NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 20, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorPeter Gorman
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
Past its glory (5)
Starts with F, ends with DFADED→
6A
Say yes, say (4)
Starts with R, ends with PRSVP→
10A
[Bada bing bada boom!] (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSNAP→
14A
Round windows (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOCULI→
15A
List trimmer (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
16A
Move after a touchdown (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITAXI→
17A
Network connections (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNODES→
18A
Lynchian or Felliniesque, say (9)
Starts with C, ends with CCINEMATIC→
20A
This clue (15)
Starts with T, ends with STWENTYONEACROSS→
22A
Digital work fueled by machine learning, in brief (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAIART→
23A
Stayed put (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSAT→
24A
___-relief (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBAS→
27A
Go-ahead (3)
Starts with N, ends with DNOD→
28A
Shelter on a tropical island, maybe (3)
Starts with H, ends with THUT→
29A
32A
Ancient Mexican civilization (5)
Starts with O, ends with COLMEC→
34A
Who said "A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture" (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDIOR→
36A
High pair (4)
Starts with A, ends with SACES→
37A
This answer (15)
Starts with F, ends with SFOURTEENLETTERS→
40A
Subreddits, for example (4)
Starts with F, ends with AFORA→
41A
Alternative to a spicy Dorito (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITAKI→
42A
Throw with great effort (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHEAVE→
43A
See 29-Across (3)
Starts with O, ends with FOFF→
44A
Broadband connection inits. (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDSL→
45A
Slated to be delivered (on) (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDUE→
47A
Battletoads console, for short (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNES→
48A
Singer Winehouse (3)
Starts with A, ends with YAMY→
49A
"___ mia!" (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMAMMA→
51A
This crossword (15)
Starts with W, ends with EWEDNESDAYPUZZLE→
58A
___ Roy, Booker Prize-winning author, 1997 (9)
Starts with A, ends with IARUNDHATI→
59A
Ending with home or bed (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSTEAD→
60A
Use as a source (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECITE→
61A
Hot spot (4)
Starts with O, ends with NOVEN→
62A
Like an H.P. Lovecraft work (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEERIE→
63A
Black gemstone (4)
Starts with O, ends with XONYX→
64A
Lowly worker (4)
Starts with P, ends with NPEON→
65A
Look down on (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSCORN→
Down
1D
Character profile? (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFONT→
2D
"Don't have ___, man!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with WACOW→
4D
___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels" (5)
Starts with E, ends with AELENA→
5D
Clear-cut (8)
Starts with D, ends with TDISTINCT→
6D
What a budding musical artist hopes to land (10)
Starts with R, ends with LRECORDDEAL→
7D
Stretch (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTINT→
8D
Rooftop spinner (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVANE→
9D
Friendly response, after "My" (8)
Starts with P, ends with EPLEASURE→
11D
Alliance of 32 nations (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONATO→
12D
Enemy alliance of W.W. II (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAXIS→
13D
Many social posts, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPICS→
19D
Exam with a max. score of 528 (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMCAT→
21D
Ex-N.B.A. star ___ Ming (3)
Starts with Y, ends with OYAO→
24D
Sensational, on Broadway (5)
Starts with B, ends with OBOFFO→
26D
Blue man group member? (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSMURF→
28D
Home to many kings and queens (10)
Starts with H, ends with NHOLIDAYINN→
29D
Setting for several Herman Melville works (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOCEAN→
31D
Two of spades? (5)
Starts with E, ends with SESSES→
33D
Queen Elizabeth I has one named for her (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
36D
Cleared one's plate, say (3)
Starts with A, ends with EATE→
38D
Virtual storefront in an online marketplace (8)
Starts with E, ends with PETSYSHOP→
39D
Nine daughters of Greek myth (8)
Starts with T, ends with STHEMUSES→
44D
Chatted on the Gram, say (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDMED→
46D
Strike caller (3)
Starts with U, ends with PUMP→
48D
Architectural expansion (5)
Starts with A, ends with XANNEX→
49D
San ___, Calif. (5)
Starts with M, ends with OMATEO→
50D
Follower of the 32-Across (5)
Starts with A, ends with CAZTEC→
51D
Texas city once known as "Six-Shooter Junction" (4)
Starts with W, ends with OWACO→
52D
Shamrock land (4)
Starts with E, ends with NERIN→
53D
Certain tax (4)
Starts with D, ends with YDUTY→
54D
Only character shown in the final 30 minutes of "2001: A Space Odyssey" (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDAVE→
56D
Hideaway (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLAIR→
57D
Locale depicted in Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
How to solve the NYT Crossword
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 20, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Peter Gorman and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Past its glory (FADED); Say yes, say (RSVP); [Bada bing bada boom!] (SNAP).
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