NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 4, 2025

Complete answer list for the January 4, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Sam EzerskyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Home in the country? ↗USEMBASSY
  2. 10Red container, maybe ↗CASK
  3. 14Second woman, after Kathryn Bigelow, to win a best director Oscar (2020) ↗CHLOEZHAO
  4. 15___ Huang, whose "Fresh Off the Boat" memoir was turned into an ABC sitcom ↗EDDIE
  5. 16Alternative to a chop or shank ↗LAMBSTEAK
  6. 17Rage ↗CRAZE
  7. 18Shopping meccas of old ↗AGORAE
  8. 19Sauce named after a steward to Louis XIV ↗BECHAMEL
  9. 21Hit entertainment org. in Vegas? ↗UFC
  10. 22Informal suggestions ↗RECS
  11. 23Historic founder of the Shakers ↗ANNLEE
  12. 26"Totally didn't see that one coming," sarcastically ↗SHOCKING
  13. 30Head shop purchase, nowadays ↗VAPE
  14. 31Language spoken in northern New York ↗MOHAWK
  15. 33What goes around in the Pacific? ↗LEI
  16. 34[Back off!] ↗GRR
  17. 35Supports ↗UPHOLDS
  18. 36Recording inits. ↗VHS
  19. 37___ on one's 38-Across ↗ACT
  20. 38See 37-Across ↗BEHALF
  21. 39Name combining with El-, Eg- or Engel- ↗BERT
  22. 40Just *done* with something ↗SOOVERIT
  23. 42Development area ↗UTERUS
  24. 44Un animal del zodíaco ↗TORO
  25. 45Hip-hop group with the 1990 hit "100 Miles and Runnin'" ↗NWA
  26. 46Truly awful ↗THEWORST
  27. 50Fudge substitute ↗DARNIT
  28. 54"Holy oleo!" speaker ↗ROBIN
  29. 55Designation for some apartments ↗LOWINCOME
  30. 57Vacuous ↗INANE
  31. 58Creature whose name means "forest person" ↗ORANGUTAN
  32. 59Simon of "Shaun of the Dead" ↗PEGG
  33. 60Get carried along, in a way ↗PIGGYBACK

Down 35

  1. 1Holder of the longest winning streak in N.C.A.A. men's basketball history (88 games) ↗UCLA
  2. 2High-piled style ↗SHAG
  3. 3Popular red Halloween costume ↗ELMO
  4. 4Ochlocracy, by another name ↗MOBRULE
  5. 5"Take care" ↗BESAFE
  6. 6Ancient figure called the "huey tlatoani" by his subjects ↗AZTECEMPEROR
  7. 7"___ Came to Me" (2023 rom-com) ↗SHE
  8. 8Maker of the 900 in '94 and the 9-3 in '99 ↗SAAB
  9. 9Join the team? ↗YOKE
  10. 10Music stand ↗CDRACK
  11. 11David Stern's successor as N.B.A. commissioner ↗ADAMSILVER
  12. 12L or M, but not N or O ↗SIZE
  13. 13Collapse, with "over" ↗KEEL
  14. 15Things sent from some online accounts ↗ECHECKS
  15. 20Kickstarter activity ↗CROWDFUNDING
  16. 23Portmanteau term for airplane fuel ↗AVGAS
  17. 24Traffic figure, in brief ↗NARCO
  18. 25Iconic bit of media merch ↗NPRTOTEBAG
  19. 26Tiny swine ↗SHOAT
  20. 27Room for a meal, perhaps ↗HALL
  21. 28Writer of 1929's "Letters From a Father to His Daughter" while imprisoned ↗NEHRU
  22. 29Essences ↗GISTS
  23. 32Hesitant response to "Is that you?" ↗OHHI
  24. 35Premium service with discounts on rides ↗UBERONE
  25. 39Babe in the woods? ↗BEARCUB
  26. 41Oath activity ↗VOWING
  27. 43Like some country singers' voices ↗TWANGY
  28. 46Word with round or power ↗TRIP
  29. 47Perfect over time ↗HONE
  30. 48Refuse to eat? ↗SLOP
  31. 49Spelling seen in credits ↗TORI
  32. 51"___ chance" ↗NOTA
  33. 52Cook's offering with chips? ↗IMAC
  34. 53Many a charity run ↗TENK
  35. 56Jokester ↗WAG