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NYT Crossword — January 5, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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59 clues

7Protagonist of Arabian folk tales

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19They might be sewn in at a beauty parlor

21Mustangs sometimes race with them

22Many a Quentin Tarantino film role

23Classic Chevys

25Super-excited

26Donkey Kong, e.g.

30Unhappy spectators

31Live interview shout-out

32Common sales promotion

39Made less effective, in gamer slang

40Like some picture frames

41Part of a fishing line to which a hook is attached

43Characters from Homer and Herodotus?

44Goes higher, at an auction

47Part of a modern assembly line

50Some works of Pablo Neruda

54Landmark featured in "Roman Holiday"

57Reveals everything

59Biblical inspiration for Caleb, in Steinbeck's "East of Eden"

60Landscaper's roll-out

61Jason of "Aquaman"

62Sign on a tray at a cash register … or a hint to entering 32-Across

71Like Sherlock Holmes's "game"

72Away from work, for short

73Bit of plankton

74Place for some light rest?

78Band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" … or a hint to entering 54-Across

84Long-running tour title for Taylor Swift

85Cultural meeting place

87Washington airport, informally

88Smartphone precursors, for short

89Typical features of locker rooms

92European capital said to be the site of the first decorated Christmas tree

93Gin or djinn, e.g.

96Part of overalls

98Mercilessly harsh treatment, in an expression … or a hint to entering 117-Across

101Pivot without warning … or a hint to entering 19-Across

103Not straight, in a way

105Questionable gift, for short?

106Musician once nicknamed "The Beale Street Blues Boy"

108One of 10 on each end of a beer pong table

111Tough-guy title role

112"Nice going!"

114Harsh "reading"

116Part of a bridal gown

117¼

119Some bank deposits

121Start to boil

Down

81 clues

1Like most Iraqis

3Perfect for a salad, say

4Something often rolled over, for short

5Was deeply affected by something

6No longer in service?

7Passed with flying colors

8Agonizing occurrences in online games

9Bit of text pontification

10Baby in a cave

12Sound of spring?

13Potentially lethal snake

14Some multi-masted ships

15"Quit hounding me!"

16Current measure

17Start to boil

18Mess (around)

20Emotional strains

28Last word of the New Testament

30Second strings

31Prefix with -centric

32Onion or garlic

332024 Shakira single "(___ Paréntesis)"

34Compartmentalize

36Quintet of experts on "Queer Eye," familiarly

37Late actress Garr

42Chaney of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

43Pointy part on a husky

45Italian motorcycle brand

46Insta alternative

48Prominent instrument in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe"

49Revealing word

52North Carolina campus town

53Leave rolling in the aisles

55Love all, essentially

56One of the Wilsons of Heart

60Thruway advisory

62___ Modern (London attraction)

64Coffee named for the district it's grown in

65Many, many moons

67Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the song "Lola"

68Little suck-up?

69Antlered animal

75Gordimer who wrote "The Conservationist"

76Non ___ (unwelcome)

77Major K-pop septet

80The Flash's civilian identity ___ Allen

82Structure for a shark dive

831980s Chrysler debut

88Oxygen atoms have eight of them

90Queen's realm

91One working the knight shift?

93Mena of the "American Pie" films

96Parisian eatery

99Storing, as some ashes

100Vice president with a Nobel Peace Prize

101Fruit pastries

106Head shop purchase

109Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper

110Vet's concern

112TikTok, for one

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jan 5, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

78/363

Black / letter cells

5.3

Avg entry length

21 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 5, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeAll Things Change

ConstructorKareem Ayas

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split59 across · 81 down

Longest entries

62ASign on a tray at a cash register … or a hint to entering 32-Across21 ltrs 32ACommon sales promotion13 ltrs 54ALandmark featured in "Roman Holiday"13 ltrs 101APivot without warning … or a hint to entering 19-Across11 ltrs 57AReveals everything10 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 78 black squares and averages 5.3 letters per entry.