NYT Crossword Answers - Jan 25
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By Mark MacLachlan
Across
- 1Baggage accessoryIDTAG
- 14In which baby spiders developEGGSAC
- 21"I want to hear about that!"CLUEMEIN
- 23"That cabinet with plates looks awfully full"OUTOFDISKSPACE
- 25Triangular sailLATEEN
- 26Food court pizzeriaSBARRO
- 28Resort amenitySPA
- 31A noble gasNEON
- 36Sphere of creativityARTSCENE
- 41Cheese in a wax coatingEDAM
- 45Persian Gulf nationIRAQ
- 49Mix upSTIR
- 51"Is that a cough I hear?"VIRUSDETECTED
- 54Event for V.I.P. customersPRESALE
- 59Sci-fi princessLEIA
- 60Stretchy materialLYCRA
- 62Freight bargeSCOW
- 63Not fantasticalREAL
- 65La Città EternaROMA
- 67Haunted house soundHOWL
- 70"Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in"WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
- 75Group of humpbacksPOD
- 77Tel ___AVIV
- 78Designer Saint LaurentYVES
- 79Little bits of energyERGS
- 81New Zealanders, familiarlyKIWIS
- 84Color of undyed linenECRU
- 89"Gimme, gimme!"INEEDIT
- 91"Those pancakes are piled way too high!"STACKOVERFLOW
- 94Boxy transportVAN
- 97It's just under a footSOLE
- 103Undesirable roommateSLOB
- 106Part of M.O.OPERANDI
- 109Isn't feeling greatAILS
- 111Large flightless birdsRHEAS
- 112National Poetry Mo.APR
- 114"That ship ___ sailed"HAS
- 120___ beefCORNED
- 122"Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!"SERVERNOTFOUND
- 126PassesENACTS
- 127Chips may go into itONIONDIP
- 129Have no stomach forDETEST
- 130Doesn't care forNEGLECTS
- 131Unexpected jerkSPASM
Down
- 2Beat handilyDRUB
- 3"See ya later!"TATA
- 4Deck outADORN
- 5WalkGOFREE
- 7"What ___?"ELSE
- 9To a ___ degreeLESSER
- 10Stage boosterAMP
- 13What this hand has: AAKQ6ONEPAIR
- 15Prosthetic facial feature of Peter FalkGLASSEYE
- 16ConveyGETACROSS
- 18Skin care companyAVEENO
- 19Football snapperCENTER
- 24ThingamabobDOODAD
- 32Kind of orangeNAVEL
- 34It's not optionalMUST
- 35Silicon Valley giantINTEL
- 37Easily detachedTEARAWAY
- 38Pioneering DVR brandTIVO
- 40Purchase for the Atari 2600CARTRIDGE
- 42One cutting cornersMITERSAW
- 44NeatTIDY
- 48"Trade discount" quintetAEIOU
- 52German for "city"STADT
- 53Something to pitchCAMP
- 54Univ. workerPROF
- 55Site-seeing list?ACCESSLOG
- 56ForteLOUD
- 61V-shaped designsCHEVRONS
- 64Visit, as for a safety checkLOOKINON
- 70FrayedWORN
- 71Court orderWRIT
- 72With, in OiseAVEC
- 73Exam marksTICKS
- 80Canning package?SEVERANCE
- 82Mallorca, por ejemploISLA
- 83Reason for turbulenceSTORM
- 87Modern "seize the day"YOLO
- 88StunnedAWED
- 90Computer model inputsDATASETS
- 93Hardly a team playerEGOIST
- 95Betrays, in a wayFLIPSON
- 98Like an unnatural smileFORCED
- 99Tech debut of 2007IPHONE
- 100Examine creepilyLEERAT
- 104Puts up a false frontBLUFFS
- 110Eavesdrop, e.g.SNOOP
- 113Surrealist MagritteRENE
- 115Fit of irritationSNIT
- 117Fish in niçoise saladTUNA
- 118Cuts offENDS
- 119Actor Brody of "The O.C."ADAM
- 121"Spring forward" hrs.DST
- 124Remote abbr.VOL
- 125Special ___OPS
Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Baggage accessory — Answer: IDTAG
- 6. Apple TV comedy that received 20 Emmy nominations for its first season — Answer: TEDLASSO
- 14. In which baby spiders develop — Answer: EGGSAC
- 20. Home of Diego Velázquez's "Las Meninas" — Answer: PRADO
- 21. "I want to hear about that!" — Answer: CLUEMEIN
- 22. Makeshift replacement for a Kleenex — Answer: SLEEVE
