Complete answers for the Vulture crossword puzzle from January 9, 2025.
Vulture Crossword January 9, 2025 Answers
This Vulture puzzle from January 9, 2025 contains 34 total clues—16 across and 18 down. Below you'll find every clue with its answer and helpful hints. If you're working on a different date, check our Vulture crossword archive.
Across Clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1A | Leslie Knope, to Tom Haverford | BOSS |
| 5A | Joan Didion’s “The Electric Typewriter,” for one | ESSAY |
| 10A | Olivia’s Oscar-winning role in “The Favourite” | ANNE |
| 11A | Legolas : Orlando :: Aragorn : ___ | VIGGO |
| 12A | Where to find “Southern Hospitality”’s Republic Garden & Lounge | CHARLESTONKINGSTREET |
| 14A | Former NBA player Kyle who looked a lot like Ashton Kutcher | KORVER |
| 15A | Teeny hooter | ELFOWL |
| 16A | Way to upload data (abbr.) | FTP |
| 19A | Dentist’s degree, for short | DDS |
| 20A | “Yes! You are correct!” | IAGREE |
| 22A | Advil and Aleve, e.g. | NSAIDS |
| 23A | Where to find “Southern Hospitality”’s Republic Garden & Lounge | CHARLESTONKINGSTREET |
| 27A | “___ Like Me” (’90s Adina Howard hit) | FREAK |
| 28A | Blue, to Bad Bunny | AZUL |
| 29A | Mean Girl–ish | CATTY |
| 30A | Many a screenshot from “Conclave” posted on X | MEME |
Down Clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1D | Put money behind | BETON |
| 2D | Listening to Muzak, perhaps | ONHOLD |
| 3D | Inhales | SNARFS |
| 4D | Tom ___ (“MST3K” robot) | SERVO |
| 5D | Brand with a Muhammad Ali collection | EVERLAST |
| 6D | What one drag queen might call another | SIS |
| 7D | “___ Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” | SGT |
| 8D | In times gone by | ONCE |
| 9D | Over there, poetically | YON |
| 13D | Subject of the 1999 Andrew Morton biography “Monica’s Story” | LEWINSKY |
| 16D | Contemporary art fair with London, NYC, Seoul, and Los Angeles editions | FRIEZE |
| 17D | Hymn of praise that’s been set to music by Berlioz and Haydn | TEDEUM |
| 18D | Mortar’s go-with | PESTLE |
| 21D | ___ Masala | GARAM |
| 23D | Fast food that’s big in Japan on Christmas | KFC |
| 24D | Landlord on “Mad About You” | IRA |
| 25D | Like take-home pay | NET |
| 26D | Gangster’s gun | GAT |
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