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NYT Crossword — January 11, 2025

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 62 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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31 clues

1Get an engine going

8Incurs an extra service charge, perhaps

13Cost-efficient

15Georges ___, "Habanera" composer

16Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously

19Specially trained teams

22Movement in "The Nutcracker"

23River featured in the Rig Veda

24Fruit-filled loaf

26Pride parade participant?

29Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named

30Attachments for speakers

31Blatant deceptions

32Open for drinks

35Monarchs, e.g.

37Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss

38Television star who went on the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" in 2010

39Taiwanese electronics brand

40Note extender, in sheet music

41Lothlórien in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g.

44They believe "the radical notion that women are people," per Marie Shear

47Well, that works!

48OK

49Certain workplace protection?

Down

31 clues

2Locale of Niue and the Pitcairn Islands

3Common format for an essay, informally

4Bypassing play

5Many early wines

6Professional squatters?

7Bit of "Sweeney Todd" fare

8Recurring role for Kate McKinnon on "S.N.L."

9Extractor used on some seeds and nuts

10Their petals are used to make a traditional Korean wine called "dugyeonju"

11Turnpike feature

12One taken for a ride

14Some sweet pick-me-ups

17Contralto singer known as the "First Lady of Radio"

21Publicly criticizes

24Feature of the United States Capitol

25They act as one

27Simple house style with gables

29Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile

30"Peace, dude!"

31Music genre for Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit

32Hits the weights, say

33"To the stars," in Latin

35Small juice container?

36Jester named in a Shakespeare soliloquy

37First of four emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors"

38Stack in an ice cream shop

43Material for Robin Hood's bow

45Result of a downpour, perhaps

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jan 11, 2025

15×15

Grid size

62

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

6.2

Avg entry length

13 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 11, 2025

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorRyan McCarty

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split31 across · 31 down

Longest entries

14DSome sweet pick-me-ups13 ltrs 16AJargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously9 ltrs 24AFruit-filled loaf9 ltrs 27AOwn up9 ltrs 29AAntarctic explorer for whom a sea is named9 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 6.2 letters per entry.