Challenge to an intruder
Crossword Answer — January 03, 2025
NYT Crossword
Friday, January 03, 2025
By Colin Adams
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Out of whack — Answer: ASKEW
- 6. Rock group behind 2024's Power Up Tour — Answer: ACDC
- 10. What a bodybuilder builds during a bulk cycle — Answer: MASS
- 14. Sudden weather phenomenon — Answer: FLASHFLOOD
- 16. Closing on Sundays? — Answer: AMEN
- 17. Cocktail that's called a French 75 if you use Champagne instead of soda water — Answer: TOMCOLLINS
- 18. Mulligan — Answer: REDO
- 19. Eponymous tourist destination in Belgium — Answer: SPA
- 20. Basis of some admissions — Answer: GUILT
- 21. Strength, poetically — Answer: SINEW
- 22. Area between the ribs and the round — Answer: LOIN
- 23. Heaps of dressing? — Answer: LAUNDRY
- 25. Responded identically to — Answer: ECHOED
- 28. On the ___ — Answer: FENCE
- 29. Early synthesizers — Answer: MOOGS
- 30. Ringing nuisance — Answer: PRANKCALL
- 34. Like a face telling a spooky campfire story, maybe — Answer: UPLIT
- 35. Give juice to — Answer: REV
- 36. "Ditto" — Answer: SODOI
- 37. Words before someone finally snaps? — Answer: SAYCHEESE
- 39. Bridge support — Answer: TRUSS
- 40. Stool at a counter, e.g. — Answer: PERCH
- 41. Woody's crush in "Toy Story" — Answer: BOPEEP
- 42. Member of a warrior class — Answer: SAMURAI
- 45. Small stretches, perhaps — Answer: FIBS
- 46. Cherish — Answer: PRIZE
- 47. Much-sought-after commodity in "Dune" — Answer: SPICE
- 49. Singer Rita — Answer: ORA
- 52. Ice skating move — Answer: LUTZ
- 53. Postgame photo op between two opposing players — Answer: JERSEYSWAP
- 55. First person to die, according to the Bible — Answer: ABEL
- 56. They're part of the story — Answer: PLOTPOINTS
- 57. Set back to zero, in a way — Answer: TARE
- 58. Press rooms? — Answer: GYMS
- 59. Wipe from one's visual memory, so to speak — Answer: UNSEE
Down
- 1. Common nap times, in brief — Answer: AFTS
- 2. Subpar dining hall food — Answer: SLOP
- 3. Hindu god of love — Answer: KAMA
- 4. F1 neighbor — Answer: ESC
- 5. Challenge to an intruder — Answer: WHOGOESTHERE
- 6. Like a fearless bettor at a casino — Answer: ALLIN
- 7. Spring — Answer: COIL
- 8. Command to stay — Answer: DONTLEAVE
- 9. Items harmed when they're scratched, but not when they're burned — Answer: CDS
- 10. Group whose band is the oldest professional music ensemble in the U.S. — Answer: MARINECORPS
- 11. Change — Answer: AMEND
- 12. Meal before the 15th of Nisan — Answer: SEDER
- 13. White out, say — Answer: SNOWY
- 15. Not set in stone — Answer: FLUID
- 21. "That's rather unfortunate," dismissively — Answer: SUCKSTOBEYOU
- 22. Exercise in deduction — Answer: LOGICPUZZLE
- 24. ___ Taylor (fashion chain) — Answer: ANN
- 25. Australia declared "war" on them in 1932, in an attempt to stop them from destroying crops — Answer: EMUS
- 26. Where Lola was a showgirl, in song — Answer: COPA
- 27. Deified, say — Answer: HOLY
- 28. Farm-to-table, say — Answer: FRESH
- 30. "Couldn't have said it better myself" — Answer: PRECISELY
- 31. For two musicians — Answer: ADUE
- 32. Ditch — Answer: LOSE
- 33. Aristotle purportedly spoke with one — Answer: LISP
- 38. Word often after a president's name — Answer: ERA
- 41. Curling target — Answer: BICEP
- 42. Bad sound to hear by a kitchen counter — Answer: SPLAT
- 43. Dutch constituent in the Caribbean — Answer: ARUBA
- 44. Bishop's headwear — Answer: MITER
- 45. Hitmakers? — Answer: FISTS
- 48. Simple question on a high schooler's hand-drawn poster — Answer: PROM
- 49. Dominates — Answer: OWNS
- 50. Power or frequency, essentially — Answer: RATE
- 51. Church part — Answer: APSE
- 53. PNG alternative — Answer: JPG
- 54. Motif in 1995's "Se7en" — Answer: SIN
The answer to “Challenge to an intruder” in the New York Times crossword is WHOGOESTHERE — a 12-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on January 3, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 5-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Challenge to an intruder” answer
WHOGOESTHERE (12 letters)
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Why the answer is WHOGOESTHERE
WHOGOESTHERE is the 12-letter solution that fits "Challenge to an intruder" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 3, 2025 (5-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Challenge to an intruder” appeared?
New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
January 3, 2025 (this puzzle) → WHOGOESTHERE. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on January 3, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Out of whack → ASKEW
- Sudden weather phenomenon → FLASHFLOOD
- Cocktail that's called a French 75 if you use Champagne instead of soda water → TOMCOLLINS
- Basis of some admissions → GUILT
- Area between the ribs and the round → LOIN
- Responded identically to → ECHOED
- Early synthesizers → MOOGS
- Like a face telling a spooky campfire story, maybe → UPLIT
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for January 3, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Friday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Challenge to an intruder”?
The answer is WHOGOESTHERE, a 12-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 3, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Challenge to an intruder”?
12 letters: WHOGOESTHERE.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on January 3, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 5-Down.
Can “Challenge to an intruder” have a different answer?
Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.
Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?
The full grid for January 3, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.