The full solution for the NY Times January 26 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Rich Proulx and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is Letter Openers.
Across Clues
- 1 “The weekend is almost here!”TGIF
- 5 Pioneers of freeze-drying foodINCAS
- 10 Share from an illicit endeavorTAKE
- 14 Polite term of addressMAAM
- 18 Lifted one’s spirits?MADEATOAST
- 20 Riveting persona of W.W. IIROSIE
- 21 Frozen treat with a domed lidICEE
- 22 See 19-DownCLEARASMUD
- 23 Place for a white picket fence and a mom-and-pop shopANYTOWNUSA
- 25 Aid for using BluetoothEARCLIP
- 26 StartleJOLT
- 27 Flirt withHITON
- 28 Feel badAIL
- 29 See 29-DownEATAWAY
- 32 Highly capableADEPT
- 33 PassionARDENCY
- 37 Water feature created by rising sea levelsRIA
- 38 STEM part: Abbr.SCI
- 39 Sierra ___LEONE
- 40 “What are the ___?”ODDS
- 42 See 46-DownBACKSTAB
- 47 Awkward people to butt-dial, perhapsEXES
- 48 Circuit board deviceDIODE
- 51 Vast, as an operationLARGESCALE
- 53 ___ Collins, author of “The Hunger Games”SUZANNE
- 55 Helen of “The Queen”MIRREN
- 56 Futon componentSLAT
- 57 Was transfixed by, in a waySTAREDAT
- 59 Glass ___, spaghettilike fishEEL
- 60 Give a darn?SEW
- 62 French aperitifKIR
- 63 Weapon with wiresTASER
- 64 See 67-DownWORKGROUP
- 68 Justice KaganELENA
- 70 Natural feature between México y TexasRIO
- 71 ___Kosh B’goshOSH
- 73 TV journalist NavarroANA
- 74 Annual observance for breast cancer awarenessNOBRADAY
- 76 Knee parts, in briefACLS
- 78 Auto mechanic’s toolOILGUN
- 80 War room briefings, in military shorthandSITREPS
- 81 Gold Medal offeringWHITEFLOUR
- 83 “Au contraire!”NOTSO
- 84 Cause of puddles in early spring, sayTHAW
- 87 See 82-DownSIDESTEP
- 88 Go a little one way or the otherLEAN
- 90 Gordon ___, engineer with a “law” predicting a doubling of transistors on microchips every two yearsMOORE
- 91 Record label for the Backstreet BoysRCA
- 92 Tech company exec, for shortCIO
- 93 In a cornerTRAPPED
- 95 Cause of some sleep issuesAPNEA
- 98 See 101-DownGIVEOFF
- 102 “Ten-___!”HUT
- 103 Show listlessnessDROOP
- 104 “See above,” in footnotesIDEM
- 105 Got online, sayORDERED
- 109 “Conclave” actress IsabellaROSSELLINI
- 111 See 107-DownHAVEEYESON
- 114 Saber alternativeEPEE
- 115 Worst time for a double faultADOUT
- 116 Approaches furtivelySTEALSUPON
- 117 “Over here!”PSST
- 118 Hydroelectric projectsDAMS
- 119 “White & ___” (2006 Weird Al Yankovic parody)NERDY
- 120 Structure that’s set on firePYRE
Vertical Clues
- 1 Network owned by ShowtimeTMC
- 2 Mighty windGALE
- 3 One might start as a seedIDEA
- 4 “Have no ___ of perfection ? you’ll never reach it”: Salvador DalíFEAR
- 5 SlantedITALIC
- 6 Without regard to privacyNOSILY
- 7 Temporary residenceCAMP
- 8 Largest public sch. in the U.S., by enrollmentASU
- 9 P.S.T. part: Abbr.STD
- 10 So farTONOW
- 11 Safe harborsASYLA
- 12 Poker potKITTY
- 13 Fair-hiring lettersEEO
- 14 Storage devices made obsolete by MP3 playersMINIDISCS
- 15 SharpACUTE
- 16 “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” authorAESOP
- 17 IntendedMEANT
- 19 [aria-label] Circled letter + walking stickARCANE
- 20 Kashmiri kingRAJA
- 24 OffsWHACKS
- 29 [aria-label] Circled letter + map lineERODE
- 30 Number twoAIDE
- 31 BitTAD
- 33 Public house offeringALE
- 34 White House dog of the 1980sREX
- 35 Helps, informallyDOESASOLID
- 36 GuaranteeENSURE
- 38 Part of an actSCENE
- 41 More craftySLIER
- 42 [Shivers]BRR
- 43 Visible signs of maturityAGESPOTS
- 44 Got down to business, in a wayTALKEDSHOP
- 45 ___ Urquhart, co-host of the podcast “Morbid”ALAINA
- 46 [aria-label] Circled letter + cafeteria itemBETRAY
- 48 Many a school chaperoneDAD
- 49 LaterINAWHILE
- 50 Cognizant ofONTO
- 52 Folk singer GuthrieARLO
- 54 Diddly-squatZERO
- 55 Hip-hop’s ___ Thee StallionMEGAN
- 57 They’re for suckersSTRAWS
- 58 Meditative martial artTAICHI
- 61 Common word with or without an apostropheWERE
- 65 Meaty pasta sauceRAGU
- 66 Ridge in metalworkingKNURL
- 67 [aria-label] Circled letter + fabric choiceUNIT
- 69 Office folder?LAPTOP
- 72 Vowel sound in “father”SOFTA
- 75 DudeBRO
- 77 Audiophile’s systemSTEREOSET
- 79 Cut (off)LOP
- 80 What “fitz-” or “-ovic” mean, in namesSONOF
- 82 [aria-label] Circled letter + Superman featureESCAPE
- 83 Innocent sortNAIF
- 85 “Chances ___ ?”ARE
- 86 Became oneWED
- 89 Modern prefix with anxietyECO
- 90 Salt’s companionsMATEYS
- 93 Theseus’ need in the LabyrinthTHREAD
- 94 In an uncouth mannerRUDELY
- 95 Marketing worker, informallyADREP
- 96 Credit, informallyPROPS
- 97 Prominent features of elephant sealsNOSES
- 98 Comedian RadnerGILDA
- 99 A perfect storm, e.g.IDIOM
- 100 Planet whose day is longer than its yearVENUS
- 101 [aria-label] Circled letter + Oven aidEMIT
- 105 DoneOVER
- 106 Extend one’s military serviceREUP
- 107 [aria-label] Circled letter + Baked dessertESPY
- 108 Hard thing to find in a house of mirrorsDOOR
- 110 “Wee” fellowLAD
- 111 Channel with the onetime spinoff America’s StoreHSN
- 112 Suffix with emirATE
- 113 S.F.-to-Napa dir.NNE
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This puzzle is RIDICULOUS. I have been solving NY Time’s Sunday puzzles for many many years…,. this has to be the silliest and dumbest one yet
Truly not worth the time.