NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 9, 2025
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Clues140
Across65
Down75
TitleWhat's It All About?
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
Dressed (in) (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCLAD→
5A
Facial cream amount (3)
Starts with D, ends with BDAB→
8A
Harriet Tubman was one for the Union (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
11A
Place in a pyramid, say (6)
Starts with E, ends with BENTOMB→
17A
Site of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial (4)
Starts with O, ends with UOAHU→
18A
Head of a noted animal rescue project (4)
Starts with N, ends with HNOAH→
20A
Prospectors' targets (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
22A
"Take me to your ___" (alien demand) (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLEADER→
23A
TV's "Search for the Titanic," for one? (14)
Starts with S, ends with TSPECIALREQUEST→
26A
Fifth-century conqueror who tried (and failed!) to take Rome (6)
Starts with A, ends with AATTILA→
27A
Charcuterie assortment (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMEATS→
28A
It's hard to see (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBLUR→
29A
Champagne name (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMOET→
32A
Chestnuts (7)
Starts with O, ends with SOLDSAWS→
35A
Instructions for slaying Dracula? (13)
Starts with M, ends with TMANUALRECOUNT→
38A
Tibetan beasts (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAKS→
41A
Concern in data transmission (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOSS→
42A
Shoppers' conveniences (4)
Starts with A, ends with SATMS→
46A
Tributary of the Colorado River (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGILA→
48A
Bit of Rasta headwear (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTAM→
49A
Tribe along the Missouri River (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOE→
51A
Broadway offering titled with dots and dashes? (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOWREMORSE→
54A
Ones moving with the music? (7)
Starts with R, ends with SROADIES→
58A
High-protein diet (5)
Starts with P, ends with OPALEO→
59A
Nat ___ (channel) (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGEO→
60A
Prove untrue (6)
Starts with D, ends with KDEBUNK→
63A
Farm call (3)
Starts with M, ends with OMOO→
64A
Belfry locale (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESTEEPLE→
67A
Indian dish featuring potatoes and cauliflower (8)
Starts with A, ends with IALOOGOBI→
70A
TED Talk about neuropsychology? (17)
Starts with S, ends with NSPEECHRECOGNITION→
73A
Syllables of reproof (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSKS→
75A
"So is this our plan or not?" (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESHOULDWE→
76A
Ones whistling while they work? (7)
Starts with K, ends with SKETTLES→
79A
"May Day is ___ Day in Hawaii" (holiday slogan) (3)
Starts with L, ends with ILEI→
80A
Like tightwads (6)
Starts with S, ends with YSTINGY→
81A
Poetic tribute (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
83A
Lose ground, say (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
84A
Scout's container (7)
Starts with C, ends with NCANTEEN→
86A
U-Haul ad? (11)
Starts with S, ends with RSPOTREMOVER→
89A
Sister of Hades (4)
Starts with H, ends with AHERA→
90A
Picture of Pluto, for instance (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCEL→
92A
Org. holding an annual basketball championship since 1939 (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANCAA→
93A
Metaphorical bit of progress (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDENT→
94A
Spiced quaff (4)
Starts with C, ends with ICHAI→
96A
Bud after Jack, perhaps? (6)
Starts with C, ends with RCHASER→
99A
___ mind (4)
Starts with H, ends with EHIVE→
101A
Email thread with a "Donate now!" message? (13)
Starts with C, ends with NCHAINREACTION→
104A
"Chow time!" (7)
Starts with L, ends with TLETSEAT→
110A
"I solemnly swear …," for one (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOATH→
111A
Longtime restaurant critic ___ Greene (4)
Starts with G, ends with LGAEL→
113A
Feature of the Niña, but not the Pinta (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETILDE→
114A
Milan fashion house (6)
Starts with A, ends with IARMANI→
116A
Giddiness at completing this crossword puzzle? (14)
Starts with H, ends with NHIGHRESOLUTION→
120A
Flattened, in a way (6)
Starts with I, ends with DIRONED→
121A
Contribution to a pot (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANTE→
122A
Reason someone might go streaking (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDARE→
123A
To be, in Gay Paree (4)
Starts with E, ends with EETRE→
124A
Common sonata enders (6)
Starts with R, ends with SRONDOS→
125A
Pluto, e.g. (3)
Starts with G, ends with DGOD→
126A
Airer of the game show "The Cube" (3)
Starts with T, ends with STBS→
127A
Off to someone's inbox (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSENT→
Down
1D
Pink drink, for short (5)
Starts with C, ends with OCOSMO→
2D
Place for a flag pin (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLAPEL→
4D
Cable channels? (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDUCTS→
5D
It's stranded in a cell (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
6D
Early ISP (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAOL→
8D
Bad thing to end on (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESOURNOTE→
9D
Lead-in to approval (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPRE→
