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New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 2025

Author:
Ryan McCarty
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
9-Down : Extractor used on some seeds and nuts
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
306/17/20171/11/20252
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
100012251
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6126196%
Ryan McCarty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. McCarty. Saturday freshness: 97%
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© 2025, The New York Times1/11/25 ( No. 27,458 )
Across
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Get an engine going : POWERUP
8
Incurs an extra service charge, perhaps : ROAMS
13
Cost-efficient : ECONOMIC
15
Georges ___, "Habanera" composer : BIZET
16
Jargon heard at Comic-Con or in a D&D game, humorously : NERDSPEAK
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Clearing : GLADE
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Specially trained teams : CADRES
20
"Tubular!" : RAD
22
Movement in "The Nutcracker" : PLIE
23
River featured in the Rig Veda : INDUS
24
Fruit-filled loaf : DATEBREAD
26
Pride parade participant? : LION
27
Own up : COMECLEAN
28
___ fly : SAC
29
Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named : JAMESROSS
30
Attachments for speakers : LAPELMICS
31
Blatant deceptions : NAKEDLIES
32
Open for drinks : TAP
35
Monarchs, e.g. : AUTOCRATS
36
Baby ___ : YODA
37
Setting for balloon darts or a ringtoss : GAMEBOOTH
38
Television star who went on the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" in 2010 : CONAN
39
Taiwanese electronics brand : ACER
40
Note extender, in sheet music : DOT
41
Lothlórien in "The Lord of the Rings," e.g. : FOREST
42
Make way for : LETBY
44
They believe "the radical notion that women are people," per Marie Shear : FEMINISTS
46
Siren call? : BLARE
47
Well, that works! : SURECURE
48
OK : ALLOW
49
Certain workplace protection? : DESKPAD
Down
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#2s, e.g. : PENCILS
2
Locale of Niue and the Pitcairn Islands : OCEANIA
3
Common format for an essay, informally : WORDDOC
4
Bypassing play : ENDRUN
5
Many early wines : ROSES
6
Professional squatters? : UMPS
7
Bit of "Sweeney Todd" fare : PIE
8
Recurring role for Kate McKinnon on "S.N.L." : RBG
9
Extractor used on some seeds and nuts : OILPRESS
10
Their petals are used to make a traditional Korean wine called "dugyeonju" : AZALEAS
11
Turnpike feature : MEDIAN
12
One taken for a ride : STEED
14
Some sweet pick-me-ups : CARAMELLATTES
17
Contralto singer known as the "First Lady of Radio" : KATESMITH
21
Publicly criticizes : DECRIES
24
Feature of the United States Capitol : DOMEDROOF
25
They act as one : BLOCS
27
Simple house style with gables : CAPECOD
29
Track star Ingebrigtsen who, at age 16, became the youngest person in history to run a sub-four-minute mile : JAKOB
30
"Peace, dude!" : LATERBRO
31
Music genre for Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit : NUMETAL
32
Hits the weights, say : TONESUP
33
"To the stars," in Latin : ADASTRA
34
De-briefed? : PANTSED
35
Small juice container? : AACELL
36
Jester named in a Shakespeare soliloquy : YORICK
37
First of four emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors" : GALBA
38
Stack in an ice cream shop : CONES
41
It's lit! : FIRE
43
Material for Robin Hood's bow : YEW
45
Result of a downpour, perhaps : MUD

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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