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NYT Crossword January 17 2025 Answers

All 72 clues from the Friday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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ALL CLUES72 CLUES
ACROSS
1AIntroductory course5 lettersSee answer ›6AExchange letters3 lettersSee answer ›9AVenue for the sale of the town of Buford, Wyo., in 2012 (price: $900,000)4 lettersSee answer ›13AWhat you might get after being taken for a ride10 lettersSee answer ›16AHint4 lettersSee answer ›17AJörmungandr, in Norse mythology10 lettersSee answer ›18A___ option4 lettersSee answer ›19ANarrow passage: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›20AAffixes, in a way4 lettersSee answer ›21AUnprincipled6 lettersSee answer ›23AMidrange performer4 lettersSee answer ›24AShattering results6 lettersSee answer ›25ASo-so at best13 lettersSee answer ›29ABuff marsh resident5 lettersSee answer ›30ABudget alternative5 lettersSee answer ›31ASaucer contents, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›34AIndustrial Revolution and others4 lettersSee answer ›35AFirst Pixar film with a female protagonist5 lettersSee answer ›36AFulminate4 lettersSee answer ›37ACubby hole?3 lettersSee answer ›38APlaywright/screenwriter Douglas Carter ___5 lettersSee answer ›39AFirst capital of Alaska5 lettersSee answer ›40AOne method of payment13 lettersSee answer ›43APickle6 lettersSee answer ›44AActress Melissa Joan ___4 lettersSee answer ›45ASauce made of seeds6 lettersSee answer ›46ACompany behind Sonic the Hedgehog4 lettersSee answer ›47ABlubber3 lettersSee answer ›50A2011 hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West that samples a 1966 soul performance4 lettersSee answer ›51AVery10 lettersSee answer ›54ABit of a subway station wall4 lettersSee answer ›55A"That'll do"10 lettersSee answer ›56ASplit things, sometimes4 lettersSee answer ›57ASome printer purchases, for short3 lettersSee answer ›58APing maker5 lettersSee answer ›
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1DWork (out)4 lettersSee answer ›2DProvide crooked support for4 lettersSee answer ›3DShakespearean counterpart to Logan on "Succession"4 lettersSee answer ›4DReady to fight3 lettersSee answer ›5DBead7 lettersSee answer ›6D"Take your time!"11 lettersSee answer ›7DWorst possible circumstances, with "the"4 lettersSee answer ›8DHorizontal line, in Chinese writing3 lettersSee answer ›9D"More!"6 lettersSee answer ›10DPositions of governance10 lettersSee answer ›11DIt shows the lay of the land5 lettersSee answer ›12DBig whoop4 lettersSee answer ›14DBorg who co-founded the Institute for Women in Technology5 lettersSee answer ›15DKenneth who wrote "The Wind in the Willows"7 lettersSee answer ›22DSpeedy shark4 lettersSee answer ›23DFather of Phobos and Deimos4 lettersSee answer ›24DFeatures of some monks and punks11 lettersSee answer ›25DIt's a must4 lettersSee answer ›26DFantasy creature4 lettersSee answer ›27DRelative minor?10 lettersSee answer ›28DWay of looking at things5 lettersSee answer ›32D___ bar4 lettersSee answer ›33DLouver4 lettersSee answer ›35DAlarm sound option on a smartphone7 lettersSee answer ›36DHoot4 lettersSee answer ›38DMilling byproduct4 lettersSee answer ›39DUnfortunate twists7 lettersSee answer ›41DBlooms for van Gogh6 lettersSee answer ›42DQuarter back?5 lettersSee answer ›43DSmooth kind of finish5 lettersSee answer ›45DSchlep4 lettersSee answer ›46DPoint on a bus route4 lettersSee answer ›47DFloor4 lettersSee answer ›48D___ Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature4 lettersSee answer ›49DBig name in paint4 lettersSee answer ›52D"How gorgeous!"3 lettersSee answer ›53DAdverb much used by Goldilocks3 lettersSee answer ›
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