NYT Crossword hints and answer for January 8, 2025
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Clues74
Across35
Down39
ConstructorLaura Dershewitz
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Suddenly stopped moving (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFROZE→
6A
Japanese noodle (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOBA→
10A
Pronoun that's falling into disuse (4)
Starts with W, ends with MWHOM→
14A
Japanese noodle soup (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRAMEN→
15A
Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the" (4)
Starts with T, ends with BTRIB→
16A
Virtue signal? (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHALO→
17A
In plain sight (5)
Starts with O, ends with TOVERT→
18A
The devil's workshop, it's said (9)
Starts with I, ends with SIDLEHANDS→
20A
Hiccup (12)
Starts with M, ends with MMINORPROBLEM→
22A
Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMAS→
23A
Shade of black (4)
Starts with C, ends with LCOAL→
24A
Pasture sound (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMAA→
27A
Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETACOPIE→
31A
They elevate a choir's performance (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRISERS→
33A
www addresses (4)
Starts with U, ends with SURLS→
34A
Comedian's stage performance (10)
Starts with S, ends with TSTANDUPACT→
37A
Talk excessively (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPRATE→
39A
State leader? (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
40A
Relating to form (5)
Starts with M, ends with LMODAL→
41A
Burst of energy (10)
Starts with P, ends with EPOWERSURGE→
44A
Actress Skye of "Say Anything …" (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIONE→
45A
Hole near a sole (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEYELET→
46A
Corridor (7)
Starts with H, ends with YHALLWAY→
48A
Surveyor's measure (3)
Starts with R, ends with DROD→
49A
Home plate is the "fourth" one (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBASE→
52A
Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSIS→
53A
Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together (12)
Starts with B, ends with EBUMPSETSPIKE→
58A
Most tacky (9)
Starts with C, ends with TCHEESIEST→
61A
Wrinkle remover (5)
Starts with B, ends with XBOTOX→
62A
Dad humor, perhaps (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCORN→
63A
Bread in a tandoor (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNAAN→
64A
Papal vestment (5)
Starts with O, ends with EORALE→
65A
Sacrifice a fly? (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSWAT→
66A
Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARYA→
67A
Book often shelved on its side (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
Down
1D
Word on a gift tag (4)
Starts with F, ends with MFROM→
2D
Shankar who performed at Woodstock (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRAVI→
3D
Black cat, maybe (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOMEN→
4D
"Fiddler on the Roof" star (10)
Starts with Z, ends with LZEROMOSTEL→
5D
Catch in a sting (6)
Starts with E, ends with PENTRAP→
6D
Soup recipe instruction (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
7D
Surgeon, informally (5)
Starts with O, ends with CORDOC→
8D
Shire resident (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBILBO→
9D
Héloise's lover (7)
Starts with A, ends with DABELARD→
10D
"Kapow!" (4)
Starts with W, ends with MWHAM→
11D
Ancient Chinese dynasty (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHAN→
12D
Word with style or fashioned (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOLD→
13D
Sept. and Oct. (3)
Starts with M, ends with SMOS→
19D
Element named after the Greek word for "sun" (6)
Starts with H, ends with MHELIUM→
21D
Pitchfork-shaped letters (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPSIS→
24D
Place to pick daisies (6)
Starts with M, ends with WMEADOW→
25D
Mysterious knowledge (6)
Starts with A, ends with AARCANA→
26D
Rick of Rickrolling fame (6)
Starts with A, ends with YASTLEY→
27D
Earl of food storage fame (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTUPPER→
28D
Southwestern gully (6)
Starts with A, ends with OARROYO→
29D
Attacked, as by a tiger (6)
Starts with C, ends with DCLAWED→
30D
Shakespearean dying words (4)
Starts with E, ends with UETTU→
32D
Party pooper (10)
Starts with S, ends with TSPOILSPORT→
35D
Flight board posting: Abbr. (3)
Starts with A, ends with RARR→
38D
Personification of darkness, in Greek myth (6)
Starts with E, ends with SEREBUS→
42D
Cross-country runner's asset (7)
Starts with S, ends with ASTAMINA→
43D
Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference) (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
47D
Portugal's capital, in Portugal (6)
Starts with L, ends with ALISBOA→
50D
Warrior's weapon (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSPEAR→
51D
Assignment often graded with a red pen (5)
Starts with E, ends with YESSAY→
53D
Not quite broken, say (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBENT→
54D
Mountain above Vulcan's forge (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
55D
Right-leaning type?: Abbr. (4)
Starts with I, ends with LITAL→
56D
Nut that's a source of caffeine (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKOLA→
57D
Noneternal flames? (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEXES→
58D
Loops in, in a way (3)
Starts with C, ends with SCCS→
59D
It's not one of the five W's (3)
Starts with H, ends with WHOW→
60D
The "E" of B.C.E. (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for January 8, 2025?+
74 clues: 35 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Laura Dershewitz and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Suddenly stopped moving (FROZE); Japanese noodle (SOBA); Pronoun that's falling into disuse (WHOM).
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