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NYT Crossword — January 28, 2025

Tuesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 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
1Wagner heroine
7Words before date or speed
11Like some scientists and dashes
14Go off track
15Old-fashioned prelude to a duel
16Big bird
17The 68 participants in the N.C.A.A. March Madness tournament, e.g.
19Quick drink
20Staff
21Deserve
22In the buff
23Rank below marquess
25Convenience
28Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo, for two
33A, in Aachen
34The "S" of CBS: Abbr.
35Like some remedies or teas
37Sow's sniffer
39Listen here
41Cheers (for)
42Bit of shut-eye
44C-worthy
46Young fellow
47Purim or Rosh Hashanah
50Mononymous Irish singer
51Pop
52The ___ of Avon
55Doesn't keep
57Sgt. or cpl.
60Bowl over
61Old TV series featuring the creepy main character Barnabas Collins
65Drag accessory
66Et ___ (and others)
67Place for a lace
68With 69-Across, courtroom directive … or, homophonically, what the starts of 17-, 28-, 47-and 61-Across are
69See 68-Across
70Tranquil

Down

41 clues
1T.S.A. requirements
2Nostradamus, for one
3Cookie with its name on it
4Item on a fire truck
5Stop running
6In one's golden years
7App customer
8Venus, but not Serena
9Many a tartan cap
10Photo ___
11List of options
12Surrounded by
13Trick
18"Honor Thy Father" author
22Prefix with -logical
24Choose not to participate
26"Feels so good!"
27Olympics no-no
28Nicki with the 2014 hit "Anaconda"
29Make ___ of (jot down)
30Secret store
31Virus first discovered in 1976
32Skewered Indonesian dish
33F1 neighbor
36It's taken to start a trip
38Like bachelors
40Fowl poles?
43Therapist's maj.
45Walks through water
482024 campaign name
49It's up when you're angry
52___ ghanouj
53Way off base?
54Bona fide
56Steinbeck's Tom Joad, e.g.
58___ slaw
59Clive of "Inside Man"
61___ es Salaam, Tanzania
62"Beef" star Wong
63House vote
64French holy title: Abbr.

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025
15×15
Grid size
78
Total entries
42/183
Black / letter cells
4.7
Avg entry length
13 ltrs
Longest entry
Easy
Tuesday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJan 28, 2025
DayTuesday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorDan Margolis
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 41 down
Longest entries
28AMichelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo, for two13 ltrs47APurim or Rosh Hashanah13 ltrs17AThe 68 participants in the N.C.A.A. March Madness tournament, e.g.11 ltrs61AOld TV series featuring the creepy main character Barnabas Collins11 ltrs6DIn one's golden years7 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 42 black squares and averages 4.7 letters per entry.