NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 16, 2025

Complete answer list for the February 16, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 62

  1. 1Shopper's thrill ↗SPREE
  2. 6Clock part ↗COG
  3. 9Brand ↗LABEL
  4. 14___ Lakshmi, host of TV's "Taste the Nation" ↗PADMA
  5. 19Some computer-generated images nowadays ↗AIART
  6. 20The masses ↗HOIPOLLOI
  7. 22"Full steam ___!" ↗AHEAD
  8. 23"Omigod, omigod, jackpot!"? ↗SQUEALOFFORTUNE
  9. 25Some college students, quaintly ↗COEDS
  10. 26Space heater? ↗SUN
  11. 27___ fly ↗SAC
  12. 28Smart-alecky ↗WISE
  13. 29FaceTime alternative ↗SKYPE
  14. 30"Eww!" ↗YECH
  15. 32Instruments with large bells ↗TUBAS
  16. 35Great Lakes mnemonic ↗HOMES
  17. 38Org. whose employees wear badges ↗FBI
  18. 40Atlantis and others ↗SHUTTLES
  19. 42Hawkish ↗PROWAR
  20. 44Bad thing to be caught in ↗TRAP
  21. 45Tempest in a teapot? ↗GREATSQUALLOFCHINA
  22. 48Oh-so-precious ↗TWEE
  23. 50Journalists quote them ↗SOURCES
  24. 51Oniony vegetables ↗LEEKS
  25. 52Body of water that was once the world's fourth-largest lake ↗ARALSEA
  26. 55Good signs in stock reports ↗RISES
  27. 56Challah bread feature ↗BRAID
  28. 58Religious gymgoer on leg day? ↗HOLYSQUATTER
  29. 60Souvenir from the Sea of Tranquillity, say ↗MOONROCK
  30. 63Typical Passover mo. ↗APR
  31. 64Many clay relics ↗URNS
  32. 65Not just mine ↗OURS
  33. 66Kanga's kiddo ↗ROO
  34. 67Whimsically imaginative, as writing ↗SEUSSIAN
  35. 70Sound from some freshly cleaned floors? ↗PLEDGESQUEAK
  36. 75Oozes ↗SEEPS
  37. 76Heighten ↗BUILD
  38. 77Yo-yo-like toy with a devilish-sounding name ↗DIABOLO
  39. 78"___ mia!" ↗MAMMA
  40. 80Michael Jordan's nickname, with "His" ↗AIRNESS
  41. 82Trash ↗TOSS
  42. 83Money under the mattress, e.g.? ↗SQUIRRELLEDCAPITAL
  43. 88Meyer who directed 1965's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" ↗RUSS
  44. 89Cialis alternative ↗VIAGRA
  45. 90Backslid, say ↗REVERTED
  46. 93Word before or after down ↗PAT
  47. 94Pasta often cut at an angle ↗PENNE
  48. 95Hazard cleanup, in brief ↗DECON
  49. 96Hindu honorifics ↗SRIS
  50. 98Weapon whose name is an acronym ↗TASER
  51. 100"___ tell" ↗PRAY
  52. 103Legendary bird ↗ROC
  53. 105Number of jurors who originally vote "Not guilty" in "12 Angry Men" ↗ONE
  54. 106Mean little suckers? ↗TICKS
  55. 107Repeat something clever, as parrots might? ↗SQUAWKAFINELINE
  56. 112"Gesundheit!" prompter ↗ACHOO
  57. 113"Diet" for the defeated ↗HUMBLEPIE
  58. 114Tied up ↗LACED
  59. 115Facebook has more than three billion of them ↗USERS
  60. 116Aspirations ↗HOPES
  61. 117"Downton Abbey" network ↗PBS
  62. 118Flies out of sight ↗SOARS