- 23. "That cabinet with plates looks awfully full" — Answer: OUTOFDISKSPACE
- 25. Triangular sail — Answer: LATEEN
- 26. Food court pizzeria — Answer: SBARRO
- 27. Some M.I.T. grads, for short — Answer: EES
- 28. Resort amenity — Answer: SPA
- 30. Bob who hosted "America's Funniest Home Videos" — Answer: SAGET
- 31. A noble gas — Answer: NEON
- 33. It's good for the long haul — Answer: SEMI
- 36. Sphere of creativity — Answer: ARTSCENE
- 38. Private investigator, informally — Answer: TEC
- 41. Cheese in a wax coating — Answer: EDAM
- 43. "It's saying you completed the marathon in under two hours, which can't be right" — Answer: RUNTIMEERROR
- 45. Persian Gulf nation — Answer: IRAQ
- 47. Sneaker brand that popularized cantilever heels — Answer: AVIA
- 49. Mix up — Answer: STIR
- 50. Actress Edebiri of "The Bear" — Answer: AYO
- 51. "Is that a cough I hear?" — Answer: VIRUSDETECTED
- 54. Event for V.I.P. customers — Answer: PRESALE
- 58. The planets in our solar system, e.g. — Answer: OCTET
- 59. Sci-fi princess — Answer: LEIA
- 60. Stretchy material — Answer: LYCRA
- 62. Freight barge — Answer: SCOW
- 63. Not fantastical — Answer: REAL
- 65. La Città Eterna — Answer: ROMA
- 67. Haunted house sound — Answer: HOWL
- 69. Something to use on your break? — Answer: CUE
- 70. "Sorry, we'll have to put the old panes back in" — Answer: WINDOWSUPDATEFAILED
- 75. Group of humpbacks — Answer: POD
- 76. ___ Bora (embattled Afghan region) — Answer: TORA
- 77. Tel ___ — Answer: AVIV
- 78. Designer Saint Laurent — Answer: YVES
- 79. Little bits of energy — Answer: ERGS
- 81. New Zealanders, familiarly — Answer: KIWIS
- 84. Color of undyed linen — Answer: ECRU
- 86. Course that doesn't require much studying — Answer: EASYA
- 89. "Gimme, gimme!" — Answer: INEEDIT
- 91. "Those pancakes are piled way too high!" — Answer: STACKOVERFLOW
- 94. Boxy transport — Answer: VAN
- 95. Part of a bouquet, in Bogotá — Answer: FLOR
- 96. Like close-fitting clothes — Answer: SNUG
- 97. It's just under a foot — Answer: SOLE
- 98. "Your emery board will never fit in this tiny toiletry bag" — Answer: FILETOOLARGE
- 103. Undesirable roommate — Answer: SLOB
- 105. Word found in all but four state constitutions, but not the U.S. Constitution — Answer: GOD
- 106. Part of M.O. — Answer: OPERANDI
- 107. Symbol of transformation in "The Silence of the Lambs" — Answer: MOTH
- 109. Isn't feeling great — Answer: AILS
- 111. Large flightless birds — Answer: RHEAS
- 112. National Poetry Mo. — Answer: APR
- 114. "That ship ___ sailed" — Answer: HAS
- 116. Beverage brewed outside using natural heat — Answer: SUNTEA
- 120. ___ beef — Answer: CORNED
- 122. "Your waiter's nowhere to be seen!" — Answer: SERVERNOTFOUND
- 126. Passes — Answer: ENACTS
- 127. Chips may go into it — Answer: ONIONDIP
- 128. Jane who received a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award — Answer: FONDA
- 129. Have no stomach for — Answer: DETEST
- 130. Doesn't care for — Answer: NEGLECTS
- 131. Unexpected jerk — Answer: SPASM
Down
- 1. Major N.Y.S.E. events — Answer: IPOS
- 2. Beat handily — Answer: DRUB
- 3. "See ya later!" — Answer: TATA
- 4. Deck out — Answer: ADORN
- 5. Walk — Answer: GOFREE
- 6. Cable co. that was purchased by AT&T; in 1999 — Answer: TCI
- 7. "What ___?" — Answer: ELSE. Hint: A handy word for asking about another option or possibility 🤔
