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NYT Crossword — January 9, 2025

Thursday’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
1Eat dirt, say
7Info at JFK or LAX
14Longtime Ford S.U.V.
15Bring trouble to
16Knight of film
17Charlie horse
20Fictional thief Lupin
21Papa bear
22Body with many pages
24Awesome, in 1990s slang
26Sierra Leone
27Tango number
31Twin actress Mary-Kate or Ashley
32Harbor markers
34Haunted house feeling
35Italian for "baked"
36Mystery writer, in brief?
38Point at, in a way
39Pizzeria purchase
40Golf course
42Whiskey soda
43Yours, in French
44Dave or Ray of the Kinks
45Quebec city
48Cut some slack?
50Strong push
51Alpha male (double)
55Stands at first, say
57Info in a job posting
58Casting director's offering
60"Maybe. Give me time to think"

Down

39 clues
1"Fleabag" airer
3Plaything
4Put at risk
5Cold-weather driving hazard
6Lob in the direction of
8Kind of lens for long-distance shots
11Long, long time
12Pointed the finger at
13TV journalist Ling
18Poor mark
21Links figures
22Singer Gomez
23Fake
25Casual greeting
26Leader of Germany?
27Entire, in Italian
29Time periods
30To the ___ (with style)
32Notable site of enlightenment
36At the end of the day
39More than a few
41One of 3,000+ annually for IBM
421960s dance craze
44"Obviously!"
45Groucho Marx specialty
46___ Major
47Composer Stravinsky
49The whole shebang
51Challenge for a skier

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Stats & info

Thursday, Jan 9, 2025
15×15
Grid size
76
Total entries
36/189
Black / letter cells
5.0
Avg entry length
10 ltrs
Longest entry
Tricky
Thursday difficulty
PuzzleThe Crossword
PublishedJan 9, 2025
DayThursday
ThemeUntitled
ConstructorDavid P. Williams
EditorWill Shortz
Clue split37 across · 39 down
Longest entries

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.