10D
Polite affirmation (7)
Starts with Y, ends with MYESMAAM→
11D
Put over the moon (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELATE→
12D
Something that, if you cut a hole in it, actually has fewer holes than before (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNET→
13D
Inked up (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTATTOOED→
14D
Just awful (6)
Starts with O, ends with SODIOUS→
15D
Offerings in some fruit bowls (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMELONS→
16D
Actor Benjamin of "Miss Congeniality" (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBRATT→
19D
Position of authority (4)
Starts with H, ends with MHELM→
21D
Vodka brand, informally (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISTOLI→
24D
"My goodness!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with YISAY→
25D
Thigh muscle, informally (4)
Starts with Q, ends with DQUAD→
30D
Toy inventor with a background in sculpture and architecture (9)
Starts with E, ends with KERNORUBIK→
33D
Living ___ (4)
Starts with W, ends with EWAGE→
34D
Take off the top (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSKIM→
36D
Thurman of film (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUMA→
37D
Partner of dagger (5)
Starts with C, ends with KCLOAK→
39D
Hardly a romp (4)
Starts with S, ends with GSLOG→
42D
Wrigglers by the Nile (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASPS→
43D
"Like ___," rap hit fueling the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef of 2024 (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTHAT→
44D
Fabric similar to suede (8)
Starts with M, ends with NMOLESKIN→
45D
___ week (TV ratings period) (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSWEEPS→
47D
Cover for a hardwood floor (7)
Starts with A, ends with GAREARUG→
50D
This evening, in commercialese (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETONITE→
52D
Climber's aid (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROPE→
55D
What face emojis with hearts for eyes mean (8)
Starts with I, ends with EIMINLOVE→
56D
Long, long time (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
57D
Roll of green (3)
Starts with S, ends with DSOD→
60D
Harmonic R&B subgenre (6)
Starts with D, ends with PDOOWOP→
61D
Goaded (7)
Starts with E, ends with NEGGEDON→
62D
When doubled, chocolate treat (3)
Starts with B, ends with NBON→
65D
Journalist Holt (6)
Starts with L, ends with RLESTER→
66D
Herbal supplement used as a cold remedy (9)
Starts with E, ends with AECHINACEA→
68D
Condition that may involve repetitive behaviors, for short (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOCD→
69D
Dragster (6)
Starts with H, ends with DHOTROD→
71D
Term of endearment (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHON→
72D
It's a thing (4)
Starts with I, ends with MITEM→
73D
R&B trio with the 1999 #1 hit "No Scrubs" (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTLC→
74D
Something blue that follows Black or Red (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASEA→
77D
Adam's apple locale (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
78D
Spanish muralist whose "American Progress" is in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Center (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSERT→
80D
Welcome at the door (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSEEIN→
82D
Imprint, as a lasting memory (4)
Starts with E, ends with HETCH→
85D
Home of Si Racha, where the hot sauce was invented (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTHAILAND→
86D
Did some winter riding (8)
Starts with S, ends with DSLEIGHED→
87D
The third one is often dangerous (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAIL→
88D
Roof overhang (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEAVE→
90D
Computers' process of storing data (7)
Starts with C, ends with GCACHING→
91D
Superlative suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
94D
Cylindrical Mexican pastry (6)
Starts with C, ends with OCHURRO→
95D
Actor Mark of "NCIS" (6)
Starts with H, ends with NHARMON→
97D
Yoga type (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHATHA→
98D
Crowd noise (4)
Starts with R, ends with RROAR→
100D
"Oh, you're in on this, too?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with UETTU→
101D
Be in charge of, as a committee (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCHAIR→
102D
Substances in sports scandals, familiarly (5)
Starts with R, ends with SROIDS→
103D
Require (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNEED→
105D
Listings on a blogroll (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSITES→
106D
In the 1% (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELITE→
107D
Decorate (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADORN→
108D
Believe it! (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTENET→
112D
It's passed on the way to the bar, for short (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLSAT→
115D
Keanu's role in "The Matrix" (3)
Starts with N, ends with ONEO→
117D
Classic muscle car (3)
Starts with G, ends with OGTO→
119D
Tous ___ jours (every day, in French) (3)
Starts with L, ends with SLES→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 9, 2025?+
140 clues: 65 Across and 75 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rich Katz and Jeff Chen and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Dressed (in) (CLAD); Facial cream amount (DAB); Harriet Tubman was one for the Union (SPY).
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