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NYT Crossword — January 24, 2026

Saturday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 66 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

0 of 66 revealed

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2E

3T

4A

5T

6D

7I

8S

9P

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11L

12S

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13C

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14G

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15S

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K

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16I

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17A

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18O

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19A

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20A

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21T

22A

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23S

24K

25A

26W

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27P

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29P

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30E

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31H

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32I

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34M

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35G

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38N

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40D

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41O

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42A

43V

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45R

46S

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47G

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48H

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Across

29 clues

1Used as a rendezvous point

12Hangouts for golden agers

14Feeling that a new haircut or a new set of clothes might bring

15Child support?

16"The Addams Family" member voiced by Snoop Dogg in 2019

17___ Ivanovic, former #1-ranked female tennis player

18Copa Mundial chant

19Afghans, e.g.

21Empty vehicle weight

23Horn-heavy genre

27Very flimsy, as an argument

29What a stein might hold

30How change comes in the Baltics

32"Enough already!"

34Knocks the top off of

35Not remain loose

361960s protest singer Phil

37It may wind up at the top of one's head

40Home for the winter, say

41Approx. 25% of it consists of national forests

42Penultimate film in a series of 23

48Scene for a skeleton crew?

49Where one might hope to find good deals on the internet?

50Chucked, informally

51Roll over, in a way

Down

37 clues

1Course catalog?

2Means of closing up a vent

3Some joint promotions

4Conduit from a ventricle

5Four minus one

6Really, really regrets

7Remedy for some intake problems

9Suddenly pay attention, with "up"

10Native American people known as the "Nation du Chat"

11Exam on which 44-Down got a near-perfect score

12Furniture that's designed to break down?

13One breaking a 108-year drought in 2016

15Australian singer with the 2014 #1 album "1000 Forms of Fear"

20Prefix with piracy

21Staple vegetables in Hawaiian cooking

23Puts on a big display

24Fan group that often wears black-and-white face paint

25"The Dove and the ___" (Aesop fable)

27Charlie with the 2016 hit "We Don't Talk Anymore"

28God who rides in a chariot pulled by two giant magical goats

29It'll never fly!

37Split component, at times

38Called on one's birthday?

40Like tungsten

42Main greeting

43Pointer that changes with the weather

44Filmdom's Woods who took the 11-Down

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Stats & info

Saturday, Jan 24, 2026

15×15

Grid size

66

Total entries

36/189

Black / letter cells

5.7

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Hardest

Saturday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJan 24, 2026

DaySaturday

ThemeThemeless

ConstructorAdrian Johnson and Ryan McCarty

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split29 across · 37 down

Longest entries

15AChild support?15 ltrs 42APenultimate film in a series of 2315 ltrs 14AFeeling that a new haircut or a new set of clothes might bring14 ltrs 48AScene for a skeleton crew?14 ltrs 12AHangouts for golden agers13 ltrs

Saturday is the hardest grid of the week, themeless and clued as obliquely as the editor allows. This grid has 36 black squares and averages 5.7 letters per entry.