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NYT Crossword February 16 2025 Answers

All 138 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Select any clue to see its verified answer with the full explanation.

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1AShopper's thrill5 lettersSee answer ›6AClock part3 lettersSee answer ›9ABrand5 lettersSee answer ›14A___ Lakshmi, host of TV's "Taste the Nation"5 lettersSee answer ›19ASome computer-generated images nowadays5 lettersSee answer ›20AThe masses9 lettersSee answer ›22A"Full steam ___!"5 lettersSee answer ›23A"Omigod, omigod, jackpot!"?15 lettersSee answer ›25ASome college students, quaintly5 lettersSee answer ›26ASpace heater?3 lettersSee answer ›27A___ fly3 lettersSee answer ›28ASmart-alecky4 lettersSee answer ›29AFaceTime alternative5 lettersSee answer ›30A"Eww!"4 lettersSee answer ›32AInstruments with large bells5 lettersSee answer ›35AGreat Lakes mnemonic5 lettersSee answer ›38AOrg. whose employees wear badges3 lettersSee answer ›40AAtlantis and others8 lettersSee answer ›42AHawkish6 lettersSee answer ›44ABad thing to be caught in4 lettersSee answer ›45ATempest in a teapot?18 lettersSee answer ›48AOh-so-precious4 lettersSee answer ›50AJournalists quote them7 lettersSee answer ›51AOniony vegetables5 lettersSee answer ›52ABody of water that was once the world's fourth-largest lake7 lettersSee answer ›55AGood signs in stock reports5 lettersSee answer ›56AChallah bread feature5 lettersSee answer ›58AReligious gymgoer on leg day?12 lettersSee answer ›60ASouvenir from the Sea of Tranquillity, say8 lettersSee answer ›63ATypical Passover mo.3 lettersSee answer ›64AMany clay relics4 lettersSee answer ›65ANot just mine4 lettersSee answer ›66AKanga's kiddo3 lettersSee answer ›67AWhimsically imaginative, as writing8 lettersSee answer ›70ASound from some freshly cleaned floors?12 lettersSee answer ›75AOozes5 lettersSee answer ›76AHeighten5 lettersSee answer ›77AYo-yo-like toy with a devilish-sounding name7 lettersSee answer ›78A"___ mia!"5 lettersSee answer ›80AMichael Jordan's nickname, with "His"7 lettersSee answer ›82ATrash4 lettersSee answer ›83AMoney under the mattress, e.g.?18 lettersSee answer ›88AMeyer who directed 1965's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"4 lettersSee answer ›89ACialis alternative6 lettersSee answer ›90ABackslid, say8 lettersSee answer ›93AWord before or after down3 lettersSee answer ›94APasta often cut at an angle5 lettersSee answer ›95AHazard cleanup, in brief5 lettersSee answer ›96AHindu honorifics4 lettersSee answer ›98AWeapon whose name is an acronym5 lettersSee answer ›100A"___ tell"4 lettersSee answer ›103ALegendary bird3 lettersSee answer ›105ANumber of jurors who originally vote "Not guilty" in "12 Angry Men"3 lettersSee answer ›106AMean little suckers?5 lettersSee answer ›107ARepeat something clever, as parrots might?15 lettersSee answer ›112A"Gesundheit!" prompter5 lettersSee answer ›113A"Diet" for the defeated9 lettersSee answer ›114ATied up5 lettersSee answer ›115AFacebook has more than three billion of them5 lettersSee answer ›116AAspirations5 lettersSee answer ›117A"Downton Abbey" network3 lettersSee answer ›118AFlies out of sight5 lettersSee answer ›
