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NYT Crossword — January 6, 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

35 clues
1Supersonic speed number
5Cookies that are sometimes dunked in milk
10Whole lot
14Cousin of a clarinet
15What "duty-free" means
16Westover with the best-selling memoir "Educated"
17Theatrical description
20Position of greatest stress
21"Campbell's Soup Cans" painter
22"___ longa, vita brevis"
23Iditarod entries
26Follower of double-you, ex, wye
27Dog crossbreed known for its teddy bear appearance
31Recovered from a fall
34Modern anxiety source, in brief
35Small cove
36Applications
37Sandwiches that often contain tuna
39Overnight ___ (breakfast option)
40Brewery offering
41Crimson Tide univ.
42Large cove
43Track exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist might
47Hosp. V.I.P.s
48Note on a failed test, maybe
49Ball club V.I.P.s
52Valiant
55Amy who voiced Joy in "Inside Out"
57Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have
60Proctor's cry at the end of a test
61South Korea's second-largest city
62Actor Esparza
63Calf's meat
64Stretch of work
65Custom gift site

Down

41 clues
1Chocolaty coffee drink
2Despise
3Nail polish layers
4His and ___
5Available if needed
6Went bad
7Saison of the 2024 Paris Olympics
8Rower's blade
9Annual festival in Austin, Tex.
10Sound system
11Paris's Notre-Dame, for one
12West Coast gas brand
13Roald who wrote "Matilda" and "The BFG"
18"The Tortoise and the Hare" author
19Instrument that may be included in a birthday goodie bag
24Take down, as a bouncy house
25Arrogant sort
27"Gloomy" fellow
28Chats with on Insta
29Lo-cal
30Toward the sunrise
31One layer in a seven-layer dip, informally
32Norway's capital
33"Riverdale" or "XO, Kitty"
37___ and cheese
38Ambulance personnel, in brief
39Start of a count
41>7 on the pH scale
42Colorful summer drinks
44Gardener's tool
45Come up with a new schedule
46Quantity
49Show bad sportsmanship, in a way
50Kids might be given these with crayons
51"r u kidding?!"
52Flat-screen, say
53Scary-sounding Great Lake
54Corn waste
56Bring on, as workers
58Pecan or pistachio
59CBS procedural that ran for 15 seasons

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Stats & info

Monday, Jan 6, 2025
15×15
Grid size
76
Total entries
34/191
Black / letter cells
5.0
Avg entry length
15 ltrs
Longest entry
Easiest
Monday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJan 6, 2025
DayMonday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorRena Cohen
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split35 across · 41 down
Longest entries
17ATheatrical description15 ltrs57AUse deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have15 ltrs27ADog crossbreed known for its teddy bear appearance12 ltrs43ATrack exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist might12 ltrs11DParis's Notre-Dame, for one9 ltrs

Monday grids are the gentlest of the week: straightforward definitions, familiar fill and almost no wordplay. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.