NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 24, 2025
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Clues76
Across37
Down39
ConstructorRena Cohen
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
Tiny, juicy bit to eat (6)
Starts with M, ends with LMORSEL→
7A
Omelet component (3)
Starts with E, ends with GEGG→
10A
Shades of color (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHUES→
14A
"Lemme do it!" (6)
Starts with I, ends with AIWANNA→
15A
The "p" of b.p.m. (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPER→
16A
Singer James who was nicknamed "The Matriarch of R&B" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETTA→
17A
Clears, as a windshield (6)
Starts with D, ends with SDEFOGS→
18A
G.P.S. approx. (3)
Starts with E, ends with AETA→
19A
Risqué (4)
Starts with R, ends with YRACY→
20A
Helps with dinner cleanup (12)
Starts with W, ends with SWASHESDISHES→
23A
K-pop group who performed in the Love Yourself World Tour (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBTS→
26A
Sushi eggs (3)
Starts with R, ends with EROE→
27A
Cartoon dog whose name sounds like a bird (3)
Starts with R, ends with NREN→
28A
Bread machine? (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
29A
Some out-of-office training (15)
Starts with F, ends with EFIELDEXPERIENCE→
33A
Unraveled around the edges (6)
Starts with F, ends with DFRAYED→
34A
Jah worshiper (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARASTA→
35A
18-wheeler (4)
Starts with S, ends with ISEMI→
37A
No longer feral (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAME→
41A
Poked (around) (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOSED→
44A
Mark just above D-plus (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCMINUS→
46A
Prepared students specifically for material on standardized exams (15)
Starts with T, ends with TTAUGHTTOTHETEST→
50A
Swiss peak (3)
Starts with A, ends with PALP→
51A
Sallie ___ (federal student loan agency) (3)
Starts with M, ends with EMAE→
52A
Groove (3)
Starts with R, ends with TRUT→
54A
Disabuses of false notions … or a hint to the circled letters (12)
Starts with S, ends with TSETSSTRAIGHT→
58A
Partner of "tried," in a saying (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETRUE→
59A
FedEx rival (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUPS→
60A
Become more attractive to (6)
Starts with G, ends with NGROWON→
64A
To be, in French (4)
Starts with E, ends with EETRE→
65A
Body art, in brief (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTAT→
66A
Donkey friend of Roo and Pooh (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEEYORE→
67A
Nine-digit IDs (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
68A
Musical Brian (3)
Starts with E, ends with OENO→
69A
Oasis locale (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDESERT→
Down
1D
Prefix with way or wife (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMID→
2D
Have debt (3)
Starts with O, ends with EOWE→
3D
U.K. military branch with jets (3)
Starts with R, ends with FRAF→
4D
Wintry forecast (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSNOW→
5D
Call to one with a 7-Down (7)
Starts with E, ends with EENGARDE→
6D
Roped, as a steer (7)
Starts with L, ends with DLASSOED→
7D
Fencing blade (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
8D
Sinks in (8)
Starts with G, ends with LGETSREAL→
9D
Ones marking exams (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGRADERS→
10D
His and ___ (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHERS→
11D
Salt Lake City resident (6)
Starts with U, ends with NUTAHAN→
12D
… and so on and so forth (6)
Starts with E, ends with CETCETC→
13D
Parent's conversation-ending reply (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESAYSME→
21D
Bit of dark magic (3)
Starts with H, ends with XHEX→
22D
"What's ___ for me?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with TINIT→
23D
Bosom buddies, in modern lingo (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBFFS→
24D
Bridgestone or Firestone product (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETIRE→
25D
Line up the side of a dress (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSEAM→
30D
Two-faced (5)
Starts with L, ends with GLYING→
31D
Museum with paintings by Goya and Bosch (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPRADO→
32D
Take the L (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEATIT→
36D
Adventurer from Neverland (8)
Starts with P, ends with NPETERPAN→
38D
Once more (4)
Starts with A, ends with WANEW→
39D
Classical source of inspiration (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMUSE→
40D
Where to see the sunrise, in Madrid (4)
Starts with E, ends with EESTE→
42D
Units of resistance (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOHMS→
44D
Gulped down (7)
Starts with C, ends with DCHUGGED→
45D
"I'm joining you both!" (7)
Starts with M, ends with EMETHREE→
46D
Sweetness and saltiness (6)
Starts with T, ends with STASTES→
47D
Forewarns (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALERTS→
48D
Business reversal (6)
Starts with U, ends with NUPTURN→
49D
Prefix with -cycle (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
55D
Goes out with (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEES→
56D
Regarding (4)
Starts with A, ends with OASTO→
57D
Gumby and Frisbee (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOYS→
61D
"___ is me!" (3)
Starts with W, ends with EWOE→
62D
Hockey great Bobby (3)
Starts with O, ends with RORR→
63D
Pickleball divider (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 24, 2025?+
76 clues: 37 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rena Cohen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Tiny, juicy bit to eat (MORSEL); Omelet component (EGG); Shades of color (HUES).
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