NY Times Crossword Clues and Answers 5 Jan 24, Friday
Constructed by: David P. Williams
Edited by: Will Shortz
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 ___ TV : PLASMA
7 What an alley-oop is, essentially : ASSIST
13 Business headache : RED TAPE
15 Joint : REEFER
16 Breeze for the beach, maybe : EASY READ
18 “Never attribute to ___ that which is adequately explained by stupidity” (Hanlon’s razor) : MALICE
19 Not stiff at all : AGILE
20 One arriving tomorrow, supposedly : GODOT
22 Set piece? : GEM
23 Superficially clever : CUTE
24 Put off : DETER
25 Sport whose name means “the gentle way” : JUDO
26 “Tee” follower : -HEE
27 The brachiocephalic trunk branches from it : AORTA
28 Apple product? : CORER
29 “How about that!” : I’LL BE DARNED!
31 Innovation of the 1920s that’s still spoken of with wonder today : SLICED BREAD
32 They beep when tested : SMOKE ALARMS
33 Tail, maybe : CHASE
34 Aqua ___ : VITAE
35 “Miracle Workers” airer : TBS
38 Verb that becomes its opposite when its first letter is changed to an “f” : HIRE
39 Fashion label founded by Rihanna : FENTY
40 Converse : CHAT
41 Farm creature : ANT
42 Blender setting : PUREE
43 Not fresh : TRITE
44 John Deere product : REAPER
46 Condiment sometimes mixed with mayonnaise : SRIRACHA
48 Break from the band : GO SOLO
49 Snatched up, in slang : YOINKED
50 Eve ___, playwright who created the activist movement V-Day : ENSLER
51 Fleet : SPEEDY
Down
1 “Amen to that!” : PREACH
2 American, for example : LEAGUE
3 Pop-up destination : AD SITE
4 “___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn”: Gore Vidal : STYLE
5 Dark side of the moon? : MARE
6 Mimic : APE
7 Heavy coat : ARMOR
8 Goal for some runners : SEAT
9 Fleur de ___ (delicate crust on the surface of seawater) : SEL
10 “That makes sense” : I FIGURED
11 Broke off : SECEDED
12 Earth-shaking event : TREMOR
14 Enthusiastic sort : EAGER BEAVER
17 Common spots for autographs : DOTTED LINES
21 Concern for the 1%? : DEAD BATTERY
24 ___ far niente (pleasant idleness) : DOLCE
25 Nick, Joe or Kevin of pop : JONAS
27 Uniform : ALIKE
28 Best, in an idiom : CREME
29 Remark from one waving a white flag : I LOSE
30 Ordered lineup : ARRAY
31 One clever enough to win every argument … but not clever enough not to : SMARTASS
32 Deceive, especially to avoid responsibility for something : SHINE ON
33 Word with electric or criminal : … CHARGE
35 Alan of “Growing Pains” : THICKE
36 Got clean, in a way : BATHED
37 Fixed : STEADY
39 Red state : FUROR
40 Towering sight at a site for a tower : CRANE
42 Name added to a Brazilian dictionary in 2023 as an adjective meaning “incomparable” : PELE
43 Set off : TRIP
45 Campaigner, informally : POL
47 What some smartphones run on : IOS