NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 31, 2025
Hints that get gradually more specific, then the answer if you need it. Nothing is revealed until you tap.
Clues68
Across33
Down35
ConstructorAdrian Johnson
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
Many job fair attendees: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSRS→
4A
"We're done, folks!" (10)
Starts with T, ends with PTHATSAWRAP→
14A
Draws from (4)
Starts with T, ends with STAPS→
16A
One with sound judgment? (10)
Starts with A, ends with EAUDIOPHILE→
17A
God for whom Wednesday is named (4)
Starts with O, ends with NODIN→
18A
Capsules that can track health info (10)
Starts with S, ends with SSMARTPILLS→
19A
Number of countries whose names both start and end with "A" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
20A
"Truth is …" (10)
Starts with T, ends with TTOBEHONEST→
21A
Alpine crooner (7)
Starts with Y, ends with RYODELER→
23A
"Ich bin ___ Berliner" (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEIN→
24A
Went out for a bit (5)
Starts with D, ends with DDOZED→
25A
Animal resting place (8)
Starts with B, ends with DBARNYARD→
30A
Like a basketball court's three-point line (5)
Starts with A, ends with DARCED→
31A
Short-distance driver (5)
Starts with V, ends with TVALET→
32A
Scolding word (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBAD→
33A
Tells on, with "out" (4)
Starts with R, ends with SRATS→
34A
Useful acquaintances (3)
Starts with I, ends with SINS→
35A
Big acronym in purifying filters (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHEPA→
36A
"Yo te ___" (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAMO→
37A
Hinduism's "king of fruits" (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMANGO→
39A
Permit to pass (5)
Starts with L, ends with YLETBY→
40A
Pool and darts, often (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBARGAMES→
42A
Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa" (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACELIA→
43A
Emmy-winning actress Edebiri of "The Bear" (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAYO→
44A
1940s Chinese revolutionaries (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMAOISTS→
46A
He's taken! (10)
Starts with M, ends with NMARRIEDMAN→
52A
"Seems fishy to me" (10)
Starts with I, ends with TIDONTBUYIT→
53A
Qualified (4)
Starts with A, ends with EABLE→
54A
Focus group? (10)
Starts with C, ends with WCAMERACREW→
55A
A buck or two (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDEER→
56A
Listless look (10)
Starts with E, ends with EEMPTYSTARE→
57A
Wanders around a terminal, for short? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
Down
1D
Insensitive to human feeling (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSTONY→
2D
Air play? (10)
Starts with R, ends with ARADIODRAMA→
3D
Public relations pro, informally (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSPINDOCTOR→
4D
Tried a bit of (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTASTED→
5D
"The most engaging cowardice," per Robert Frost (5)
Starts with H, ends with RHUMOR→
6D
Not much hair cream (4)
Starts with A, ends with BADAB→
7D
It goes bald over time (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIRE→
8D
"Deal with it!" (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESOTHERE→
9D
Select (7)
Starts with A, ends with TAPPOINT→
10D
Stable call (6)
Starts with W, ends with YWHINNY→
11D
Rankle, with "up" (4)
Starts with R, ends with ERILE→
12D
Tell-___ (exposing accounts) (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALLS→
13D
Persistent interrupter, say (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEST→
15D
Some causes for blessings (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSNEEZES→
22D
Was second to none (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLED→
25D
Hairstyle for Violet in "Peanuts" (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBANGS→
26D
It's followed by an extra point (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALSO→
27D
"You lost! Pay up!" (10)
Starts with A, ends with TABETISABET→
28D
Wars of words? (10)
Starts with R, ends with SRAPBATTLES→
29D
Time for action (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDDAY→
30D
Palestinian, e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with BARAB→
31D
Bougainvillea, for one (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVINE→
35D
Feature of many hospital roofs (7)
Starts with H, ends with DHELIPAD→
37D
Request following some failed attempts (7)
Starts with M, ends with YMAYITRY→
38D
Tiny shape-shifters (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAMOEBAS→
39D
Passionate, domineering sort, it's said (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
41D
Deep red (6)
Starts with G, ends with TGARNET→
42D
"What's stopping us?" (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECANTWE→
44D
Hermann ___, champion skier known as "The Herminator" (5)
Starts with M, ends with RMAIER→
45D
Princess twin of He-Man (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASHERA→
46D
Cat's scan? (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMICE→
47D
Actor DeVine of "Pitch Perfect" (4)
Starts with A, ends with MADAM→
48D
Easy win (4)
Starts with R, ends with PROMP→
49D
One might be full of tears (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDUCT→
50D
Woman's name that becomes another woman's name if you interchange its second and fourth letters (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMYRA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 31, 2025?+
68 clues: 33 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adrian Johnson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Many job fair attendees: Abbr. (SRS); "We're done, folks!" (THATSAWRAP); Draws from (TAPS).
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