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NYT Crossword January 21 2025 Answers

All 78 clues from the Tuesday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

Constructed by Dan CapreraEdited by Will Shortz
ALL CLUES78 CLUES
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1AGobble5 lettersSee answer ›6AEnglish pop duo with the 1984 hit "Last Christmas"4 lettersSee answer ›10AFirst book after the four Gospels4 lettersSee answer ›14ASlicker, as a winter road5 lettersSee answer ›15AName of Sporty Spice in the Spice Girls4 lettersSee answer ›16ATV host Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"4 lettersSee answer ›17AConvenient source of tinctures and tonics15 lettersSee answer ›20ABit of workout apparel, informally3 lettersSee answer ›21ADish with a Cantonese counterpart called egg foo yong8 lettersSee answer ›22ATool that may be used as a hoe3 lettersSee answer ›25ANeeds for in vitro fertilization3 lettersSee answer ›27APrefix with liberal3 lettersSee answer ›28AActor McShane3 lettersSee answer ›29ASinger of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTube9 lettersSee answer ›32AExploitative ones5 lettersSee answer ›34AMardi Gras follower4 lettersSee answer ›35AFish also called a nishikigoi3 lettersSee answer ›36ASurreptitiously let in on an email3 lettersSee answer ›37APopular camp activity … or, literally, what the circles are creating four times in this puzzle13 lettersSee answer ›42AKettle component3 lettersSee answer ›43AFigure painted by Warhol3 lettersSee answer ›44ASkip out of a party4 lettersSee answer ›46ACanine welcomes5 lettersSee answer ›49AItem with hinged legs9 lettersSee answer ›51ASalt Lake City-to-Minneapolis dir.3 lettersSee answer ›52A___ Jordan, a.k.a. the Green Lantern3 lettersSee answer ›54ANeither's partner3 lettersSee answer ›55AWord after phone or, modernly, Zoom3 lettersSee answer ›56APiece of blackboard chalk, geometrically8 lettersSee answer ›59AStir-fry accessory3 lettersSee answer ›61A"That's not even the half of it ..."15 lettersSee answer ›66ABody personified by the Greek Titan Selene4 lettersSee answer ›67AWalkie-talkie word4 lettersSee answer ›68ACultivates, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›69ASo, so, so long4 lettersSee answer ›70A"Barbie" actor Michael4 lettersSee answer ›71ALike Pittsburgh's Canton Avenue, famously5 lettersSee answer ›
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1D[as printed!]3 lettersSee answer ›2DCpl. or sgt.3 lettersSee answer ›3DWord with open or central3 lettersSee answer ›4DMonthly budget item4 lettersSee answer ›5DNo longer burdened by6 lettersSee answer ›6DNuke, for one3 lettersSee answer ›7DHoagie4 lettersSee answer ›8DReunion attendees6 lettersSee answer ›9DJanis Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___"5 lettersSee answer ›10DIt may be a chip or two4 lettersSee answer ›11DPlayground pathogen6 lettersSee answer ›12DDental detritus6 lettersSee answer ›13DGlosses6 lettersSee answer ›18DAnnulled, as a license7 lettersSee answer ›19DSit non-ergonomically6 lettersSee answer ›22D100%3 lettersSee answer ›23DUnion requirements4 lettersSee answer ›24DBrass component4 lettersSee answer ›26DIn a bit, to a poet4 lettersSee answer ›30DCelery component5 lettersSee answer ›31DGreek letter that represents summation5 lettersSee answer ›33DMarine photographer's aid5 lettersSee answer ›36DHang with the boys, slangily7 lettersSee answer ›38DGod whose avatars restore cosmic order6 lettersSee answer ›39DNet4 lettersSee answer ›40DCatches in the act4 lettersSee answer ›41DRummikub piece4 lettersSee answer ›45DSuperman foe ___ Luthor3 lettersSee answer ›46D"2 ___ 1" (Spice Girls song)6 lettersSee answer ›47D"O.K. ... moving on!"6 lettersSee answer ›48DHave as support6 lettersSee answer ›49DUse an ax on, perhaps6 lettersSee answer ›50DMilitary force6 lettersSee answer ›53DLike some committees5 lettersSee answer ›57D+ or – bits4 lettersSee answer ›58DOne vacationing in a camper, informally4 lettersSee answer ›60DBagpiper's wear4 lettersSee answer ›62DBig time3 lettersSee answer ›63DFawn's mother3 lettersSee answer ›64DLamb's mother3 lettersSee answer ›65DSnake created by Medusa's blood, in myth3 lettersSee answer ›
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