47A
Much-sought-after commodity in "Dune" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPICE→
49A
Singer Rita (3)
Starts with O, ends with AORA→
52A
Ice skating move (4)
Starts with L, ends with ZLUTZ→
53A
Postgame photo op between two opposing players (10)
Starts with J, ends with PJERSEYSWAP→
55A
First person to die, according to the Bible (4)
Starts with A, ends with LABEL→
56A
They're part of the story (10)
Starts with P, ends with SPLOTPOINTS→
57A
Set back to zero, in a way (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETARE→
58A
Press rooms? (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGYMS→
59A
Wipe from one's visual memory, so to speak (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUNSEE→
Down
1D
Common nap times, in brief (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAFTS→
2D
Subpar dining hall food (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLOP→
3D
Hindu god of love (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKAMA→
4D
F1 neighbor (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
5D
Challenge to an intruder (12)
Starts with W, ends with EWHOGOESTHERE→
6D
Like a fearless bettor at a casino (5)
Starts with A, ends with NALLIN→
7D
Spring (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOIL→
8D
Command to stay (9)
Starts with D, ends with EDONTLEAVE→
9D
Items harmed when they're scratched, but not when they're burned (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCDS→
10D
Group whose band is the oldest professional music ensemble in the U.S. (11)
Starts with M, ends with SMARINECORPS→
11D
Change (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAMEND→
12D
Meal before the 15th of Nisan (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSEDER→
13D
White out, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSNOWY→
15D
Not set in stone (5)
Starts with F, ends with DFLUID→
21D
"That's rather unfortunate," dismissively (12)
Starts with S, ends with USUCKSTOBEYOU→
22D
Exercise in deduction (11)
Starts with L, ends with ELOGICPUZZLE→
24D
___ Taylor (fashion chain) (3)
Starts with A, ends with NANN→
25D
Australia declared "war" on them in 1932, in an attempt to stop them from destroying crops (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEMUS→
26D
Where Lola was a showgirl, in song (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACOPA→
27D
Deified, say (4)
Starts with H, ends with YHOLY→
28D
Farm-to-table, say (5)
Starts with F, ends with HFRESH→
30D
"Couldn't have said it better myself" (9)
Starts with P, ends with YPRECISELY→
31D
For two musicians (4)
Starts with A, ends with EADUE→
33D
Aristotle purportedly spoke with one (4)
Starts with L, ends with PLISP→
38D
Word often after a president's name (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
41D
Curling target (5)
Starts with B, ends with PBICEP→
42D
Bad sound to hear by a kitchen counter (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSPLAT→
43D
Dutch constituent in the Caribbean (5)
Starts with A, ends with AARUBA→
44D
Bishop's headwear (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMITER→
45D
Hitmakers? (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFISTS→
48D
Simple question on a high schooler's hand-drawn poster (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPROM→
49D
Dominates (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOWNS→
50D
Power or frequency, essentially (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERATE→
51D
Church part (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAPSE→
53D
PNG alternative (3)
Starts with J, ends with GJPG→
54D
Motif in 1995's "Se7en" (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSIN→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 3, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Colin Adams and edited by Will Shortz.
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For example: Out of whack (ASKEW); Rock group behind 2024's Power Up Tour (ACDC); What a bodybuilder builds during a bulk cycle (MASS).
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