NYT Crossword Answers 01/01/25

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Across Clues

• 1 RapscallionSCAMP
• 6 Certain tankfulGAS
• 9 Kind of game that’s a pitcher’s dreamNOHIT
• 14 Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of “Survivor”PALAU
• 15 Tuna typeAHI
• 16 Airport near the intersection of I-90 and I-294OHARE
• 17 CoveINLET
• 18 On the ___LAM
• 19 Christopher who directed “Oppenheimer”NOLAN
• 20 Slangy suffix with “most”EST
• 21 “OK … tell me”ILLBITE
• 24 N.B.A. 1-pointers: Abbr.FTS
• 25 Exclamation from HomerDOH
• 26 Hero of “The Matrix”NEO
• 27 “A work of ___ that isn’t based on feeling isn’t ___ at all”: CézanneART
• 28 “Look at Me, I’m Sandra ___” (“Grease” song)DEE
• 29 Dickens’s “The Mystery of ___ Drood”EDWIN
• 31 Chinese greetingNIHAO
• 33 Tool for a pineappleCORER
• 35 1990s sitcom featuring a bookstoreELLEN
• 38 You can count on themABACI
• 39 Rating for junk bondsCCC
• 42 Candymaker WonkaWILLY
• 43 Chauvinist or racistBIGOT
• 44 In the style ofALA
• 45 Start of Caesar’s boastICAME
• 46 Actress HatcherTERI
• 47 Deposit, as an eggLAY
• 48 Patrick Stewart and Elton John, for twoSIRS
• 49 Singer on “Give Peace a Chance”ONO
• 51 “Golden Girls” actress ArthurBEA
• 52 Sheds, with “off”SLOUGHS
• 56 Stylish tote for an executiveWORKBAG
• 60 Worshiping rowsPEWS
• 61 Cousin of a crocGATOR
• 63 The Emerald IsleEIRE
• 64 “___ have to do”ITLL
• 65 Like the breeds Shetland and merinoOVINE
• 66 TALK LIKE THIS!YELL
• 67 Like a yentaNOSY
• 68 Props for close-up magiciansDECKS
• 69 Arrogant sortSNOT

Vertical Clues

• 1 Worked for the C.I.A., perhapsSPIED
• 2 Playground retortCANSO
• 3 Super-trendyALLTHERAGE
• 4 West who said “Men are my life, diamonds are my career”MAE
• 5 Set down on paperPUTINWRITING
• 6 Cider unitGALLON
• 7 Starbuck’s higher-up?AHAB
• 8 Ape or monkeySIMIAN
• 9 In the dark about something nefariousNONETHEWISER
• 10 “Well, lookee there!”OHO
• 11 Place to see J.F.K.HALFDOLLAR
• 12 Hopping madIRATE
• 13 Past, present or futureTENSE
• 22 Flowery necklaceLEI
• 23 Multisport race, in shortTRI
• 30 In a prim and proper wayDECOROUSLY
• 32 Singer with the #1 albums “As I Am” and “Girl on Fire”ALICIAKEYS
• 33 What you might call a tipsy friendCAB
• 34 Last words?OBIT
• 36 Symbols of wisdomELMS
• 37 12/31NYE
• 39 Part of U.C.L.A.: Abbr.CAL
• 40 Material used to make the object “illustrated” here, in a seasonal songCLAY
• 41 Coral islandCAY
• 50 “Yikes!”OHGOD
• 51 Puts to sleep, sayBORES
• 52 Take a turn with the object illustrated by the central black squares in this puzzle (leading to one of the four circled results)SPIN
• 53 Oscar-winning JaredLETO
• 54 Symbols of wisdomOWLS
• 55 Word processing commandSAVE
• 56 Policy nerdWONK
• 57 “Très ___”BIEN
• 58 Singer GuthrieARLO
• 59 Chocolate money won or lost in this puzzle’s gameGELT
• 62 ___-tac-toeTIC