NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 1, 2025
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Clues68
Across34
Down34
ConstructorKate Chin Park and Rafael Musa
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Experience that'll change one's mind (8)
Starts with A, ends with PACIDTRIP→
9A
___ Fierce, onetime Beyoncé persona (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASASHA→
14A
Broad views (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPANORAMAS→
17A
Dessert often flavored with cinnamon and vanilla (9)
Starts with A, ends with TAPPLETART→
18A
[Back away from my doghouse!] (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSNARL→
19A
Give in under pressure (5)
Starts with C, ends with KCRACK→
22A
Old oath (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
23A
Engage (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIRE→
24A
Wild West outlaw (6)
Starts with B, ends with TBANDIT→
26A
What might check your id? (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
27A
Setting for the Times Square ball drop: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
28A
Sojourner Truth speech in which she said "You need not be afraid to give us our rights" (11)
Starts with A, ends with NAINTIAWOMAN→
30A
Lee who directed "Sense and Sensibility" (3)
Starts with A, ends with GANG→
31A
E to F, for example (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESEMITONE→
32A
Part of some beauty treatments and the lunar cycle (6)
Starts with W, ends with GWAXING→
35A
Napa neighbor (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASONOMA→
36A
Brief getaway for newlyweds (8)
Starts with M, ends with NMINIMOON→
38A
Word between two names (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENEE→
39A
Grab bag contents (11)
Starts with O, ends with SODDSANDENDS→
41A
Deg. held by Shaquille O'Neal and Melinda Gates (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMBA→
44A
Amp (up) (3)
Starts with R, ends with VREV→
45A
Tools for certain appraisers (6)
Starts with L, ends with SLOUPES→
46A
Where "sabaidee" means "hello" (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLAOS→
47A
They're heard in a herd (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOOS→
50A
Pseudoscientific bodily emanations (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAURAS→
51A
Morphine source (5)
Starts with O, ends with MOPIUM→
53A
Figure in history or math? (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECLASSMATE→
55A
"Passing" author Larsen (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANELLA→
56A
Attacks in the press (9)
Starts with H, ends with SHITPIECES→
57A
Sinuous (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSNAKY→
58A
Five-limbed marine creatures (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSEASTARS→
Down
1D
Cochise, for one (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAPACHE→
2D
Calf-length pants (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCAPRIS→
3D
To an extent (6)
Starts with I, ends with TINPART→
4D
Sweetly, in music (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDOLCE→
5D
Footslog (4)
Starts with T, ends with KTREK→
6D
First sign in the Chinese zodiac (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRAT→
7D
"Love your work!" (6)
Starts with I, ends with NIMAFAN→
8D
Typical Little League coaches (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPARENTS→
9D
Dubious, in modern lingo (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSUS→
10D
"___ of Avonlea," literary sequel of 1909 (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANNE→
11D
Many a child actor's "manager" (8)
Starts with S, ends with MSTAGEMOM→
12D
Main script of written Japanese (8)
Starts with H, ends with AHIRAGANA→
13D
Finish line? (7)
Starts with A, ends with EALLDONE→
15D
Collegiate focus (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSTUDIES→
21D
Play areas that, despite their name, are actually squares (8)
Starts with D, ends with SDIAMONDS→
24D
Things to avoid at all costs (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBIGNONOS→
28D
"Till one has loved an ___ a part of one's soul remains unawakened": Anatole France (6)
Starts with A, ends with LANIMAL→
29D
___-Missouria Tribe (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOE→
30D
Center of a revolution (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAXIS→
32D
Unguarded on the field (8)
Starts with W, ends with NWIDEOPEN→
33D
"Ta-da!" (8)
Starts with A, ends with AANDVOILA→
34D
Share the bill (7)
Starts with G, ends with HGODUTCH→
36D
Group that practices baptism for the dead (7)
Starts with M, ends with SMORMONS→
37D
Many Everest climbers (7)
Starts with N, ends with SNEPALIS→
40D
Render pointless (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENEGATE→
41D
Instrument that might contain dried beans (6)
Starts with M, ends with AMARACA→
42D
Flat-topped straw hat (6)
Starts with B, ends with RBOATER→
43D
Look at critically (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASSESS→
46D
"12 Angry Men" director (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLUMET→
50D
How a home might be sold in a seller's market (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
52D
___ Day (European festival) (3)
Starts with M, ends with YMAY→
54D
Business with lockers for storing valuables (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 1, 2025?+
68 clues: 34 Across and 34 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kate Chin Park and Rafael Musa and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Experience that'll change one's mind (ACIDTRIP); ___ Fierce, onetime Beyoncé persona (SASHA); Broad views (PANORAMAS).
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