NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 2, 2025
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Clues140
Across74
Down66
TitleTwo-For-One Special
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Trading post (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMART→
5A
For example (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSAY→
8A
Italian fashion house (5)
Starts with P, ends with APRADA→
13A
Hard-liner (4)
Starts with H, ends with KHAWK→
17A
"Ave Maria" finale, appropriately? (4)
Starts with A, ends with AARIA→
18A
Buying binge (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESPREE→
20A
Venetian magistrates of old (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDOGES→
21A
French friend (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAMIE→
22A
Lead actress in "The Lovely Bones" (2009) and "The Bourne Legacy" (2012) (12)
Starts with R, ends with ZRACHEL/WEISZ→
24A
Fast/car (7)
Starts with Q, ends with KQ/BUICK→
25A
Wild/bunch (6)
Starts with Z, ends with YZ/MANY→
26A
Informer, informally (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESTOOLIE→
27A
Cartoon character inspired by W.C. Fields (7)
Starts with M, ends with OMRMAGOO→
29A
Gave a darn (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCARED→
30A
3,605, in ancient Rome (7)
Starts with M, ends with VMMMDC/V→
32A
Image on a Missouri state quarter (4)
Starts with A, ends with HARCH→
34A
Italian sports cars, informally (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALFAS→
37A
Gear tooth (3)
Starts with C, ends with GCOG→
39A
Desirable condition for hostas (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHADE→
42A
"Cómo ___?" (5)
Starts with E, ends with SESTAS→
43A
Divinity sch. subj. (3)
Starts with R, ends with LREL→
44A
Provoked an online fight (7)
Starts with T, ends with DTROLLED→
47A
Treasure (3)
Starts with G, ends with MGEM→
48A
Holland/tunnel (7)
Starts with D, ends with HDU/ITCH→
49A
Figs. on flight boards (4)
Starts with E, ends with SETAS→
51A
Onetime Kia model (6)
Starts with O, ends with AOPTIMA→
54A
Tik___ challenge (3)
Starts with T, ends with KTOK→
55A
Home of the Temple of Poseidon (6)
Starts with A, ends with AATTICA→
57A
Put-down (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDISS→
59A
They put things on the back burner (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCOOKS→
61A
Stadium/timekeeper (11)
Starts with M, ends with EMETROD/NOME→
64A
Smash hit (7)
Starts with H, ends with NHOMERUN→
66A
Steamed Chinese bun (3)
Starts with B, ends with OBAO→
70A
Your business start-up? (6)
Starts with N, ends with FNONEOF→
72A
Word often shortened to a letter and a number (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECANINE→
73A
Catherine the Great, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
Starts with E, ends with PEMP→
74A
Average/income (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPAR/Y→
75A
Jeans popular in the 1980s (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGITANOS→
77A
Denver/Colorado (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAG/TENAME→
79A
Name spelled by the initials of five consecutive months (5)
Starts with J, ends with NJASON→
80A
The "E" in G.E.: Abbr. (4)
Starts with E, ends with CELEC→
82A
Applied to (6)
Starts with U, ends with NUSEDON→
83A
Org. once led by George H.W. Bush (3)
Starts with C, ends with ACIA→
85A
Direction of the wind that brought Mary Poppins (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEAST→
87A
Where "Cheers" is set (6)
Starts with I, ends with RINABAR→
90A
Chart-topping Basil or Braxton (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITONI→
91A
Start of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLONGO→
93A
Place to buy tickets: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASTA→
94A
Jewel case holders (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCDRACKS→
96A
Architect Maya (3)
Starts with L, ends with NLIN→
97A
Follow (5)
Starts with E, ends with EENSUE→
98A
Mel who sang the 1949 #1 hit "Careless Hands" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETORME→
100A
Year abroad (3)
Starts with A, ends with OANO→
101A
Stars and Stripes (7)
Starts with U, ends with GUS/FLAG→
103A
For the birds (5)
Starts with A, ends with NAVIAN→
104A
Rainproof cover (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTARP→
106A
___ bears (5)
Starts with G, ends with IGUMMI→
108A
Hall-of-Famer Martínez (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPEDRO→
109A
Woodworking tool with a belt (7)
Starts with B, ends with WBANDSAW→
112A
"Nothing much" (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSAMEOLD→
116A
Dino/expedition (6)
Starts with T, ends with KTREX/K→
117A
Card/game (7)
Starts with J, ends with RJ/POKER→
118A
Certain emcee (12)
Starts with T, ends with RTO/ASTMASTER→
120A
Grim Grimm figure (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGRE→
121A
Beethoven dedicatee (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELISE→
122A
Risk of heavy lifting (7)
Starts with H, ends with AH/ERNIA→
123A
First name in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATINA→
124A
Costner's role in "The Untouchables" (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNESS→
