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NYT Crossword — January 27, 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

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5Section of a circle

8Accompany, as to a dance

15"Well, ___-di-dah!"

16Suitemate, e.g.

17Commonly visited part of a website

19Series of professional calls, as by doctors

20Emphatic yes, in Spanish

21Bay Area airport code

23Illegally fixes

24Study abroad program on a ship

28Krypton or argon

31Kids' game that may be played on a road trip

32x or y, on a graph

34They're no pros

36One of the Obamas

40Ignore suspicious behavior … or a hint to the circled letters in 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across

43Musical based on a comic strip

44Soft French cheese

45Extremely serious

46Actor Malek who played Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody"

48Period of time

50Way of sending textspeak

51Funding sources for many labs

56Currier and ___

58Purple-flecked root vegetable

60Secure again, as a door

62Stance for a yoga beginner

67It comes with a charge

68Foe's opposite

69Explicitly said

70TV coach Lasso

71Purple fruit used for flavoring

Down

39 clues

1"Tsk, tsk," in textspeak

2New Mexico art locale

3What applicants may be seeking

4Actress Witherspoon

6Aid in washing a car

7Treasure holder

8They may be forced or unforced

9Phillipa of "Hamilton"

10Central area of many a palace

11Some upscale hotels

12Mountain crest

13Actress Thompson of the "Creed" movies

18Cotton variety

26Bird named for its beak's shape

27Quiet place in a church

29Part of a brain connection

33Snowy getaway

35Neither's partner

37Sweet, swirly dessert item

39Yes votes that are an anagram of other yes votes

42Greek marriage goddess

47Dressed like many superheroes

51Dumps from the payroll

52Listing in an engagement calendar

53Land at a river's mouth

55Small Spanish dishes

59Norway's biggest city

65It's full of cones and rods

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Stats & info

Monday, Jan 27, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Easiest

Monday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 27, 2025

DayMonday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAlexander Liebeskind

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

40AIgnore suspicious behavior … or a hint to the circled letters in 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across15 ltrs 24AStudy abroad program on a ship13 ltrs 51AFunding sources for many labs13 ltrs 3DWhat applicants may be seeking9 ltrs 10DCentral area of many a palace9 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.