Org. for important adults in a child's life
Crossword Answer — January 16, 2025
NYT Crossword
Thursday, January 16, 2025
By Rebecca Goldstein and Adam Wagner
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Gaming ___ (console alternatives, for short) — Answer: PCS
- 4. Command to a skydiver — Answer: JUMP
- 8. Make a quick appearance — Answer: POPIN
- 13. Bad sound to hear while bending over — Answer: RIP
- 14. Taylor-Joy of "The Queen's Gambit" — Answer: ANYA
- 15. Have a loan from — Answer: OWETO
- 16. Unfriendly, as a relationship — Answer: ICY
- 17. Brouhahas / Most appalling — Answer: MOBSCENEST
- 19. Letters put in boxes — Answer: MAIL
- 21. First half of a two-volume encyclopedia on physics, aptly? — Answer: ATOM
- 22. Org. for important adults in a child's life — Answer: PTA
- 23. "The Incredibles" costumer / Science class display — Answer: EDNAMODEL
- 26. Smallest bit — Answer: WHIT
- 27. Roasts — Answer: RAGSON
- 28. In — Answer: ATHOME
- 30. Singer/songwriter ___ Reznor — Answer: TRENT
- 33. Worked (up) — Answer: RILED
- 34. Lock up for the night / Despairs — Answer: CLOSESHOPE
- 36. Woodwinds that are usually black — Answer: OBOES
- 38. It's all wound up — Answer: SPOOL
- 39. Sent a reminder text, in lingo — Answer: PINGED
- 41. Weird flexes? — Answer: SPASMS
- 45. Cornhole action — Answer: TOSS
- 46. Like some activities at a mountain lodge / Marketing fodder — Answer: APRESSKIT
- 49. Affirmation not usually spoken at a Jewish wedding — Answer: IDO
- 50. "My man!" — Answer: BRUH
- 51. Grow a team, say — Answer: HIRE
- 52. Set of educational standards ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across — Answer: COMMONCORE
- 56. What follows T.S.A., weirdly — Answer: PRE
- 57. Capital east of the Jordan River — Answer: AMMAN
- 58. Like some fabrics — Answer: KNIT
- 59. Early tech giant — Answer: AOL
- 60. Not too sure — Answer: LEERY
- 61. Genesis creator — Answer: SEGA
- 62. Like cabernet sauvignon wine, typically — Answer: DRY
Down
- 1. Part of a makeup routine — Answer: PRIMER
- 2. Part of a summer swarm — Answer: CICADA
- 3. Getting a sneak peek? — Answer: SPYING
- 4. Sticky stuff — Answer: JAM
- 5. Point value of any vowel in Spanish Scrabble — Answer: UNO
- 6. "That's on me" — Answer: MYBAD
- 7. Wasabi or miso — Answer: PASTE
- 8. Something a meter reader reads? — Answer: POEM
- 9. Take responsibility for, as a mistake — Answer: OWN
- 10. Lookout point — Answer: PEEPHOLE
- 11. "Let's do this thing" — Answer: ITSTIME
- 12. Covered in marginalia, maybe — Answer: NOTATED
- 18. Soft drink named for a nut — Answer: COLA
- 20. Final race stretches ... or what racers may be on by then — Answer: LASTLEGS
- 24. Down in the dumps — Answer: MOROSE
- 25. Infrequently counterfeited bills — Answer: ONES
- 26. "What just happened?" reaction — Answer: WHIPLASH
- 29. North Korea has the fourth-highest number of these, after China, India and the U.S. — Answer: TROOPS
- 31. Original Super Mario console, in brief — Answer: NES
- 32. Equivalent of 16 pinches: Abbr. — Answer: TSP
- 34. Something to put stock in — Answer: CONSOMME
- 35. Sprinkler attachment — Answer: HOSE
- 36. Vision-related — Answer: OPTICAL
- 37. Housing bubble? — Answer: BIODOME
- 40. "Phooey!" — Answer: DARN
- 42. Button clicked to advance to a YouTube video — Answer: SKIPAD
- 43. Aid in self-reflection — Answer: MIRROR
- 44. Unflinching — Answer: STEELY
- 47. Goal seekers? — Answer: PUCKS
- 48. River through Lyon — Answer: RHONE
- 50. What a good fillet of fish isn't — Answer: BONY
- 53. Word that becomes its own synonym if you add a "k" to the end — Answer: MAR
- 54. Fix the wrong way? — Answer: RIG
- 55. H — Answer: ETA
The answer to “Org. for important adults in a child's life” in the New York Times crossword is PTA — a 3-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on January 16, 2025, a Thursday puzzle, at 22-Across. 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.
“Org. for important adults in a child's life” answer
PTA (3 letters)
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Why the answer is PTA
PTA is the 3-letter solution that fits "Org. for important adults in a child's life" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 16, 2025 (22-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Org. for important adults in a child's life” 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 16, 2025 (this puzzle) → PTA. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on January 16, 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.
- Lookout point → PEEPHOLE
- "Let's do this thing" → ITSTIME
- Covered in marginalia, maybe → NOTATED
- First half of a two-volume encyclopedia on physics, aptly? → ATOM
- "The Incredibles" costumer / Science class display → EDNAMODEL
- Final race stretches ... or what racers may be on by then → LASTLEGS
- Down in the dumps → MOROSE
- Letters put in boxes → MAIL
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for January 16, 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 Thursday 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 “Org. for important adults in a child's life”?
The answer is PTA, a 3-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 16, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Org. for important adults in a child's life”?
3 letters: PTA.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on January 16, 2025 (a Thursday puzzle), at 22-Across.
Can “Org. for important adults in a child's life” 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 16, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.