The full solution for the NY Times January 17 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Morton J. Mendelson and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 Accelerated path of advancementFAST
- 5 Ballot with votes for multiple partiesSPLIT
- 10 CherishHOLD
- 14 ___ manualUSER
- 15 Pre-nursing homes?UTERI
- 16 Female friend, in FrenchAMIE
- 17 Nothin’NADA
- 18 Potter’s area of expertiseMAGIC
- 19 Kind of bean in succotashLIMA
- 20 Special talentsKNACKS
- 22 Inquire about the health ofASKAFTER
- 24 Product once advertised with the slogan “Everything you love about coffee without everything you don’t”SANKA
- 25 What an office computer whiz might provide, for shortITHELP
- 26 Last Julio-Claudian emperorNERO
- 28 Promotion for a new credit account, maybeTEASER
- 32 Stimulating drug, informallyPEP
- 35 Bit of traditional Polynesian attireGRASS
- 37 Mixed drink mixerSODA
- 38 Question often preceded by “But ?”ISITART
- 40 Stayed in shapeKEPTFIT
- 43 Big bundleBALE
- 44 Novelist WhartonEDITH
- 46 Eroded, with “away”ATE
- 47 Ultra-rapid transit optionsBULLET
- 50 Orcinus ___ (marine species)ORCA
- 51 Bit of cowhand’s gearLARIAT
- 53 Game that everyone but one person barely loses?STRIP
- 58 Many North AfricansSAHARANS
- 61 “Interesting idea, but ? huh-uh”YEAHNO
- 62 Kick backLOAF
- 63 “OK, that’s it for me!”IGIVE
- 65 Crash, with “out”CONK
- 66 Prefix with thesisANTI
- 67 Silently acknowledgeNODAT
- 68 Toon with yellow furODIE
- 69 U.K. network moniker, with “the”BEEB
- 70 Smirnoff competitor, familiarlySTOLI
- 71 One with an eye on the future?SEER
Vertical Clues
- 1 Low statesFUNKS
- 2 Downward dog in yoga, e.g.ASANA
- 3 Hatchback alternativeSEDAN
- 4 ?TRACK
- 5 TotalsSUMS
- 6 Org. that may be involved in field trip planningPTA
- 7 Musical passages with smooth, connected notesLEGATOS
- 8 Kind of terrierIRISH
- 9 ?TICKET
- 10 1:30 or 2:30, e.g.HALFPAST
- 11 DropOMIT
- 12 Shade of greenLIME
- 13 ?DEAR
- 21 Mother in the Hundred Acre WoodKANGA
- 23 Sierra Nevada, e.g.ALE
- 25 Really ticked offIRATE
- 27 What you might do on the side of cautionERR
- 29 Two-seater, perhapsSOFA
- 30 Toolbar headingEDIT
- 31 ?RATE
- 32 ___ Xtra (soft drink)PIBB
- 33 Biblical twinESAU
- 34 ?PILL
- 36 ?SKIRT
- 39 Bend the truth, sayTELLAFIB
- 41 When doubled, “You get the idea”ETC
- 42 Adolescence, for onePHASE
- 45 “Copy me”DOASIDO
- 48 You might play something by thisEAR
- 49 ?TRAINS
- 52 Expensive barINGOT
- 54 Section of Chipotle’s menuTACOS
- 55 ___ IslandRHODE
- 56 Bellybutton type, informallyINNIE
- 57 ?POKER
- 58 Big sliceSLAB
- 59 Top-notchAONE
- 60 “I am free of all prejudices. I ___ everyone equally”: W. C. FieldsHATE
- 61 Subject of a hairy hoaxYETI
- 64 Kilmer of Batman fameVAL
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