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NYT Crossword — January 17, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 72 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 72 revealed

1S

2A

3L

4A

5D

6I

7P

8O

9E

10B

11A

12Y

13U

B

E

R

R

14A

T

I

N

15G

16N

O

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E

17S

E

A

M

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N

S

T

E

R

18C

A

L

L

19S

T

R

20P

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S

21A

22M

O

R

A

L

23A

L

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O

24S

H

A

R

D

S

25N

26O

27G

R

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A

T

28S

H

A

K

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S

29E

G

R

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T

30A

L

A

M

O

31E

32T

33S

34E

R

A

S

35B

R

A

V

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36R

A

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L

37D

E

N

38B

E

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N

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39S

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K

A

40D

41I

R

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C

T

D

42E

P

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43S

C

R

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P

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44H

A

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T

45T

A

H

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I

46S

E

G

A

47S

48O

49B

50O

T

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S

51N

52O

T

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L

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53T

T

L

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54T

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L

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55G

O

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N

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U

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H

56E

N

D

S

57H

P

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58S

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Across

35 clues

1Introductory course

6Exchange letters

9Venue for the sale of the town of Buford, Wyo., in 2012 (price: $900,000)

13What you might get after being taken for a ride

17Jörmungandr, in Norse mythology

19Narrow passage: Abbr.

20Affixes, in a way

23Midrange performer

24Shattering results

25So-so at best

29Buff marsh resident

30Budget alternative

31Saucer contents, in brief

34Industrial Revolution and others

35First Pixar film with a female protagonist

38Playwright/screenwriter Douglas Carter ___

39First capital of Alaska

40One method of payment

44Actress Melissa Joan ___

45Sauce made of seeds

46Company behind Sonic the Hedgehog

502011 hit by Jay-Z and Kanye West that samples a 1966 soul performance

54Bit of a subway station wall

56Split things, sometimes

57Some printer purchases, for short

Down

37 clues

2Provide crooked support for

3Shakespearean counterpart to Logan on "Succession"

4Ready to fight

6"Take your time!"

7Worst possible circumstances, with "the"

8Horizontal line, in Chinese writing

10Positions of governance

11It shows the lay of the land

14Borg who co-founded the Institute for Women in Technology

15Kenneth who wrote "The Wind in the Willows"

23Father of Phobos and Deimos

24Features of some monks and punks

26Fantasy creature

27Relative minor?

28Way of looking at things

35Alarm sound option on a smartphone

38Milling byproduct

39Unfortunate twists

41Blooms for van Gogh

42Quarter back?

43Smooth kind of finish

46Point on a bus route

48___ Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature

49Big name in paint

52"How gorgeous!"

53Adverb much used by Goldilocks

Click a clue for its own page with the answer and a short explanation.

Stats & info

Friday, Jan 17, 2025

15×15

Grid size

72

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 17, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorWilla Angel Chen Miller

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 37 down

Longest entries

25ASo-so at best13 ltrs 40AOne method of payment13 ltrs 6D"Take your time!"11 ltrs 24DFeatures of some monks and punks11 ltrs 13AWhat you might get after being taken for a ride10 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.