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NYT Crossword — January 24, 2025

Friday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

31 clues

9Work on Wall Street

14Fall forecasting aids

17Material used by many deck builders

18One of three countries straddled by Mont Dolent

19Much Consumer Reports work

20Green-skinned god of the afterlife

21Is big in the news

26"Give it a ___!"

27Newspaper version with updates from the morning

30Media outlet with a Francophone counterpart

34Make some calls?

35Florida city with the U.S.'s largest equestrian center

37Greek goddess sleeping near the river Oceanus

38TV family you "meet" in the show's theme song

41Temperature gauges, sometimes

42Eschew cooking, say

43Accept financial responsibility

47Rings in a bakery

49Development sites?

50Activist who said "From the time I was a child, I tried to protest against disrespectful treatment"

54Rugby formation

55Type of question not asked in 20 Questions

56"___ Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965 film)

58Graffitists' signatures

Down

37 clues

1Bodybuilder's pride, informally

3"Toy Story" antagonist

4Sing Sing, e.g.

5Dairy farm structure

6Mexican grilled corn dish

7Literature Nobelist Mario Vargas ___

8"The Psychedelic Reader" subj.

9English translation of a paradoxical line in a Magritte painting

10Change one's tone again?

12Sub stations?

13Originator of Rocky Road ice cream

20Nondairy offering

22Image on the back side of the state seal of Texas

23Supermodels Upton and Moss

28Like many immigrants to the U.S. beginning in 1845

29Hamilton bill

30Collection of works

31Some stripes on drapeaux français

32Drone bees, e.g.

36One paying half for quarters, say

39"Sure, count me in"

40Seafarer's device

41Best-selling American car of the 1990s

44When many resoluciones de año nuevo are broken

45Give a run for your honey?

46Art accessory rarely used by Jackson Pollock

47Clean up, in a way

51Nutritional inits.

52Stock item in a brewery

53Commencement attendees: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Friday, Jan 24, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

32/193

Black / letter cells

5.7

Avg entry length

14 ltrs

Longest entry

Hard

Friday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 24, 2025

DayFriday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorErnest Lim

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split31 across · 37 down

Longest entries

21AIs big in the news14 ltrs 43AAccept financial responsibility14 ltrs 9DEnglish translation of a paradoxical line in a Magritte painting14 ltrs 15DRushed14 ltrs 27ANewspaper version with updates from the morning11 ltrs

Friday puzzles run themeless, so the fill leans on long open entries and wordplay clues rather than a central gimmick. This grid has 32 black squares and averages 5.7 letters per entry.