- 8. William, Edward and Harry, e.g. — Answer: DUKES
- 9. To a ___ degree — Answer: LESSER
- 10. Stage booster — Answer: AMP
- 11. Domain for salty dogs — Answer: SEA
- 12. Urges to attack, with "on" — Answer: SICS
- 13. What this hand has: AAKQ6 — Answer: ONEPAIR
- 14. Fluency-building subj. — Answer: ESL
- 15. Prosthetic facial feature of Peter Falk — Answer: GLASSEYE
- 16. Convey — Answer: GETACROSS
- 17. Pete who co-wrote "If I Had a Hammer" — Answer: SEEGER
- 18. Skin care company — Answer: AVEENO
- 19. Football snapper — Answer: CENTER
- 24. Thingamabob — Answer: DOODAD
- 29. Either side of a cheerleader's "A" — Answer: ARM
- 32. Kind of orange — Answer: NAVEL
- 34. It's not optional — Answer: MUST
- 35. Silicon Valley giant — Answer: INTEL
- 37. Easily detached — Answer: TEARAWAY
- 38. Pioneering DVR brand — Answer: TIVO
- 39. George Orwell's first name at birth — Answer: ERIC
- 40. Purchase for the Atari 2600 — Answer: CARTRIDGE
- 42. One cutting corners — Answer: MITERSAW
- 44. Neat — Answer: TIDY
- 46. One of Adolf Anderssen's sacrifices in the "Immortal Game" against Lionel Kieseritzky — Answer: QUEEN
- 48. "Trade discount" quintet — Answer: AEIOU
- 52. German for "city" — Answer: STADT
- 53. Something to pitch — Answer: CAMP
- 54. Univ. worker — Answer: PROF
- 55. Site-seeing list? — Answer: ACCESSLOG
- 56. Forte — Answer: LOUD
- 57. Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun — Answer: EWE
- 61. V-shaped designs — Answer: CHEVRONS
- 64. Visit, as for a safety check — Answer: LOOKINON
- 66. Mathematician Lovelace — Answer: ADA. Hint: This pioneer of computer programming shares a name with a popular cryptocurrency! 💻
- 68. Human organ with the ability to regenerate itself — Answer: LIVER
- 70. Frayed — Answer: WORN
- 71. Court order — Answer: WRIT
- 72. With, in Oise — Answer: AVEC
- 73. Exam marks — Answer: TICKS
- 74. N.H.L. team with the longest Stanley Cup drought, familiarly — Answer: LEAFS
- 75. Smallest Canadian prov. — Answer: PEI
- 80. Canning package? — Answer: SEVERANCE
- 82. Mallorca, por ejemplo — Answer: ISLA
- 83. Reason for turbulence — Answer: STORM
- 85. Anatomical appendage that only humans and gorillas have — Answer: UVULA
- 87. Modern "seize the day" — Answer: YOLO
- 88. Stunned — Answer: AWED
- 90. Computer model inputs — Answer: DATASETS
- 92. Ship that transported the Golden Fleece — Answer: ARGO
- 93. Hardly a team player — Answer: EGOIST
- 95. Betrays, in a way — Answer: FLIPSON
- 98. Like an unnatural smile — Answer: FORCED
- 99. Tech debut of 2007 — Answer: IPHONE
- 100. Examine creepily — Answer: LEERAT
- 101. ___ Mae Brown (Whoopi's role in "Ghost") — Answer: ODA
- 102. World's most-produced organic compound — Answer: ETHENE
- 104. Puts up a false front — Answer: BLUFFS
- 108. Property of curium, but not cerium — Answer: HARDC
- 110. Eavesdrop, e.g. — Answer: SNOOP
- 113. Surrealist Magritte — Answer: RENE. Hint: A famous Belgian painter who loved bowler hats and clouds ☁️
- 115. Fit of irritation — Answer: SNIT
- 117. Fish in niçoise salad — Answer: TUNA
- 118. Cuts off — Answer: ENDS. Hint: Brings something to a close ✂️
- 119. Actor Brody of "The O.C." — Answer: ADAM
- 121. "Spring forward" hrs. — Answer: DST
- 123. Illegally interfere with, as an election — Answer: RIG
- 124. Remote abbr. — Answer: VOL
- 125. Special ___ — Answer: OPS
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