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New York Times Crossword January 21 2025 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword January 21 2025 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 78 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#
GobbleSNARF5Across1 English pop duo with the 1984 hit "Last Christmas"WHAM4Across6 First book after the four GospelsACTS4Across10 Slicker, as a winter roadICIER5Across14 Name of Sporty Spice in the Spice GirlsMELC4Across15 TV host Trevor with the memoir "Born a Crime"NOAH4Across16 Convenient source of tinctures and tonicsCORNERDRUGSTORE15Across17 Bit of workout apparel, informallyTEE3Across20 Dish with a Cantonese counterpart called egg foo yongOMELETTE8Across21 Tool that may be used as a hoeADZ3Across22 Needs for in vitro fertilizationOVA3Across25 Prefix with liberalNEO3Across27 Actor McShaneIAN3Across28 Singer of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTubeLUISFONSI9Across29 Exploitative onesUSERS5Across32 Mardi Gras followerLENT4Across34 Fish also called a nishikigoiKOI3Across35 Surreptitiously let in on an emailBCC3Across36 Popular camp activity … or, literally, what the circles are creating four times in this puzzleSCAVENGERHUNT13Across37 Kettle componentLID3Across42 Figure painted by WarholMAO3Across43 Skip out of a partyBAIL4Across44 Canine welcomesBARKS5Across46 Item with hinged legsCARDTABLE9Across49 Salt Lake City-to-Minneapolis dir.ENE3Across51 ___ Jordan, a.k.a. the Green LanternHAL3Across52 Neither's partnerNOR3Across54 Word after phone or, modernly, ZoomSEX3Across55 Piece of blackboard chalk, geometricallyCYLINDER8Across56 Stir-fry accessoryWOK3Across59 "That's not even the half of it ..."OHYOUHAVENOIDEA15Across61 Body personified by the Greek Titan SeleneMOON4Across66 Walkie-talkie wordOVER4Across67 Cultivates, in a wayPLOWS5Across68 So, so, so longEONS4Across69 "Barbie" actor MichaelCERA4Across70 Like Pittsburgh's Canton Avenue, famouslySTEEP5Across71

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
[as printed!]SIC3Down1 Cpl. or sgt.NCO3Down2 Word with open or centralAIR3Down3 Monthly budget itemRENT4Down4 No longer burdened byFREEOF6Down5 Nuke, for oneWMD3Down6 HoagieHERO4Down7 Reunion attendeesALUMNI6Down8 Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___"MCGEE5Down9 It may be a chip or twoANTE4Down10 Playground pathogenCOOTIE6Down11 Dental detritusTARTAR6Down12 GlossesSHEENS6Down13 Annulled, as a licenseREVOKED7Down18 Sit non-ergonomicallySLOUCH6Down19 100%ALL3Down22 Union requirementsDUES4Down23 Brass componentZINC4Down24 In a bit, to a poetANON4Down26 Celery componentSTALK5Down30 Greek letter that represents summationSIGMA5Down31 Marine photographer's aidSCUBA5Down33 Hang with the boys, slangilyBRODOWN7Down36 God whose avatars restore cosmic orderVISHNU6Down38 NetEARN4Down39 Catches in the actNABS4Down40 Rummikub pieceTILE4Down41 Superman foe ___ LuthorLEX3Down45 "2 ___ 1" (Spice Girls song)BECOME6Down46 "O.K. ... moving on!"ANYHOO6Down47 Have as supportRELYON6Down48 Use an ax on, perhapsCLEAVE6Down49 Military forceTROOPS6Down50 Like some committeesADHOC5Down53 + or – bitsIONS4Down57 One vacationing in a camper, informallyRVER4Down58 Bagpiper's wearKILT4Down60 Big timeERA3Down62 Fawn's motherDOE3Down63 Lamb's motherEWE3Down64 Snake created by Medusa's blood, in mythASP3Down65

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Tuesday, January 21, 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.