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New York Times Crossword January 17 2025 Answers

Friday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 17 2025 answers. The Friday puzzle has 72 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#
Introductory courseSALAD5Across1 Exchange lettersIPO3Across6 Venue for the sale of the town of Buford, Wyo., in 2012 (price: $900,000)EBAY4Across9 What you might get after being taken for a rideUBERRATING10Across13 HintNOTE4Across16 Jörmungandr, in Norse mythologySEAMONSTER10Across17 ___ optionCALL4Across18 Narrow passage: Abbr.STR3Across19 Affixes, in a wayPINS4Across20 UnprincipledAMORAL6Across21 Midrange performerALTO4Across23 Shattering resultsSHARDS6Across24 So-so at bestNOGREATSHAKES13Across25 Buff marsh residentEGRET5Across29 Budget alternativeALAMO5Across30 Saucer contents, in briefETS3Across31 Industrial Revolution and othersERAS4Across34 First Pixar film with a female protagonistBRAVE5Across35 FulminateRAIL4Across36 Cubby hole?DEN3Across37 Playwright/screenwriter Douglas Carter ___BEANE5Across38 First capital of AlaskaSITKA5Across39 One method of paymentDIRECTDEPOSIT13Across40 PickleSCRAPE6Across43 Actress Melissa Joan ___HART4Across44 Sauce made of seedsTAHINI6Across45 Company behind Sonic the HedgehogSEGA4Across46 BlubberSOB3Across47 2011 hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West that samples a 1966 soul performanceOTIS4Across50 VeryNOTALITTLE10Across51 Bit of a subway station wallTILE4Across54 "That'll do"GOODENOUGH10Across55 Split things, sometimesENDS4Across56 Some printer purchases, for shortHPS3Across57 Ping makerSONAR5Across58

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Work (out)SUSS4Down1 Provide crooked support forABET4Down2 Shakespearean counterpart to Logan on "Succession"LEAR4Down3 Ready to fightARM3Down4 BeadDROPLET7Down5 "Take your time!"ITSNOTARACE11Down6 Worst possible circumstances, with "the"PITS4Down7 Horizontal line, in Chinese writingONE3Down8 "More!"ENCORE6Down9 Positions of governanceBOARDSEATS10Down10 It shows the lay of the landATLAS5Down11 Big whoopYELL4Down12 Borg who co-founded the Institute for Women in TechnologyANITA5Down14 Kenneth who wrote "The Wind in the Willows"GRAHAME7Down15 Speedy sharkMAKO4Down22 Father of Phobos and DeimosARES4Down23 Features of some monks and punksSHAVEDHEADS11Down24 It's a mustNEED4Down25 Fantasy creatureOGRE4Down26 Relative minor?GRANDCHILD10Down27 Way of looking at thingsSLANT5Down28 ___ barTIKI4Down32 LouverSLAT4Down33 Alarm sound option on a smartphoneBEEPING7Down35 HootRIOT4Down36 Milling byproductBRAN4Down38 Unfortunate twistsSPRAINS7Down39 Blooms for van GoghIRISES6Down41 Quarter back?EAGLE5Down42 Smooth kind of finishSATIN5Down43 SchlepTOTE4Down45 Point on a bus routeSTOP4Down46 FloorSTUN4Down47 ___ Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in LiteratureOLGA4Down48 Big name in paintBEHR4Down49 "How gorgeous!"OOH3Down52 Adverb much used by GoldilocksTOO3Down53

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Friday, January 17, 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.