NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 7, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorDana Edwards
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Disordered state (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDAZE→
5A
Irrefutable (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSOLID→
10A
Ark numbers (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWOS→
14A
List shortener (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
15A
UPS shipment (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRATE→
16A
D.I.Y. website (4)
Starts with E, ends with WEHOW→
17A
Communists want to dISMantle it (10)
Starts with C, ends with MCAPITALISM→
19A
Valley in which it's easy to get a cab (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANAPA→
20A
Hochkönig, for one (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
21A
22A
Pushover (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPATSY→
23A
Mexican dish similar to taquitos (7)
Starts with F, ends with SFLAUTAS→
25A
TikTok phenomena (6)
Starts with T, ends with STRENDS→
27A
It's condit⌄(ion)ed on regular payments (12)
Starts with S, ends with NSUBSCRIPTION→
30A
Ours contain about 700 megabytes of information (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGENES→
33A
Equine eats (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOATS→
34A
Respectful title that's an anagram of another respectful title (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISRI→
35A
House calls? (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAYES→
36A
Pig of kids' TV (5)
Starts with P, ends with APEPPA→
38A
An outbuilding (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBARN→
39A
___ Speedwagon (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
40A
Pottery making and illustration, for example (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARTS→
41A
2003 #1 hit with the lyric "What's cooler than being cool?" (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHEYYA→
42A
It's hard to believe (12)
Starts with B, ends with EBOLDFACEDLIE→
46A
Pity party exclamation (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPOORME→
47A
"Whoa, that's good!" (7)
Starts with O, ends with YOOHBABY→
51A
"___ my Eggo!" (bygone waffle slogan) (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLEGGO→
52A
Island kingdom (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATONGA→
54A
Random number generator (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDIE→
55A
Still contending (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINIT→
56A
Protest seeking a different arrangement with landlords (10)
Starts with R, ends with ERENTSTRIKE→
58A
Philippine currency (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
59A
"Di niente!" (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPREGO→
60A
Salad root (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBEET→
61A
Troll ___ (4)
Starts with A, ends with YARMY→
62A
Kind of jar (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMASON→
63A
Contraceptive options (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIUDS→
Down
1D
After-dinner order (5)
Starts with D, ends with FDECAF→
2D
Even a smidge (5)
Starts with A, ends with LATALL→
3D
Rocker Frank (5)
Starts with Z, ends with AZAPPA→
4D
Film director Roth (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
5D
Sacred insect in a hieroglyph (6)
Starts with S, ends with BSCARAB→
6D
"… at most" (6)
Starts with O, ends with SORLESS→
7D
"How often have I ___ beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home": Faulkner (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLAIN→
8D
Often-quoted line from "Return of the Jedi" when the Rebels are ambushed (8)
Starts with I, ends with PITSATRAP→
9D
On the blue side: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with MDEM→
10D
One paying a flat fee? (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTENANT→
11D
"You believe me now?" (9)
Starts with W, ends with YWHATDISAY→
12D
"My mistake" (9)
Starts with O, ends with YOOPSSORRY→
18D
Protagonist of Shakespeare's first tragedy (5)
Starts with T, ends with STITUS→
22D
Jazzes (up) (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPEPS→
24D
Olive oil has many of them (4)
Starts with U, ends with SUSES→
26D
___ Skeeter, journalist/witch in the Harry Potter books (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARITA→
28D
Thicket (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECOPSE→
29D
Simone who sang "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANINA→
30D
Robes and such (4)
Starts with G, ends with BGARB→
31D
Shocker (9)
Starts with E, ends with REYEOPENER→
32D
"Zoom fatigue" is a modern one (9)
Starts with N, ends with MNEOLOGISM→
36D
Baby carrier in Bath (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPRAM→
37D
"You get the picture" (8)
Starts with E, ends with AETCETERA→
38D
U.K. channel nickname, with "the" (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBEEB→
40D
Classic Angela Davis do (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAFRO→
41D
Drum kit component (5)
Starts with H, ends with THIHAT→
43D
Rubber bone, e.g. (6)
Starts with D, ends with YDOGTOY→
44D
"Stay!" (6)
Starts with D, ends with ODONTGO→
45D
Starts working remotely, say (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLOGSON→
48D
Formal farewell (5)
Starts with A, ends with UADIEU→
49D
Competed in part of a triathlon (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBIKED→
50D
Hurls forcibly, in modern slang (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYEETS→
51D
Grammy-winning Dua (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALIPA→
53D
Kind of place that's beside the point? (4)
Starts with O, ends with SONES→
56D
Tach measure (3)
Starts with R, ends with MRPM→
57D
High stat for a heavy hitter (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 7, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Dana Edwards and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Disordered state (DAZE); Irrefutable (SOLID); Ark numbers (TWOS).
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