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NYT Crossword January 5 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Sunday, January 5 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Kareem Ayas · Edited by Will Shortz · “All Things Change”

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1Turmoil6 lettersSee answer ›7Protagonist of Arabian folk tales7 lettersSee answer ›19They might be sewn in at a beauty parlor9 lettersSee answer ›21Mustangs sometimes race with them7 lettersSee answer ›22Many a Quentin Tarantino film role5 lettersSee answer ›23Classic Chevys7 lettersSee answer ›24Vanity fare?7 lettersSee answer ›25Super-excited5 lettersSee answer ›26Donkey Kong, e.g.3 lettersSee answer ›27Some chords6 lettersSee answer ›29Trash3 lettersSee answer ›30Unhappy spectators6 lettersSee answer ›31Live interview shout-out5 lettersSee answer ›32Common sales promotion13 lettersSee answer ›34End of fall?9 lettersSee answer ›38Increases3 lettersSee answer ›39Made less effective, in gamer slang6 lettersSee answer ›40Like some picture frames4 lettersSee answer ›41Part of a fishing line to which a hook is attached5 lettersSee answer ›43Characters from Homer and Herodotus?4 lettersSee answer ›44Goes higher, at an auction6 lettersSee answer ›47Part of a modern assembly line8 lettersSee answer ›50Some works of Pablo Neruda4 lettersSee answer ›54Landmark featured in "Roman Holiday"13 lettersSee answer ›57Reveals everything10 lettersSee answer ›59Biblical inspiration for Caleb, in Steinbeck's "East of Eden"4 lettersSee answer ›60Landscaper's roll-out3 lettersSee answer ›61Jason of "Aquaman"5 lettersSee answer ›62Sign on a tray at a cash register … or a hint to entering 32-Across21 lettersSee answer ›71Like Sherlock Holmes's "game"5 lettersSee answer ›72Away from work, for short3 lettersSee answer ›73Bit of plankton4 lettersSee answer ›74Place for some light rest?10 lettersSee answer ›78Band with the 2001 #1 hit "How You Remind Me" … or a hint to entering 54-Across10 lettersSee answer ›84Long-running tour title for Taylor Swift4 lettersSee answer ›85Cultural meeting place8 lettersSee answer ›87Washington airport, informally6 lettersSee answer ›88Smartphone precursors, for short4 lettersSee answer ›89Typical features of locker rooms5 lettersSee answer ›92European capital said to be the site of the first decorated Christmas tree4 lettersSee answer ›93Gin or djinn, e.g.6 lettersSee answer ›96Part of overalls3 lettersSee answer ›98Mercilessly harsh treatment, in an expression … or a hint to entering 117-Across9 lettersSee answer ›101Pivot without warning … or a hint to entering 19-Across11 lettersSee answer ›103Not straight, in a way5 lettersSee answer ›104Pilot6 lettersSee answer ›105Questionable gift, for short?3 lettersSee answer ›106Musician once nicknamed "The Beale Street Blues Boy"6 lettersSee answer ›108One of 10 on each end of a beer pong table3 lettersSee answer ›111Tough-guy title role5 lettersSee answer ›112"Nice going!"7 lettersSee answer ›114Harsh "reading"7 lettersSee answer ›116Part of a bridal gown5 lettersSee answer ›118Registers7 lettersSee answer ›119Some bank deposits5 lettersSee answer ›120Mentee7 lettersSee answer ›121Start to boil6 lettersSee answer ›

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1Like most Iraqis4 lettersSee answer ›2Pack (down)4 lettersSee answer ›3Perfect for a salad, say4 lettersSee answer ›4Something often rolled over, for short3 lettersSee answer ›5Was deeply affected by something6 lettersSee answer ›6No longer in service?6 lettersSee answer ›7Passed with flying colors4 lettersSee answer ›8Agonizing occurrences in online games4 lettersSee answer ›9Bit of text pontification3 lettersSee answer ›10Baby in a cave6 lettersSee answer ›11Spreads6 lettersSee answer ›12Sound of spring?5 lettersSee answer ›13Potentially lethal snake3 lettersSee answer ›14Some multi-masted ships9 lettersSee answer ›15"Quit hounding me!"6 lettersSee answer ›16Current measure6 lettersSee answer ›17Start to boil6 lettersSee answer ›18Mess (around)5 lettersSee answer ›20Emotional strains8 lettersSee answer ›28Last word of the New Testament4 lettersSee answer ›30Second strings6 lettersSee answer ›31Prefix with -centric5 lettersSee answer ›32Onion or garlic4 lettersSee answer ›332024 Shakira single "(___ Paréntesis)"5 lettersSee answer ›34Compartmentalize4 lettersSee answer ›35Swear4 lettersSee answer ›36Quintet of experts on "Queer Eye," familiarly7 lettersSee answer ›37Late actress Garr4 lettersSee answer ›42Chaney of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"3 lettersSee answer ›43Pointy part on a husky3 lettersSee answer ›45Italian motorcycle brand6 lettersSee answer ›46Insta alternative4 lettersSee answer ›48Prominent instrument in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe"4 lettersSee answer ›49Revealing word4 lettersSee answer ›50Plains tribe4 lettersSee answer ›51"Hot ___!"4 lettersSee answer ›52North Carolina campus town4 lettersSee answer ›53Leave rolling in the aisles4 lettersSee answer ›55Love all, essentially3 lettersSee answer ›56One of the Wilsons of Heart3 lettersSee answer ›58Skewer6 lettersSee answer ›60Thruway advisory3 lettersSee answer ›62___ Modern (London attraction)4 lettersSee answer ›63Way off4 lettersSee answer ›64Coffee named for the district it's grown in4 lettersSee answer ›65Many, many moons4 lettersSee answer ›66Rejections4 lettersSee answer ›67Weird Al Yankovic's parody of the song "Lola"4 lettersSee answer ›68Little suck-up?3 lettersSee answer ›69Antlered animal3 lettersSee answer ›70Many moons4 lettersSee answer ›75Gordimer who wrote "The Conservationist"6 lettersSee answer ›76Non ___ (unwelcome)5 lettersSee answer ›77Major K-pop septet3 lettersSee answer ›78Nonverbal OK3 lettersSee answer ›79Privy to4 lettersSee answer ›80The Flash's civilian identity ___ Allen5 lettersSee answer ›81Bickering4 lettersSee answer ›82Structure for a shark dive4 lettersSee answer ›831980s Chrysler debut4 lettersSee answer ›86Brain piece4 lettersSee answer ›88Oxygen atoms have eight of them7 lettersSee answer ›90Queen's realm4 lettersSee answer ›91One working the knight shift?6 lettersSee answer ›93Mena of the "American Pie" films6 lettersSee answer ›94Elemental6 lettersSee answer ›95Pretty soon6 lettersSee answer ›96Parisian eatery6 lettersSee answer ›97Effect6 lettersSee answer ›99Storing, as some ashes6 lettersSee answer ›100Vice president with a Nobel Peace Prize6 lettersSee answer ›101Fruit pastries5 lettersSee answer ›102Put off5 lettersSee answer ›106Head shop purchase4 lettersSee answer ›107Memory unit4 lettersSee answer ›108Pacify4 lettersSee answer ›109Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper4 lettersSee answer ›110Vet's concern4 lettersSee answer ›112TikTok, for one3 lettersSee answer ›113"Busy" one3 lettersSee answer ›115Littl'un3 lettersSee answer ›