NYT Crossword January 18 2025 Answers

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

Constructed by Scott McMahonEdited by Will Shortz
ALL CLUES72 CLUES
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1AFamous palindrome starter15 lettersSee answer ›16A"Is there more?"15 lettersSee answer ›17AIt can be infectious after Thanksgiving15 lettersSee answer ›18AColoring sometimes confused with dun4 lettersSee answer ›19AFemale rapper with the 2008 hit "Paper Planes"3 lettersSee answer ›20AMakes a move4 lettersSee answer ›21ALead-in to day, way or more3 lettersSee answer ›22ALove interest of Peter in the "Spider-Man" universe4 lettersSee answer ›24AInformal preposition3 lettersSee answer ›26AFish with a shy-sounding name3 lettersSee answer ›27AIt's the word3 lettersSee answer ›28A___-Cat3 lettersSee answer ›31AOne of 12 for Katharine Hepburn15 lettersSee answer ›37ADish that's different from its cousins by the inclusion of potatoes15 lettersSee answer ›38ACatchers of waves15 lettersSee answer ›39AVein output3 lettersSee answer ›40AConstellation with the star Regulus3 lettersSee answer ›41AInformal hookups3 lettersSee answer ›42AHalf a candy bar?3 lettersSee answer ›43AReasonable4 lettersSee answer ›45AInitials for a 20th-century president (and his wife)3 lettersSee answer ›48AAvian symbol of good fortune in Celtic culture4 lettersSee answer ›51AThrone3 lettersSee answer ›52AUncover4 lettersSee answer ›53AHit 1976 album whose title track won the Grammy for Record of the Year15 lettersSee answer ›58AYogi Berra or Joe DiMaggio, e.g.15 lettersSee answer ›59ASent out feelers, so to speak15 lettersSee answer ›
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1DCity that's the "heart of Africa's art scene," per National Geographic5 lettersSee answer ›2DCapital and second-largest city of Minorca5 lettersSee answer ›3DRange5 lettersSee answer ›4DHow to turn down a Hamburger4 lettersSee answer ›5DThey share keys with 2's3 lettersSee answer ›6DNursery purchase3 lettersSee answer ›7D"I can handle this!"5 lettersSee answer ›8D___ LeRoy Locke, "Father of the Harlem Renaissance"5 lettersSee answer ›9DOrg. with a climate research program4 lettersSee answer ›10DRequired safety feature on cars, in brief3 lettersSee answer ›11D13-Down, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›12DIt preceded Calibri as Microsoft's default font5 lettersSee answer ›13DKilo finder4 lettersSee answer ›14DPlugging away4 lettersSee answer ›15DSome do-overs4 lettersSee answer ›22DChest-beating sort7 lettersSee answer ›23DKate who won an Academy Award for "The Reader"7 lettersSee answer ›24DOn the right radio frequency7 lettersSee answer ›25DCry after a close shave7 lettersSee answer ›26DMemorable title role of a 1941 film4 lettersSee answer ›27DHandy person?4 lettersSee answer ›28DDark Lord of the ___ ("Star Wars" title)4 lettersSee answer ›29DPay attention to4 lettersSee answer ›30DStack of Monopoly bills4 lettersSee answer ›31DScapola o femore4 lettersSee answer ›32DGo a couple of rounds4 lettersSee answer ›33D___ Tiernan, author of the "Immortal Beloved" trilogy4 lettersSee answer ›34DLargest tributary of the Mississippi4 lettersSee answer ›35DWisecrack3 lettersSee answer ›36DNovelist Gerritsen4 lettersSee answer ›42DShowed respect or submission, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›43DArabic for "prayer"5 lettersSee answer ›44DNetflix category5 lettersSee answer ›45DLong weapon5 lettersSee answer ›46DPipe material5 lettersSee answer ›47DJimmy Carter was the first president regularly seen in these5 lettersSee answer ›48DSlightest amount4 lettersSee answer ›49D___ learning4 lettersSee answer ›50DSome travelers' concerns, in brief4 lettersSee answer ›51DLingo4 lettersSee answer ›52DPerson partial to humour?4 lettersSee answer ›54DGolfer's concern3 lettersSee answer ›55DScoundrel3 lettersSee answer ›56DHandful3 lettersSee answer ›57D___ pro nobis3 lettersSee answer ›
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