NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Jan 11, 2025

Complete answer list for the January 11, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Ryan McCartyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1562 clues

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Across 31

  1. 1Get an engine going ↗POWERUP
  2. 8Incurs an extra service charge, perhaps ↗ROAMS
  3. 13Cost-efficient ↗ECONOMIC
  4. 15Georges ___, "Habanera" composer ↗BIZET
  5. 16Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously ↗NERDSPEAK
  6. 18Clearing ↗GLADE
  7. 19Specially trained teams ↗CADRES
  8. 20"Tubular!" ↗RAD
  9. 22Movement in "The Nutcracker" ↗PLIE
  10. 23River featured in the Rig Veda ↗INDUS
  11. 24Fruit-filled loaf ↗DATEBREAD
  12. 26Pride parade participant? ↗LION
  13. 27Own up ↗COMECLEAN
  14. 28___ fly ↗SAC
  15. 29Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named ↗JAMESROSS
  16. 30Attachments for speakers ↗LAPELMICS
  17. 31Blatant deceptions ↗NAKEDLIES
  18. 32Open for drinks ↗TAP
  19. 35Monarchs, e.g. ↗AUTOCRATS
  20. 36Baby ___ ↗YODA
  21. 37Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss ↗GAMEBOOTH
  22. 38Television star who went on the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" in 2010 ↗CONAN
  23. 39Taiwanese electronics brand ↗ACER
  24. 40Note extender, in sheet music ↗DOT
  25. 41Lothlórien in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. ↗FOREST
  26. 42Make way for ↗LETBY
  27. 44They believe "the radical notion that women are people," per Marie Shear ↗FEMINISTS
  28. 46Siren call? ↗BLARE
  29. 47Well, that works! ↗SURECURE
  30. 48OK ↗ALLOW
  31. 49Certain workplace protection? ↗DESKPAD

Down 31

  1. 1#2s, e.g. ↗PENCILS
  2. 2Locale of Niue and the Pitcairn Islands ↗OCEANIA
  3. 3Common format for an essay, informally ↗WORDDOC
  4. 4Bypassing play ↗ENDRUN
  5. 5Many early wines ↗ROSES
  6. 6Professional squatters? ↗UMPS
  7. 7Bit of "Sweeney Todd" fare ↗PIE
  8. 8Recurring role for Kate McKinnon on "S.N.L." ↗RBG
  9. 9Extractor used on some seeds and nuts ↗OILPRESS
  10. 10Their petals are used to make a traditional Korean wine called "dugyeonju" ↗AZALEAS
  11. 11Turnpike feature ↗MEDIAN
  12. 12One taken for a ride ↗STEED
  13. 14Some sweet pick-me-ups ↗CARAMELLATTES
  14. 17Contralto singer known as the "First Lady of Radio" ↗KATESMITH
  15. 21Publicly criticizes ↗DECRIES
  16. 24Feature of the United States Capitol ↗DOMEDROOF
  17. 25They act as one ↗BLOCS
  18. 27Simple house style with gables ↗CAPECOD
  19. 29Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile ↗JAKOB
  20. 30"Peace, dude!" ↗LATERBRO
  21. 31Music genre for Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit ↗NUMETAL
  22. 32Hits the weights, say ↗TONESUP
  23. 33"To the stars," in Latin ↗ADASTRA
  24. 34De-briefed? ↗PANTSED
  25. 35Small juice container? ↗AACELL
  26. 36Jester named in a Shakespeare soliloquy ↗YORICK
  27. 37First of four emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors" ↗GALBA
  28. 38Stack in an ice cream shop ↗CONES
  29. 41It's lit! ↗FIRE
  30. 43Material for Robin Hood's bow ↗YEW
  31. 45Result of a downpour, perhaps ↗MUD