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NYT Crossword — January 14, 2025

Tuesday’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
1Ruling from a tennis line judge
6Spelled-out chant at the World Cup
9Home for Shrek
14For the first time
15___ Beta Kappa
16Signature Caitlin Clark shot, informally
17One in charge of a sting operation?
19Vessel in a slip
20Individuals
21It locks locks into place
22Lead-in to rock or weekly
23Like a birthday candle prior to your making a wish
24Absolute champion
29Head off
31Make good as new
32Cheer after a gooooooal!
33Poorly behaved child
35Parks who sparked a bus boycott
36Publicity hound
40News of an alien landing, probably
41"Milk's favorite cookie" brand
42Barnyard sound
43Challenge for a person drawing lots?
45Piece of equipment seen at the Paralympics
48Person often flirting with disaster
51Response in the game of Battleship
52Org. that helped phase out CFCs
53Jost's "S.N.L." Weekend Update co-host
54Hardy and Petty
55Friend of Flower and Thumper
58Game that ends when the snitch is caught … and whose positions end 17-, 24-, 36- and 48-Across
60Handbill
61Chilly remark?
62Home of the Craters of the Moon National Monument
63Bit of snow
64Posed
65Question after a joke bombs

Down

39 clues
1Emphasized, textwise
2Like the yellow polka dot bikini, in a 1960 #1 novelty song
3Popular Thanksgiving item
4Types
5Scientific Bill
6Word before deck or hand
7Prominent part of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume
8The "A" of A/C
9Choices at salons
10"I like this so much!"
11___ de Triomphe
12"I wasn't impressed"
13Rescue animal, maybe
18Quadruple award achievement, informally
22Supports illegally, in a way
24Small brown songbird
25Liquid-Plumr alternative
26Attempted
27Gaelic language
28Back end
30TV host who got asked a lot of questions
33Labor day event
34Pseudonym in a landmark legal case
36Cries of understanding
37Cause for a lawsuit
38"Vissi d'arte" opera
39Qatari leader
44Enemy of the Rebel Alliance
45Tournament ranking
46Korean fermented cabbage
47Remark while fanning oneself, maybe
49Integra maker
50Polo, e.g.
54It washes a shore
55Closest pal, informally
56Not just some
57Hamm of soccer fame
58Ones trying not to be sacked, in brief
59Fossil hunters' project

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025
15×15
Grid size
76
Total entries
34/191
Black / letter cells
5.0
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJan 14, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorLance Enfinger
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 39 down
Longest entries
36APublicity hound15 ltrs24AAbsolute champion11 ltrs48APerson often flirting with disaster11 ltrs3DPopular Thanksgiving item11 ltrs26DAttempted11 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.