126A
Happy companion (3)
Starts with D, ends with CDOC→
127A
Right hand: Abbr. (4)
Starts with A, ends with TASST→
Down
1D
Red rover home (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMARS→
2D
"I smell ___" (4)
Starts with A, ends with TARAT→
3D
___ Act (measure against mobsters) (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORICO→
4D
Indigenous people's name for Mount Rainier (6)
Starts with T, ends with ATAHOMA→
5D
Officer with a radar gun (8)
Starts with S, ends with PSPEEDCOP→
6D
Shapiro of NPR (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
7D
Antiquated assent (4)
Starts with Y, ends with MYESM→
8D
Fictional composer whose first three initials mean "A.S.A.P." (8)
Starts with P, ends with HPDQ/BACH→
9D
Dietary plant fiber (8)
Starts with R, ends with EROUGHAGE→
10D
Foreign exchange fee (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAGIO→
11D
Chrysler Building style, familiarly (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODECO→
12D
Request (3)
Starts with A, ends with KASK→
13D
Protective outfits for handling radioactive material (13)
Starts with H, ends with SHAZ/MATSU/ITS→
14D
Almond-flavored liqueur (8)
Starts with A, ends with OAMARETTO→
15D
Stand in a cellar (8)
Starts with W, ends with KWINERACK→
16D
Small entryway receptacle that might also house loose change (7)
Starts with K, ends with HKEYDISH→
18D
Skinny/dip (6)
Starts with S, ends with MSL/WIM→
19D
Poet Pound (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEZRA→
23D
Horror film locale, in brief (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELMST→
28D
Seasoning brand that dropped the first part of its name in 2020 (7)
Starts with M, ends with HMRSDASH→
29D
Prompted, in a theater (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCUED→
31D
Horse/power (6)
Starts with C, ends with TC/VOLT→
34D
Tour aid (7)
Starts with A, ends with PAREAMAP→
35D
What Hester Prynne wore in a Hawthorne novel (7)
Starts with L, ends with ALETTERA→
36D
Excessive praise (9)
Starts with F, ends with YFLATTER/Y→
38D
Like some eyeliners (7)
Starts with G, ends with NGLIDEON→
40D
Lineage (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDESCENT→
41D
Major shops (7)
Starts with E, ends with AEMPORIA→
45D
Honking or screeching, for example (10)
Starts with R, ends with EROAD/NOISE→
46D
Bygone owner of Virgin Records (3)
Starts with E, ends with IEMI→
50D
"Hello there, good ___" (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSIR→
53D
One eager for radical change (10)
Starts with Y, ends with KYOUNG/TURK→
56D
Kind of line that no one just stands in (5)
Starts with C, ends with ACONGA→
58D
Party to the left of Dem. (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSOC→
60D
Body parts with caps (5)
Starts with K, ends with SKNEES→
62D
How caviar might be served (7)
Starts with O, ends with TONTOAST→
63D
Will, given the opportunity (7)
Starts with M, ends with OMEANSTO→
65D
Sephora purchase (7)
Starts with M, ends with AMASCARA→
66D
"Help me out here" (7)
Starts with B, ends with LBEADOLL→
67D
Fast-evaporating cleaning agent (7)
Starts with A, ends with AAMMONIA→
68D
Sicilian Defense in chess, e.g. (7)
Starts with O, ends with GOPENING→
71D
Adversary (3)
Starts with F, ends with EFOE→
76D
Deli devices (7)
Starts with S, ends with SSLICERS→
78D
Pickleball need (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
79D
Classic British sports cars (11)
Starts with J, ends with SJAGUARX/KES→
81D
Conclusion (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
83D
What parallel lines never do (8)
Starts with C, ends with ECONVERGE→
84D
Ones in the know (8)
Starts with I, ends with SINSIDERS→
86D
Feature of rhubarb pie (8)
Starts with T, ends with STARTNESS→
88D
[Kapow!] (4)
Starts with B, ends with GBANG→
89D
Not plugged in, in a way (8)
Starts with A, ends with CACOUSTIC→
91D
Grabbed, as an opportunity (7)
Starts with L, ends with NLEAPTON→
92D
Sommelier's prefix (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOENO→
95D
Diploma modifier (5)
Starts with S, ends with ASUMMA→
99D
Mothers, in Mexico (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMADRES→
102D
Slumber/party (8)
Starts with S, ends with AS/FIESTA→
105D
Trail/head (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPATH/E→
107D
Crib call (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMAMA→
109D
Cotton capsule (4)
Starts with B, ends with LBOLL→
110D
Sony co-founder Morita (4)
Starts with A, ends with OAKIO→
111D
Promise/keeper (6)
Starts with W, ends with DWO/ARD→
113D
Soul legend Redding (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
114D
Something to look through (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLENS→
115D
Mild expletive (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDRAT→
117D
Digital picture format (5)
Starts with J, ends with GJ/PEG→
119D
___-cone (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSNO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 2, 2025?+
140 clues: 74 Across and 66 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Derrick Niederman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Trading post (MART); For example (SAY); Italian fashion house (PRADA).
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