NYT CROSSWORD • TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 28, 2025

Complete answer list for the January 28, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Dan MargolisEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Wagner heroine ↗ISOLDE
  2. 7Words before date or speed ↗UPTO
  3. 11Like some scientists and dashes ↗MAD
  4. 14Go off track ↗DERAIL
  5. 15Old-fashioned prelude to a duel ↗SLAP
  6. 16Big bird ↗EMU
  7. 17The 68 participants in the N.C.A.A. March Madness tournament, e.g. ↗SEEDEDTEAMS
  8. 19Quick drink ↗NIP
  9. 20Staff ↗ROD
  10. 21Deserve ↗EARN
  11. 22In the buff ↗NUDE
  12. 23Rank below marquess ↗EARL
  13. 25Convenience ↗EASE
  14. 28Michelangelo's David and the Venus de Milo, for two ↗MARBLESTATUES
  15. 33A, in Aachen ↗EIN
  16. 34The "S" of CBS: Abbr. ↗SYST
  17. 35Like some remedies or teas ↗HERBAL
  18. 37Sow's sniffer ↗SNOUT
  19. 39Listen here ↗EAR
  20. 41Cheers (for) ↗ROOTS
  21. 42Bit of shut-eye ↗CATNAP
  22. 44C-worthy ↗SOSO
  23. 46Young fellow ↗LAD
  24. 47Purim or Rosh Hashanah ↗JEWISHHOLIDAY
  25. 50Mononymous Irish singer ↗ENYA
  26. 51Pop ↗SODA
  27. 52The ___ of Avon ↗BARD
  28. 55Doesn't keep ↗ROTS
  29. 57Sgt. or cpl. ↗NCO
  30. 60Bowl over ↗AWE
  31. 61Old TV series featuring the creepy main character Barnabas Collins ↗DARKSHADOWS
  32. 65Drag accessory ↗BOA
  33. 66Et ___ (and others) ↗ALII
  34. 67Place for a lace ↗EYELET
  35. 68With 69-Across, courtroom directive … or, homophonically, what the starts of 17-, 28-, 47-and 61-Across are ↗ALL
  36. 69See 68-Across ↗RISE
  37. 70Tranquil ↗SERENE

Down 41

  1. 1T.S.A. requirements ↗IDS
  2. 2Nostradamus, for one ↗SEER
  3. 3Cookie with its name on it ↗OREO
  4. 4Item on a fire truck ↗LADDER
  5. 5Stop running ↗DIE
  6. 6In one's golden years ↗ELDERLY
  7. 7App customer ↗USER
  8. 8Venus, but not Serena ↗PLANET
  9. 9Many a tartan cap ↗TAM
  10. 10Photo ___ ↗OPS
  11. 11List of options ↗MENU
  12. 12Surrounded by ↗AMID
  13. 13Trick ↗DUPE
  14. 18"Honor Thy Father" author ↗TALESE
  15. 22Prefix with -logical ↗NEURO
  16. 24Choose not to participate ↗ABSTAIN
  17. 26"Feels so good!" ↗AAH
  18. 27Olympics no-no ↗STEROID
  19. 28Nicki with the 2014 hit "Anaconda" ↗MINAJ
  20. 29Make ___ of (jot down) ↗ANOTE
  21. 30Secret store ↗STASH
  22. 31Virus first discovered in 1976 ↗EBOLA
  23. 32Skewered Indonesian dish ↗SATAY
  24. 33F1 neighbor ↗ESC
  25. 36It's taken to start a trip ↗LSD
  26. 38Like bachelors ↗UNWED
  27. 40Fowl poles? ↗ROOSTS
  28. 43Therapist's maj. ↗PSY
  29. 45Walks through water ↗SLOSHES
  30. 482024 campaign name ↗HARRIS
  31. 49It's up when you're angry ↗DANDER
  32. 52___ ghanouj ↗BABA
  33. 53Way off base? ↗AWOL
  34. 54Bona fide ↗REAL
  35. 56Steinbeck's Tom Joad, e.g. ↗OKIE
  36. 58___ slaw ↗COLE
  37. 59Clive of "Inside Man" ↗OWEN
  38. 61___ es Salaam, Tanzania ↗DAR
  39. 62"Beef" star Wong ↗ALI
  40. 63House vote ↗AYE
  41. 64French holy title: Abbr. ↗STE