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NYT Crossword — January 13, 2025

Monday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Place for gladiatorial combat

10"Money, Money, Money" group

14Some jazz instruments, informally

15Restaurant that offers a Mexican Tres Leches stack

17Quality of a statement that feels plausible

19Lead-in to Worth, Wayne or Lauderdale

21Holding hands outside, e.g., for short

22Shelf on a cliff

23Chewed and swallowed

24High school or college seniors, usually

27Disinfectant brand with the tagline "Healthing"

29Sweetheart, slangily

31Strings along

35Visibly supports, as a university or sports team

36Tongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares?

40Tightens one's ice skates, e.g.

41German "Phooey!"

42Give in to gravity

43Gave up, as territory

47Feel relief from anxiety

52Do a whoopsie

53"Rick and ___" (adult animated sitcom)

54Card that can have the highest or lowest value

55Leave roaring with laughter

56"Beware the ___ of March"

57Aid in preventing a shipwreck

60Edible ice cream holder

62More than willing

63"At Last" singer James

64Sent a private text, for short

Down

39 clues

1Word before plane or projection

2Uncommon thing

3Oozes, as charm

4Basketball goals

5Cigarette byproduct

6Holi celebrant

7"Rumor has it …"

9Mini-albums, for short

10Cost for a commercial

11Hangout events for two guy friends

12Common chart for comparing data

18Stock market debut, for short

22Caustic drain cleaner

24Made a quick retreat

25Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet

26Chillaxes with friends

28Ye ___ Shoppe

32Arabic for God

33Digitally make to look younger

35Ready to eat, as fruit

36Minuscule picture used in spycraft

37Essential to the character of something

38Football holder in "Peanuts"

39Cheese-loving test subjects

46Spinners in laundromats

49Sharp-eyed bird

51"Quiet on the ___!"

58Company nicknamed "Big Blue"

59With it, in last-century slang

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Stats & info

Monday, Jan 13, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 13, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAdam Levav

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

36ATongue of Chaucer ... or what's literally shown in the shaded squares?13 ltrs 24AHigh school or college seniors, usually11 ltrs 47AFeel relief from anxiety11 ltrs 17AQuality of a statement that feels plausible10 ltrs 57AAid in preventing a shipwreck10 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.