NYT Crossword: answers for Sunday, January 5

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The New York Times has plenty of word games on its roster today — with Wordle, Connections, Strands, and the Mini Crossword, there’s something for everyone — but the newspaper’s standard crossword puzzle still reigns supreme. The daily crossword is full of interesting trivia, helps improve mental flexibility and, of course, gives you some bragging rights if you manage to finish it every day.

While the NYT puzzle might feel like an impossible task some days, solving a crossword is a skill and it takes practice — don’t get discouraged if you can’t get every single word in a puzzle.

If you’re having trouble completing today’s NYT Crossword, we’re here to help. We’ve got all the answers for today’s clues down below.

1 Like most Iraqis : SHIA

2 Pack (down) : TAMP

3 Perfect for a salad, say : RIPE

4 Something often rolled over, for short : IRA

5 Was deeply affected by something : FELTIT

6 No longer in service? : EXARMY

7 Passed with flying colors : ACED

8 Agonizing occurrences in online games : LAGS

9 Bit of text pontification : IMO

10 Baby in a cave : BATPUP

11 Spreads : ARRAYS

12 Sound of spring? : BOING

13 Potentially lethal snake : ASP

14 Some multi-masted ships : SCHOONERS

15 “Quit hounding me!” : LAYOFF

16 Current measure : AMPERE

17 Start to boil : SEERED

18 Mess (around) : HORSE

20 Emotional strains : TENSIONS

28 Last word of the New Testament : AMEN

30 Second strings : BTEAMS

31 Prefix with -centric : HELIO

32 Onion or garlic : BULB

33 2024 Shakira single “(___ Paréntesis)” : ENTRE

34 Compartmentalize : SORT

35 Swear : AVER

36 Quintet of experts on “Queer Eye,” familiarly : FABFIVE

37 Late actress Garr : TERI

42 Chaney of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” : LON

43 Pointy part on a husky : EAR

45 Italian motorcycle brand : DUCATI

46 Insta alternative : SNAP

48 Prominent instrument in Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose” and Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” : OBOE

49 Revealing word : TADA

50 Plains tribe : OTOE

51 “Hot ___!” : DAMN

52 North Carolina campus town : ELON

53 Leave rolling in the aisles : SLAY

55 Love all, essentially : TIE

56 One of the Wilsons of Heart : ANN

58 Skewer : IMPALE

60 Thruway advisory : SLO

62 ___ Modern (London attraction) : TATE

63 Way off : AFAR

64 Coffee named for the district it’s grown in : KONA

65 Many, many moons : EONS

66 Rejections : NOES

67 Weird Al Yankovic’s parody of the song “Lola” : YODA

68 Little suck-up? : VAC

69 Antlered animal : ELK

70 Many moons : AGES

75 Gordimer who wrote “The Conservationist” : NADINE

76 Non ___ (unwelcome) : GRATA

77 Major K-pop septet : BTS

78 Nonverbal OK : NOD

79 Privy to : INON

80 The Flash’s civilian identity ___ Allen : BARRY

81 Bickering : ATIT

82 Structure for a shark dive : CAGE

83 1980s Chrysler debut : KCAR

86 Brain piece : LOBE

88 Oxygen atoms have eight of them : PROTONS

90 Queen’s realm : ROCK

91 One working the knight shift? : SQUIRE

93 Mena of the “American Pie” films : SUVARI

94 Elemental : PRIMAL

95 Pretty soon : INABIT

96 Parisian eatery : BISTRO

97 Effect : IMPACT

99 Storing, as some ashes : URNING

100 Vice president with a Nobel Peace Prize : ALGORE

101 Fruit pastries : TARTS

102 Put off : DETER

106 Head shop purchase : BONG

107 Memory unit : BYTE

108 Pacify : CALM

109 Sch. with the Daily Bruin newspaper : UCLA

110 Vet’s concern : PTSD

112 TikTok, for one : APP

113 “Busy” one : BEE

115 Littl’un : TOT

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