NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 2, 2025

Complete answer list for the January 2, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Robert CharltonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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The Grid

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4A
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7O
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Across 37

  1. 1First in a series ↗ALPH/FA
  2. 5Pixel rival ↗IPH/FONE
  3. 10Snap ↗PH/FOTO
  4. 14Average Joe's name (that's not Joe) ↗NORM
  5. 15Bases loaded, e.g. ↗MENON
  6. 16Iris's location ↗UVEA
  7. 17Temporary cover of a sort ↗SCAB
  8. 18Epic with the line "Come, friend, you too must die" ↗ILIAD
  9. 19Festival covering ↗TENT
  10. 20Start of a quip by comic Steven Wright ↗WHYISNTTHEWORD
  11. 23Summer abroad ↗ETE
  12. 24Sounds of refreshment ↗AHS
  13. 25King's ___ ↗RANSOM
  14. 27Adjust on the timeline ↗REDATE
  15. 29Pressure cooker sound ↗HISS
  16. 31Producer of an explosion ↗TNT
  17. 32___ Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama ↗MARIAN
  18. 34Deep notes ↗BASS
  19. 35Middle of the quip ... and a hint to eight squares in this puzzle ↗PH/FONETICALLY
  20. 38French buds ↗AMIS
  21. 40Plotted ↗GRAPH/FED
  22. 41Up to, informally ↗TIL
  23. 42Low pair ↗TWOS
  24. 44Beyond cross ↗RAGING
  25. 48Drink featured in the Elvis film "Blue Hawaii" ↗MAITAI
  26. 50Govt. prosecutors ↗DAS
  27. 51Besides ↗TOO
  28. 52End of the quip ↗SPELLEDWITHANF
  29. 56Actor Jannings ↗EMIL
  30. 57Youngest golfer to score below his age in a P.G.A. Tour event ↗SNEAD
  31. 58White Sox or Red Sox player, informally ↗ALER
  32. 59Runner's assignment ↗LANE
  33. 60Cricket segments ↗OVERS
  34. 61Miller option ↗LITE
  35. 62Flower whose name means "flame" in ancient Greek ↗PH/FLOX
  36. 63Lead-in to maniac ↗NYMPH/FO
  37. 64Troublesome threes, e.g. ↗PH/FASE

Down 37

  1. 1"Jeopardy!" offering ↗ANSWER
  2. 212-time Olympic swimming medalist Ryan ___ ↗LOCHTE
  3. 3Worn at the edges ↗PH/FRAYED
  4. 4Prefix with sexual ↗AMBI
  5. 5Possible response to "Where are you?" ↗IMINHERE
  6. 6Craft kit fabrics ↗PH/FELTS
  7. 7"Right away, boss!" ↗ONIT
  8. 8Comedian Trevor ↗NOAH
  9. 9"___ Game" (1986 Hugo Award winner) ↗ENDERS
  10. 10Cot alternative ↗PH/FUTON
  11. 11Wear out one's welcome, say ↗OVERSTAY
  12. 12Achilles, for two ↗TENDONS
  13. 13Muesli bit ↗OAT
  14. 21Underworld figure ↗SATAN
  15. 22Is in the past ↗WAS
  16. 26Chain parts: Abbr. ↗MTS
  17. 28Singer Tori ↗AMOS
  18. 29Head liners? ↗HAIRS
  19. 30Choquequirao inhabitant ↗INCA
  20. 33"Let ___!" ↗ITGO
  21. 34Urban addr. specification ↗BLDG
  22. 35Like cuisine with lumpia and longganisa ↗PH/FILIPINO
  23. 36"Looks that way, unfortunately" ↗APH/FRAIDSO
  24. 37Minimal ↗LEAST
  25. 38Bread box? ↗ATM
  26. 39Noxious ↗MIASMAL
  27. 42"Qué ___?" ("How's it going?," in Spanish) ↗TAL
  28. 43Only U.S. president buried in Washington, D.C. ↗WILSON
  29. 45Home of Firenze ↗ITALIA
  30. 46They have nine players ↗NONETS
  31. 47Get released ↗GOFREE
  32. 49Early text messager ↗TELEX
  33. 50One of a Disney septet ↗DWARPH/F
  34. 53Root of resentment, at times ↗ENVY
  35. 54Reckon ↗DEEM
  36. 55Word before and after an ampersand, in the grocery ↗HALPH/F
  37. 56Maker of toys for girls and boys ↗ELPH/F