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NYT Crossword — January 1, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 77 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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42 clues

6Certain tankful

9Kind of game that's a pitcher's dream

14Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor"

16Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294

19Christopher who directed "Oppenheimer"

20Slangy suffix with "most"

21"OK ... tell me"

24N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr.

25Exclamation from Homer

26Hero of "The Matrix"

27"A work of ___ that isn't based on feeling isn't ___ at all": Cézanne

28"Look at Me, I'm Sandra ___" ("Grease" song)

29Dickens's "The Mystery of ___ Drood"

31Chinese greeting

33Tool for a pineapple

351990s sitcom featuring a bookstore

38You can count on them

39Rating for junk bonds

42Candymaker Wonka

43Chauvinist or racist

44In the style of

45Start of Caesar's boast

46Actress Hatcher

47Deposit, as an egg

48Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for two

49Singer on "Give Peace a Chance"

51"Golden Girls" actress Arthur

52Sheds, with "off"

56Stylish tote for an executive

60Worshiping rows

61Cousin of a croc

63The Emerald Isle

64"___ have to do"

65Like the breeds Shetland and merino

66TALK LIKE THIS!

68Props for close-up magicians

69Arrogant sort

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1Worked for the C.I.A., perhaps

2Playground retort

4West who said "Men are my life, diamonds are my career"

5Set down on paper

7Starbuck's higher-up?

9In the dark about something nefarious

10"Well, lookee there!"

11Place to see J.F.K.

13Past, present or future

22Flowery necklace

23Multisport race, in short

30In a prim and proper way

32Singer with the #1 albums "As I Am" and "Girl on Fire"

33What you might call a tipsy friend

36Symbols of wisdom

39Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.

40Material used to make the object "illustrated" here, in a seasonal song

51Puts to sleep, say

52Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results)

53Oscar-winning Jared

54Symbols of wisdom

55Word processing command

58Singer Guthrie

59Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle's game

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025

15×15

Grid size

77

Total entries

44/181

Black / letter cells

4.7

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 1, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorSeth Bisen-Hersh and Jeff Chen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split42 across · 35 down

Longest entries

5DSet down on paper12 ltrs 9DIn the dark about something nefarious12 ltrs 3DSuper-trendy10 ltrs 11DPlace to see J.F.K.10 ltrs 30DIn a prim and proper way10 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 44 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.