NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 12, 2025
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Clues77
Across36
Down41
ConstructorPhilip Koski
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Mineral that shimmers (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMICA→
5A
Bat around, as a kitten might (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPAWAT→
10A
Composer Stravinsky (4)
Starts with I, ends with RIGOR→
14A
Like much graffiti: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
15A
Belittle (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABASE→
16A
Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68 (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONERO→
17A
Not admit (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDENY→
18A
Aboveboard (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEGIT→
19A
Neighbor of Indonesia, on a Risk board (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSIAM→
20A
The (15)
Starts with D, ends with EDEFINITEARTICLE→
23A
Knocked off (5)
Starts with D, ends with NDIDIN→
24A
City that was a rival of ancient Sparta (5)
Starts with A, ends with SARGOS→
25A
Big mo. for eggnog sales (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDEC→
26A
Cover story? (3)
Starts with F, ends with BFIB→
29A
Lee who directed "Gemini Man" (3)
Starts with A, ends with GANG→
30A
Talks frankly (15)
Starts with S, ends with ESPEAKSONESPIECE→
36A
Screen play? (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPASS→
37A
Singsong refrain (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATRALA→
38A
Heating pad target (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACHE→
39A
Lead-in to -gram or -graph (3)
Starts with E, ends with IEPI→
40A
Pep rally cry (3)
Starts with R, ends with HRAH→
41A
Cousin of Inc. (3)
Starts with L, ends with CLLC→
43A
Doll who debuted in swim trunks (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKEN→
44A
Success against all odds (15)
Starts with C, ends with YCINDERELLASTORY→
48A
Either of two for Mozart's Queen of the Night (9)
Starts with O, ends with AOPERAARIA→
49A
“Take THAT!” (4)
Starts with B, ends with MBOOM→
52A
Flowing slowly (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSEEPY→
53A
"Should that happen …" (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIFSO→
57A
Builders of 25,000+ miles of roads in South America (5)
Starts with I, ends with SINCAS→
59A
TV's DeGeneres (5)
Starts with E, ends with NELLEN→
60A
63A
See 60-Across (7)
Starts with P, ends with LPAYWALL→
65A
Exhaustion from work (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBURNOUT→
66A
Without much hope (7)
Starts with B, ends with YBLEAKLY→
67A
Green sauces (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPESTOS→
68A
Features of coins which make them harder to counterfeit (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRIDGES→
Down
1D
Road safety org. (4)
Starts with M, ends with DMADD→
2D
"___ to Know" (1999 Marc Anthony hit) (5)
Starts with I, ends with DINEED→
3D
Tells private things (10)
Starts with C, ends with NCONFIDESIN→
4D
"How will we ever get out of this mess?" (8)
Starts with A, ends with SANYIDEAS→
5D
Satirist Michael (5)
Starts with P, ends with NPALIN→
6D
Drive for, maybe (4)
Starts with A, ends with TABET→
7D
___ gap (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWAGE→
8D
It's east of the Urals (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
9D
Half of octo- (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATETRA→
10D
Presidential seal, for one (8)
Starts with I, ends with AINSIGNIA→
11D
Lizard mascot with a Cockney accent (10)
Starts with G, ends with OGEICOGECKO→
12D
Some campus grilling events? (5)
Starts with O, ends with SORALS→
13D
Spanish Steps locale (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROME→
21D
Small cut (4)
Starts with N, ends with KNICK→
22D
Where a wedge may be used (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTRAP→
26D
Not to go (7)
Starts with F, ends with EFORHERE→
27D
___ flash (3)
Starts with I, ends with AINA→
28D
When to wave the white flag (7)
Starts with B, ends with PBELLLAP→
30D
Guideline, in brief (4)
Starts with S, ends with CSPEC→
31D
Big ___ (longtime Red Sox nickname) (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPAPI→
32D
Some looks into space (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTARES→
33D
___ cap (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSALARY→
34D
Sole one-named Best Actress Oscar winner (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
40D
One leg curl, e.g. (3)
Starts with R, ends with PREP→
42D
CBS drama for 15 seasons (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICSI→
45D
Realms (7)
Starts with D, ends with SDOMAINS→
46D
Ka ___ (southernmost point in the U.S.) (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELAE→
47D
Sign of a hound's happiness (7)
Starts with T, ends with GTAILWAG→
49D
Kind of lettuce (4)
Starts with B, ends with BBIBB→
51D
Shade in a barren landscape (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOCHRE→
54D
Undependable sort (5)
Starts with F, ends with EFLAKE→
55D
Gives up the goods? (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSELLS→
56D
"Above us ___ sky" ("Imagine" lyric) (4)
Starts with O, ends with YONLY→
58D
Pesky little brat (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSNOT→
59D
Observed (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEYED→
61D
Pop music's Wham! or Erasure (3)
Starts with D, ends with ODUO→
62D
Email signs (3)
Starts with A, ends with SATS→
63D
Inexpensive beer, informally (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPBR→
64D
Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala ___ (3)
Starts with A, ends with IALI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 12, 2025?+
77 clues: 36 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Philip Koski and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Mineral that shimmers (MICA); Bat around, as a kitten might (PAWAT); Composer Stravinsky (IGOR).
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