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NYT Crossword February 20 2025 Answers

All 76 clues from the Thursday 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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1APast its glory5 lettersSee answer ›6ASay yes, say4 lettersSee answer ›10A[Bada bing bada boom!]4 lettersSee answer ›14ARound windows5 lettersSee answer ›15AList trimmer4 lettersSee answer ›16AMove after a touchdown4 lettersSee answer ›17ANetwork connections5 lettersSee answer ›18ALynchian or Felliniesque, say9 lettersSee answer ›20AThis clue15 lettersSee answer ›22ADigital work fueled by machine learning, in brief5 lettersSee answer ›23AStayed put3 lettersSee answer ›24A___-relief3 lettersSee answer ›27AGo-ahead3 lettersSee answer ›28AShelter on a tropical island, maybe3 lettersSee answer ›29AWith 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues3 lettersSee answer ›32AAncient Mexican civilization5 lettersSee answer ›34AWho said "A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture"4 lettersSee answer ›36AHigh pair4 lettersSee answer ›37AThis answer15 lettersSee answer ›40ASubreddits, for example4 lettersSee answer ›41AAlternative to a spicy Dorito4 lettersSee answer ›42AThrow with great effort5 lettersSee answer ›43ASee 29-Across3 lettersSee answer ›44ABroadband connection inits.3 lettersSee answer ›45ASlated to be delivered (on)3 lettersSee answer ›47ABattletoads console, for short3 lettersSee answer ›48ASinger Winehouse3 lettersSee answer ›49A"___ mia!"5 lettersSee answer ›51AThis crossword15 lettersSee answer ›58A___ Roy, Booker Prize-winning author, 19979 lettersSee answer ›59AEnding with home or bed5 lettersSee answer ›60AUse as a source4 lettersSee answer ›61AHot spot4 lettersSee answer ›62ALike an H.P. Lovecraft work5 lettersSee answer ›63ABlack gemstone4 lettersSee answer ›64ALowly worker4 lettersSee answer ›65ALook down on5 lettersSee answer ›
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1DCharacter profile?4 lettersSee answer ›2D"Don't have ___, man!"4 lettersSee answer ›3DMan4 lettersSee answer ›4D___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels"5 lettersSee answer ›5DClear-cut8 lettersSee answer ›6DWhat a budding musical artist hopes to land10 lettersSee answer ›7DStretch5 lettersSee answer ›8DRooftop spinner4 lettersSee answer ›9DFriendly response, after "My"8 lettersSee answer ›10D0:005 lettersSee answer ›11DAlliance of 32 nations4 lettersSee answer ›12DEnemy alliance of W.W. II4 lettersSee answer ›13DMany social posts, informally4 lettersSee answer ›19DExam with a max. score of 5284 lettersSee answer ›21DEx-N.B.A. star ___ Ming3 lettersSee answer ›24DSensational, on Broadway5 lettersSee answer ›25DIcy5 lettersSee answer ›26DBlue man group member?5 lettersSee answer ›28DHome to many kings and queens10 lettersSee answer ›29DSetting for several Herman Melville works5 lettersSee answer ›30DPluck5 lettersSee answer ›31DTwo of spades?5 lettersSee answer ›33DQueen Elizabeth I has one named for her3 lettersSee answer ›35DTats3 lettersSee answer ›36DCleared one's plate, say3 lettersSee answer ›38DVirtual storefront in an online marketplace8 lettersSee answer ›39DNine daughters of Greek myth8 lettersSee answer ›44DChatted on the Gram, say4 lettersSee answer ›46DStrike caller3 lettersSee answer ›48DArchitectural expansion5 lettersSee answer ›49DSan ___, Calif.5 lettersSee answer ›50DFollower of the 32-Across5 lettersSee answer ›51DTexas city once known as "Six-Shooter Junction"4 lettersSee answer ›52DShamrock land4 lettersSee answer ›53DCertain tax4 lettersSee answer ›54DOnly character shown in the final 30 minutes of "2001: A Space Odyssey"4 lettersSee answer ›55DZip4 lettersSee answer ›56DHideaway4 lettersSee answer ›57DLocale depicted in Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights"4 lettersSee answer ›
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