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NYT Crossword Answers Feb 17, 2025

Complete answer list for the February 17, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 39

  1. 1"Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan) ↗MAS
  2. 4Where you might "take a number" ↗DELI
  3. 8Tie named for a British horse racing venue ↗ASCOT
  4. 13Valuable metals ↗ORES
  5. 15Level ↗EVEN
  6. 16___ masala (spicy Indian chickpea dish) ↗CHANA
  7. 17Memento-filled craft project ↗SCRAPBOOK
  8. 19Staffs ↗CANES
  9. 20Everything on a bagel, say ↗THEWORKS
  10. 21Merge ↗MELD
  11. 22Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda ↗LIN
  12. 23Abu Dhabi's country, for short ↗UAE
  13. 24Fast-food chain that serves Louisiana chicken ↗POPEYES
  14. 27Ache (for) ↗YEARN
  15. 29Lead-in to phone or ass ↗SMART
  16. 31Fluffy Chinese bread roll ↗BAO
  17. 32Hosp. area for critical cases ↗ICU
  18. 34___-conscious ↗ECO
  19. 35"None for me" ↗PASS
  20. 361981 hit by Queen and David Bowie ↗UNDERPRESSURE
  21. 40“Check your ___ at the door” (sign for musical artists entering to record “We Are the World”) ↗EGOS
  22. 41Singer Grande, to fans ↗ARI
  23. 42Big part of an elephant ↗EAR
  24. 43Day-___ paint ↗GLO
  25. 44Insolent sorts ↗SNOTS
  26. 46Italian motor scooter ↗VESPA
  27. 50Child's urging to a horse ↗GIDDYUP
  28. 52___ chi (martial art) ↗TAI
  29. 54Blade on a boat ↗OAR
  30. 55Danish film director ___ von Trier ↗LARS
  31. 56Unwavering ↗RESOLUTE
  32. 58Menzel who has played a green witch and an ice princess ↗IDINA
  33. 60"Uh-huh, I bet" … or a literal description of what 17-, 24-, 36- and 50-Across all have ↗YEAHRIGHT
  34. 61Cowboy's workplace ↗RANCH
  35. 62Competent ↗ABLE
  36. 63"Not. Good." ↗UHOH
  37. 64Parts of a jigsaw puzzle that many people work on first ↗EDGES
  38. 65The Bay State: Abbr. ↗MASS
  39. 66Gate-keeping org.? ↗TSA

Down 39

  1. 1In the main ↗MOSTLY
  2. 2Main character on "All in the Family" or "Riverdale" ↗ARCHIE
  3. 3One of tennis's Williams sisters ↗SERENA
  4. 4Messing around on set? ↗DEBRA
  5. 5Brings to mind ↗EVOKES
  6. 6Ones born between July 23 and August 22 ↗LEOS
  7. 7Pen filler ↗INK
  8. 8Opposite of refuse ↗ACCEPT
  9. 9Layered rock ↗SHALE
  10. 10Snickers or Milky Way ↗CANDYBAR
  11. 11Air Force ___ ↗ONE
  12. 12Profs' aides ↗TAS
  13. 14Glimpsed ↗SAW
  14. 18Jump (on) ↗POUNCE
  15. 21Glum ↗MOROSE
  16. 24Walk back and forth nervously ↗PACE
  17. 25Simplicity ↗EASE
  18. 26"Please send assistance A.S.A.P.!" ↗SOS
  19. 28Clears (of) ↗RIDS
  20. 30___ badge (scout's award) ↗MERIT
  21. 33Planet beyond Saturn ↗URANUS
  22. 35Unadulterated ↗PURE
  23. 36Bumpy yellow fruit ↗UGLI
  24. 37Messing around, as with an instrument or ideas ↗NOODLING
  25. 38Item on a stage ↗PROP
  26. 39Rescuer ↗SAVIOR
  27. 40Ingredient in tempera or tempura ↗EGG
  28. 44Some dark red wines ↗SYRAHS
  29. 45Amazing deals ↗STEALS
  30. 47Looked for ↗SOUGHT
  31. 48Rhetorical device used to tug at your heartstrings ↗PATHOS
  32. 49R&B's Franklin ↗ARETHA
  33. 51Swing at a ball? ↗DANCE
  34. 53Fireplace remains ↗ASHES
  35. 56Country music's McEntire ↗REBA
  36. 57Actress Lucy of CBS's "Elementary" ↗LIU
  37. 58Burning feeling ↗IRE
  38. 59Papa ↗DAD
  39. 60Starchy tuber ↗YAM