NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 14, 2025
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Clues70
Across35
Down35
ConstructorSarah Sinclair
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
No pro (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
5A
Rectitudinous (4)
Starts with J, ends with TJUST→
9A
Sleep ___ (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAPNEA→
14A
Clean energy? (9)
Starts with G, ends with AGOODKARMA→
16A
___ Alexander, author of the fantasy series "The Chronicles of Prydain" (5)
Starts with L, ends with DLLOYD→
17A
"Everything's fine with me" (9)
Starts with I, ends with KIMDOINGOK→
18A
Bad things to blow (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFUSES→
19A
Word with "at" or "not in the" (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
20A
Made (out), but barely (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEKED→
22A
Parcel (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMETE→
23A
D.C. winter hrs. (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
24A
Nice chunk of change (7)
Starts with T, ends with MTIDYSUM→
27A
___ Faire (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
28A
Mickey Mantle's retired jersey (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSEVEN→
30A
Classic Gustav Klimt painting made during his "Golden Period" (7)
Starts with T, ends with STHEKISS→
32A
Completely fluid (6)
Starts with I, ends with HINCASH→
35A
Al ___ (5)
Starts with D, ends with EDENTE→
36A
Develop emotions (for) (13)
Starts with C, ends with SCATCHFEELINGS→
39A
"Ragtime" role for which Audra McDonald won a Tony (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSARAH→
40A
Body of Jewish law (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTALMUD→
41A
Classic ska song with the lyric "Let's get together and feel all right" (7)
Starts with O, ends with EONELOVE→
43A
Affaire de coeur (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAMOUR→
46A
___ lecithin (chocolate additive) (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSOY→
47A
Amazon, e.g. (7)
Starts with W, ends with RWARRIOR→
50A
Fútbol stadium cry (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGOL→
52A
Romances (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWOOS→
54A
Lose liquidity, in a way (4)
Starts with C, ends with TCLOT→
55A
Peak performance (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGAME→
57A
Elicit (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEDUCE→
59A
Bewitched (9)
Starts with I, ends with EINATRANCE→
61A
"Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat" poet (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELIOT→
62A
Second Commandment subject (9)
Starts with F, ends with LFALSEIDOL→
63A
People put down stakes for them (5)
Starts with T, ends with STENTS→
64A
Singer who wrote the Oscar-nominated song "May It Be" for "The Fellowship of the Ring" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AENYA→
65A
Title that translates to "highest principle" (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALAMA→
Down
1D
Nimble (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGILE→
2D
Unrealistic claim on the packaging of a kid's craft (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOMESS→
3D
As of yet (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETODATE→
4D
Promising words (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIDOS→
5D
Renaissance painter ___ van Eyck (3)
Starts with J, ends with NJAN→
6D
Pressed (5)
Starts with U, ends with DURGED→
7D
Like a sultry eye shadow look (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSMOKY→
8D
Accepts defeat, in slang (9)
Starts with T, ends with LTAKESTHEL→
9D
1980s TV title character (3)
Starts with A, ends with FALF→
10D
Desirable and profitable, as an assignment (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPLUM→
11D
Symbol of social status in ancient Mesopotamia (8)
Starts with N, ends with GNOSERING→
12D
They might involve a Snellen chart (8)
Starts with E, ends with SEYETESTS→
13D
Google platform for website monetization (7)
Starts with A, ends with EADSENSE→
15D
Protein-packed Purina product (10)
Starts with K, ends with WKITTENCHOW→
21D
"Thanks, Captain Obvious" (3)
Starts with D, ends with HDUH→
25D
Move slowly (4)
Starts with I, ends with HINCH→
26D
A little unwell? (10)
Starts with M, ends with EMEDIUMRARE→
29D
___ signs (5)
Starts with V, ends with LVITAL→
31D
Martial art whose name means "sword way" (5)
Starts with K, ends with OKENDO→
33D
Where the ka and ba reunite, in Egyptian mythology (9)
Starts with A, ends with EAFTERLIFE→
34D
Beach body? (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
37D
"Willing to join our endeavor?" (8)
Starts with A, ends with NAREYOUIN→
38D
"So-o-o-o funny!" (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLMAO→
39D
"That's kind of you!" (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSOSWEET→
42D
Little sucker? (3)
Starts with V, ends with CVAC→
44D
Its national dish, matoke, is made from green bananas (6)
Starts with U, ends with AUGANDA→
45D
"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" or "10 Things I Hate About You" (6)
Starts with R, ends with MROMCOM→
48D
Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women" (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRONAN→
49D
Setting for the films "Life Is Beautiful" and "Call Me By Your Name" (5)
Starts with I, ends with YITALY→
51D
One-eyed "Futurama" character (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALEELA→
53D
One sporting a sporran, maybe (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOT→
56D
___ Carson Levine, author of "Ella Enchanted" (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGAIL→
58D
9-Down and his family (3)
Starts with E, ends with SETS→
60D
Grp. using biometric cameras (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 14, 2025?+
70 clues: 35 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Sarah Sinclair and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: No pro (ANTI); Rectitudinous (JUST); Sleep ___ (APNEA).
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