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NYT Crossword — February 1, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 68 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

34 clues

1Experience that'll change one's mind

9___ Fierce, onetime Beyoncé persona

17Dessert often flavored with cinnamon and vanilla

18[Back away from my doghouse!]

19Give in under pressure

24Wild West outlaw

26What might check your id?

27Setting for the Times Square ball drop: Abbr.

28Sojourner Truth speech in which she said "You need not be afraid to give us our rights"

30Lee who directed "Sense and Sensibility"

31E to F, for example

32Part of some beauty treatments and the lunar cycle

35Napa neighbor

36Brief getaway for newlyweds

38Word between two names

39Grab bag contents

41Deg. held by Shaquille O'Neal and Melinda Gates

45Tools for certain appraisers

46Where "sabaidee" means "hello"

47They're heard in a herd

50Pseudoscientific bodily emanations

51Morphine source

53Figure in history or math?

55"Passing" author Larsen

56Attacks in the press

58Five-limbed marine creatures

Down

34 clues

1Cochise, for one

2Calf-length pants

4Sweetly, in music

6First sign in the Chinese zodiac

7"Love your work!"

8Typical Little League coaches

9Dubious, in modern lingo

10"___ of Avonlea," literary sequel of 1909

11Many a child actor's "manager"

12Main script of written Japanese

15Collegiate focus

21Play areas that, despite their name, are actually squares

24Things to avoid at all costs

28"Till one has loved an ___ a part of one's soul remains unawakened": Anatole France

29___-Missouria Tribe

30Center of a revolution

32Unguarded on the field

34Share the bill

36Group that practices baptism for the dead

37Many Everest climbers

40Render pointless

41Instrument that might contain dried beans

42Flat-topped straw hat

43Look at critically

46"12 Angry Men" director

50How a home might be sold in a seller's market

52___ Day (European festival)

54Business with lockers for storing valuables

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Stats & info

Saturday, Feb 1, 2025

15×15

Grid size

68

Total entries

29/196

Black / letter cells

5.8

Avg entry length

11 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 1, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorKate Chin Park and Rafael Musa

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split34 across · 34 down

Longest entries

28ASojourner Truth speech in which she said "You need not be afraid to give us our rights"11 ltrs 39AGrab bag contents11 ltrs 14ABroad views9 ltrs 17ADessert often flavored with cinnamon and vanilla9 ltrs 53AFigure in history or math?9 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 29 black squares and averages 5.8 letters per entry.