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NYT Crossword — January 8, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 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

1Suddenly stopped moving

6Japanese noodle

10Pronoun that's falling into disuse

14Japanese noodle soup

15Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the"

16Virtue signal?

17In plain sight

18The devil's workshop, it's said

22Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos

23Shade of black

24Pasture sound

27Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream

31They elevate a choir's performance

33www addresses

34Comedian's stage performance

37Talk excessively

39State leader?

40Relating to form

41Burst of energy

44Actress Skye of "Say Anything …"

45Hole near a sole

48Surveyor's measure

49Home plate is the "fourth" one

52Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short

53Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together

61Wrinkle remover

62Dad humor, perhaps

63Bread in a tandoor

64Papal vestment

65Sacrifice a fly?

66Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones"

67Book often shelved on its side

Down

39 clues

1Word on a gift tag

2Shankar who performed at Woodstock

3Black cat, maybe

4"Fiddler on the Roof" star

5Catch in a sting

6Soup recipe instruction

7Surgeon, informally

8Shire resident

9Héloise's lover

11Ancient Chinese dynasty

12Word with style or fashioned

13Sept. and Oct.

19Element named after the Greek word for "sun"

21Pitchfork-shaped letters

24Place to pick daisies

25Mysterious knowledge

26Rick of Rickrolling fame

27Earl of food storage fame

28Southwestern gully

29Attacked, as by a tiger

30Shakespearean dying words

35Flight board posting: Abbr.

38Personification of darkness, in Greek myth

42Cross-country runner's asset

43Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference)

47Portugal's capital, in Portugal

50Warrior's weapon

51Assignment often graded with a red pen

53Not quite broken, say

54Mountain above Vulcan's forge

55Right-leaning type?: Abbr.

56Nut that's a source of caffeine

57Noneternal flames?

58Loops in, in a way

59It's not one of the five W's

60The "E" of B.C.E.

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

12 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 8, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorLaura Dershewitz

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split35 across · 39 down

Longest entries

20AHiccup12 ltrs 53ACommon volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together12 ltrs 34AComedian's stage performance10 ltrs 41ABurst of energy10 ltrs 4D"Fiddler on the Roof" star10 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.