NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 8, 2025

Complete answer list for the January 8, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Laura DershewitzEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1574 clues

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Across 35

  1. 1Suddenly stopped moving ↗FROZE
  2. 6Japanese noodle ↗SOBA
  3. 10Pronoun that's falling into disuse ↗WHOM
  4. 14Japanese noodle soup ↗RAMEN
  5. 15Chicago paper, familiarly, with "the" ↗TRIB
  6. 16Virtue signal? ↗HALO
  7. 17In plain sight ↗OVERT
  8. 18The devil's workshop, it's said ↗IDLEHANDS
  9. 20Hiccup ↗MINORPROBLEM
  10. 22Like tres and cuatro relative to uno and dos ↗MAS
  11. 23Shade of black ↗COAL
  12. 24Pasture sound ↗MAA
  13. 27Casserole topped with guacamole or sour cream ↗TACOPIE
  14. 31They elevate a choir's performance ↗RISERS
  15. 33www addresses ↗URLS
  16. 34Comedian's stage performance ↗STANDUPACT
  17. 37Talk excessively ↗PRATE
  18. 39State leader? ↗TRI
  19. 40Relating to form ↗MODAL
  20. 41Burst of energy ↗POWERSURGE
  21. 44Actress Skye of "Say Anything …" ↗IONE
  22. 45Hole near a sole ↗EYELET
  23. 46Corridor ↗HALLWAY
  24. 48Surveyor's measure ↗ROD
  25. 49Home plate is the "fourth" one ↗BASE
  26. 52Michelle Obama, to Craig Robinson, for short ↗SIS
  27. 53Common volleyball combo … or 20-, 34- and 41-Across together ↗BUMPSETSPIKE
  28. 58Most tacky ↗CHEESIEST
  29. 61Wrinkle remover ↗BOTOX
  30. 62Dad humor, perhaps ↗CORN
  31. 63Bread in a tandoor ↗NAAN
  32. 64Papal vestment ↗ORALE
  33. 65Sacrifice a fly? ↗SWAT
  34. 66Younger Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones" ↗ARYA
  35. 67Book often shelved on its side ↗ATLAS

Down 39

  1. 1Word on a gift tag ↗FROM
  2. 2Shankar who performed at Woodstock ↗RAVI
  3. 3Black cat, maybe ↗OMEN
  4. 4"Fiddler on the Roof" star ↗ZEROMOSTEL
  5. 5Catch in a sting ↗ENTRAP
  6. 6Soup recipe instruction ↗STIR
  7. 7Surgeon, informally ↗ORDOC
  8. 8Shire resident ↗BILBO
  9. 9Héloise's lover ↗ABELARD
  10. 10"Kapow!" ↗WHAM
  11. 11Ancient Chinese dynasty ↗HAN
  12. 12Word with style or fashioned ↗OLD
  13. 13Sept. and Oct. ↗MOS
  14. 19Element named after the Greek word for "sun" ↗HELIUM
  15. 21Pitchfork-shaped letters ↗PSIS
  16. 24Place to pick daisies ↗MEADOW
  17. 25Mysterious knowledge ↗ARCANA
  18. 26Rick of Rickrolling fame ↗ASTLEY
  19. 27Earl of food storage fame ↗TUPPER
  20. 28Southwestern gully ↗ARROYO
  21. 29Attacked, as by a tiger ↗CLAWED
  22. 30Shakespearean dying words ↗ETTU
  23. 32Party pooper ↗SPOILSPORT
  24. 35Flight board posting: Abbr. ↗ARR
  25. 36Near ↗NIGH
  26. 38Personification of darkness, in Greek myth ↗EREBUS
  27. 42Cross-country runner's asset ↗STAMINA
  28. 43Big ___ (Seton Hall's conference) ↗EAST
  29. 47Portugal's capital, in Portugal ↗LISBOA
  30. 50Warrior's weapon ↗SPEAR
  31. 51Assignment often graded with a red pen ↗ESSAY
  32. 53Not quite broken, say ↗BENT
  33. 54Mountain above Vulcan's forge ↗ETNA
  34. 55Right-leaning type?: Abbr. ↗ITAL
  35. 56Nut that's a source of caffeine ↗KOLA
  36. 57Noneternal flames? ↗EXES
  37. 58Loops in, in a way ↗CCS
  38. 59It's not one of the five W's ↗HOW
  39. 60The "E" of B.C.E. ↗ERA