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  1. 1Fresh ↗SASSY
  2. 2Excites … or annoys ↗PIQUES
  3. 3Vulgarity ↗RAUNCH
  4. 4Poet's palindromic preposition ↗ERE
  5. 5Midflight announcements, for short ↗ETAS
  6. 6Count seen in the breakfast aisle ↗CHOCULA
  7. 7Cry of cringe ↗OOF
  8. 8Animated file type ↗GIF
  9. 9Actress Singer of "Footloose" ↗LORI
  10. 10Elevs. ↗ALTS
  11. 11Deep, dark ocean caverns ↗BLUEHOLES
  12. 12Equivalent of a billion years, in geology ↗EON
  13. 13Bad thing to be caught in ↗LIE
  14. 14Cigarette purchases ↗PACKS
  15. 15Nautical greeting ↗AHOY
  16. 16Scrumptious but not-so-healthful carnival snacks ↗DEEPFRIEDOREOS
  17. 17Brought in big bucks ↗MADEBANK
  18. 18Elements of pay-per-click campaigns ↗ADS
  19. 21Punching sounds in the comics ↗POWS
  20. 24Coffee shop order ↗LATTE
  21. 29Feudal worker ↗SERF
  22. 31In a big way ↗HUGELY
  23. 33Pot growers? ↗BETS
  24. 34Classifies ↗ASSORTS
  25. 36Mice hunters ↗OWLS
  26. 37Great Leap Forward leader ↗MAO
  27. 39Bitter brews, for short ↗IPAS
  28. 41Lock of hair ↗TRESS
  29. 42Something strapped for cash? ↗PURSE
  30. 43Go-kart, e.g. ↗RACER
  31. 44Beaten at ___ own game ↗THEIR
  32. 46Command+Q, on a Mac ↗QUIT
  33. 47Family group ↗CLAN
  34. 48Writing cliché ↗TROPE
  35. 49Style sported by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain ↗WALRUSMUSTACHE
  36. 52Forehead-slapping shouts ↗AHAS
  37. 53Outfit ↗EQUIP
  38. 54Mysterious qualities ↗AURAS
  39. 56Yawning, say ↗BORED
  40. 57Hollywood's Portia de ___ ↗ROSSI
  41. 59"Raggedy" doll ↗ANN
  42. 60Make faces for a camera ↗MUG
  43. 61Barbecue bits ↗COALS
  44. 62Gorilla who famously learned sign language ↗KOKO
  45. 65"If I had to guess …" ↗ODDSARE
  46. 68They're around for the long haul ↗SEMIS
  47. 69Scorch ↗SEAR
  48. 70More refined ↗PURER
  49. 71Loma ___, Calif. ↗LINDA
  50. 72Monthly util. bill ↗ELEC
  51. 73Host of the 2022 World Cup ↗QATAR
  52. 74Horseshoe-shaped pipe fasteners ↗UBOLTS
  53. 76Boat equipment for removing water on board ↗BILGEPUMP
  54. 78Car sticker no. ↗MSRP
  55. 79Parasailing, water polo, etc. ↗AQUATICS
  56. 80"Watchmen" writer Moore ↗ALAN
  57. 81What many freelancers work on ↗SPEC
  58. 84Many a road tripper, informally ↗RVER
  59. 85"Ich bin ___ Berliner" ↗EIN
  60. 86They make sounds when they're tickled ↗IVORIES
  61. 87Wood joint piece ↗TENON
  62. 91Beethoven's Third ↗EROICA
  63. 92What Sidney Poitier's character famously came to, in a 1967 film ↗DINNER
  64. 94Currency in seven American countries (and one Asian) ↗PESOS
  65. 95Van ___ (beard type) ↗DYKE
  66. 97Germs ↗SEEDS
  67. 99Toffee candy bar ↗SKOR
  68. 101Broccoli ___ ↗RABE
  69. 102Leatherworking tools ↗AWLS
  70. 104Cartoon collector's collection, maybe ↗CELS
  71. 106Greek letter that's the symbol for torque ↗TAU
  72. 107[I'm trying to watch the movie!] ↗SHH
  73. 108Status follower ↗QUO
  74. 109Slack or Zoom ↗APP
  75. 110Fudge the facts ↗FIB
  76. 111Language mutually intelligible with Thai ↗LAO