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1DFresh5 lettersSee answer ›2DExcites … or annoys6 lettersSee answer ›3DVulgarity6 lettersSee answer ›4DPoet's palindromic preposition3 lettersSee answer ›5DMidflight announcements, for short4 lettersSee answer ›6DCount seen in the breakfast aisle7 lettersSee answer ›7DCry of cringe3 lettersSee answer ›8DAnimated file type3 lettersSee answer ›9DActress Singer of "Footloose"4 lettersSee answer ›10DElevs.4 lettersSee answer ›11DDeep, dark ocean caverns9 lettersSee answer ›12DEquivalent of a billion years, in geology3 lettersSee answer ›13DBad thing to be caught in3 lettersSee answer ›14DCigarette purchases5 lettersSee answer ›15DNautical greeting4 lettersSee answer ›16DScrumptious but not-so-healthful carnival snacks14 lettersSee answer ›17DBrought in big bucks8 lettersSee answer ›18DElements of pay-per-click campaigns3 lettersSee answer ›21DPunching sounds in the comics4 lettersSee answer ›24DCoffee shop order5 lettersSee answer ›29DFeudal worker4 lettersSee answer ›31DIn a big way6 lettersSee answer ›33DPot growers?4 lettersSee answer ›34DClassifies7 lettersSee answer ›36DMice hunters4 lettersSee answer ›37DGreat Leap Forward leader3 lettersSee answer ›39DBitter brews, for short4 lettersSee answer ›41DLock of hair5 lettersSee answer ›42DSomething strapped for cash?5 lettersSee answer ›43DGo-kart, e.g.5 lettersSee answer ›44DBeaten at ___ own game5 lettersSee answer ›46DCommand+Q, on a Mac4 lettersSee answer ›47DFamily group4 lettersSee answer ›48DWriting cliché5 lettersSee answer ›49DStyle sported by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain14 lettersSee answer ›52DForehead-slapping shouts4 lettersSee answer ›53DOutfit5 lettersSee answer ›54DMysterious qualities5 lettersSee answer ›56DYawning, say5 lettersSee answer ›57DHollywood's Portia de ___5 lettersSee answer ›59D"Raggedy" doll3 lettersSee answer ›60DMake faces for a camera3 lettersSee answer ›61DBarbecue bits5 lettersSee answer ›62DGorilla who famously learned sign language4 lettersSee answer ›65D"If I had to guess …"7 lettersSee answer ›68DThey're around for the long haul5 lettersSee answer ›69DScorch4 lettersSee answer ›70DMore refined5 lettersSee answer ›71DLoma ___, Calif.5 lettersSee answer ›72DMonthly util. bill4 lettersSee answer ›73DHost of the 2022 World Cup5 lettersSee answer ›74DHorseshoe-shaped pipe fasteners6 lettersSee answer ›76DBoat equipment for removing water on board9 lettersSee answer ›78DCar sticker no.4 lettersSee answer ›79DParasailing, water polo, etc.8 lettersSee answer ›80D"Watchmen" writer Moore4 lettersSee answer ›81DWhat many freelancers work on4 lettersSee answer ›84DMany a road tripper, informally4 lettersSee answer ›85D"Ich bin ___ Berliner"3 lettersSee answer ›86DThey make sounds when they're tickled7 lettersSee answer ›87DWood joint piece5 lettersSee answer ›91DBeethoven's Third6 lettersSee answer ›92DWhat Sidney Poitier's character famously came to, in a 1967 film6 lettersSee answer ›94DCurrency in seven American countries (and one Asian)5 lettersSee answer ›95DVan ___ (beard type)4 lettersSee answer ›97DGerms5 lettersSee answer ›99DToffee candy bar4 lettersSee answer ›101DBroccoli ___4 lettersSee answer ›102DLeatherworking tools4 lettersSee answer ›104DCartoon collector's collection, maybe4 lettersSee answer ›106DGreek letter that's the symbol for torque3 lettersSee answer ›107D[I'm trying to watch the movie!]3 lettersSee answer ›108DStatus follower3 lettersSee answer ›109DSlack or Zoom3 lettersSee answer ›110DFudge the facts3 lettersSee answer ›111DLanguage mutually intelligible with Thai3 lettersSee answer ›
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