NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the January 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Parker HigginsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 40

  1. 1Went by quickly ↗FLEW
  2. 5"___ knew?" ↗WHO
  3. 8What to do "if you've heard this before" ↗STOPME
  4. 14Energy, of a sort ↗AURA
  5. 15Possessed ↗HAD
  6. 16Illinois city whose name serves as shorthand for mainstream taste ↗PEORIA
  7. 17Look for trouble? ↗STINKEYE
  8. 19Parthenon's place ↗ATHENS
  9. 20Offers, as a resignation ↗TENDERS
  10. 21Good for nothing? ↗FREEBIE
  11. 22Espy ↗SEE
  12. 23Mass transit vehicle ↗BUS
  13. 24Stock market index, in brief ↗DOW
  14. 25"Nova" airer ↗PBS
  15. 28Put a name to ↗LABELED
  16. 31"Oh, I see it now!" ↗AHA
  17. 33West Coast gas brand ↗ARCO
  18. 35Gig makeup? ↗MEGS
  19. 36Went wrong ↗ERRED
  20. 38With 40-Across, open for business? ↗DEARSIR
  21. 40See 38-Across ↗ORMADAM
  22. 42One who parties hearty ↗RAVER
  23. 43Performer who thinks inside the box? ↗MIME
  24. 45Brand of cooler ↗YETI
  25. 46Scrape (by) ↗EKE
  26. 47Scholar ↗STUDENT
  27. 50"Spring forward" result: Abbr. ↗DST
  28. 51Show where the term "Debbie Downer" originated, in brief ↗SNL
  29. 53Media clutter ↗ADS
  30. 54Winter coat ↗FUR
  31. 56Fit for a king? ↗REGALIA
  32. 58Triangular pastries ↗SAMOSAS
  33. 62Fashion photographer Richard ↗AVEDON
  34. 63Run for the hills? ↗SKISLOPE
  35. 64Popular wine from Bordeaux ↗MERLOT
  36. 65See 63-Down ↗HER
  37. 66Leave behind ↗LOSE
  38. 67Spots for Hawaii and Alaska, often ↗INSETS
  39. 68Source of Roquefort cheese ↗EWE
  40. 69Stanch ↗STEM

Down 38

  1. 1Partner of loose ↗FAST
  2. 2Instrument depicted in Caravaggio's "The Musicians" ↗LUTE
  3. 3Sportscaster Andrews ↗ERIN
  4. 4Suit in a tarot deck ↗WANDS
  5. 5Question from someone who's lost ↗WHEREAMI
  6. 6Does some baling ↗HAYS
  7. 7Shelley's "___ to the West Wind" ↗ODE
  8. 8Not densely packed ↗SPARSE
  9. 9___-à-___ ↗TETE
  10. 10Expressed some abject admiration ↗OOHED
  11. 11Got on first? ↗PREBOARDED
  12. 12Kellogg's cereal with a "Frosted" variety ↗MINIWHEATS
  13. 13Move gently ↗EASE
  14. 18Boat bottom ↗KEEL
  15. 21Overly abundant ↗FULSOME
  16. 23Plead ↗BEG
  17. 25San Diego pro ↗PADRE
  18. 26Digs out of a hole, maybe ↗BREAKSEVEN
  19. 27Hyenas and raccoons, for two ↗SCAVENGERS
  20. 29Vertex of an infamous triangle ↗BERMUDA
  21. 30Alternative to Rep. or Ind. ↗DEM
  22. 32Allow ↗ADMIT
  23. 34Mine find ↗ORE
  24. 37Beam from a sci-fi shooter ↗RAY
  25. 39Many SAT takers: Abbr. ↗SRS
  26. 41Where you might dress up for a court appearance, informally? ↗RENFAIRE
  27. 44Checks the age of ↗IDS
  28. 48Spoils ↗TAINTS
  29. 49Antacid brand ↗TUMS
  30. 52Mess kitchen implement ↗LADLE
  31. 55Parker House products ↗ROLLS
  32. 56"Mr. Robot" actor Malek ↗RAMI
  33. 57Spoils ↗LOOT
  34. 58Twist, as data ↗SKEW
  35. 59Flue symptom? ↗SOOT
  36. 60Church recess ↗APSE
  37. 61Appear ↗SEEM
  38. 63With 65-Across, common pronoun pair ↗SHE