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New York Times Crossword January 1 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 77 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 1 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 77 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RapscallionSCAMP5Across1 Certain tankfulGAS3Across6 Kind of game that's a pitcher's dreamNOHIT5Across9 Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor"PALAU5Across14 Tuna typeAHI3Across15 Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294OHARE5Across16 CoveINLET5Across17 On the ___LAM3Across18 Christopher who directed "Oppenheimer"NOLAN5Across19 Slangy suffix with "most"EST3Across20 "OK ... tell me"ILLBITE7Across21 N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr.FTS3Across24 Exclamation from HomerDOH3Across25 Hero of "The Matrix"NEO3Across26 "A work of ___ that isn't based on feeling isn't ___ at all": CézanneART3Across27 "Look at Me, I'm Sandra ___" ("Grease" song)DEE3Across28 Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood"EDWIN5Across29 Chinese greetingNIHAO5Across31 Tool for a pineappleCORER5Across33 1990s sitcom featuring a bookstoreELLEN5Across35 You can count on themABACI5Across38 Rating for junk bondsCCC3Across39 Candymaker WonkaWILLY5Across42 Chauvinist or racistBIGOT5Across43 In the style ofALA3Across44 Start of Caesar's boastICAME5Across45 Actress HatcherTERI4Across46 Deposit, as an eggLAY3Across47 Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for twoSIRS4Across48 Singer on "Give Peace a Chance"ONO3Across49 "Golden Girls" actress ArthurBEA3Across51 Sheds, with "off"SLOUGHS7Across52 Stylish tote for an executiveWORKBAG7Across56 Worshiping rowsPEWS4Across60 Cousin of a crocGATOR5Across61 The Emerald IsleEIRE4Across63 "___ have to do"ITLL4Across64 Like the breeds Shetland and merinoOVINE5Across65 TALK LIKE THIS!YELL4Across66 Like a yentaNOSY4Across67 Props for close-up magiciansDECKS5Across68 Arrogant sortSNOT4Across69

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Worked for the C.I.A., perhapsSPIED5Down1 Playground retortCANSO5Down2 Super-trendyALLTHERAGE10Down3 West who said "Men are my life, diamonds are my career"MAE3Down4 Set down on paperPUTINWRITING12Down5 Cider unitGALLON6Down6 Starbuck's higher-up?AHAB4Down7 Ape or monkeySIMIAN6Down8 In the dark about something nefariousNONETHEWISER12Down9 "Well, lookee there!"OHO3Down10 Place to see J.F.K.HALFDOLLAR10Down11 Hopping madIRATE5Down12 Past, present or futureTENSE5Down13 Flowery necklaceLEI3Down22 Multisport race, in shortTRI3Down23 In a prim and proper wayDECOROUSLY10Down30 Singer with the #1 albums "As I Am" and "Girl on Fire"ALICIAKEYS10Down32 What you might call a tipsy friendCAB3Down33 Last words?OBIT4Down34 Symbols of wisdomELMS4Down36 12/31NYE3Down37 Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.CAL3Down39 Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal songCLAY4Down40 Coral islandCAY3Down41 "Yikes!"OHGOD5Down50 Puts to sleep, sayBORES5Down51 Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results)SPIN4Down52 Oscar-winning JaredLETO4Down53 Symbols of wisdomOWLS4Down54 Word processing commandSAVE4Down55 Policy nerdWONK4Down56 "Très ___"BIEN4Down57 Singer GuthrieARLO4Down58 Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle's gameGELT4Down59 ___-tac-toeTIC3Down62

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.