NYT CROSSWORD • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 20, 2025

Complete answer list for the February 20, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Peter GormanEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Past its glory ↗FADED
  2. 6Say yes, say ↗RSVP
  3. 10[Bada bing bada boom!] ↗SNAP
  4. 14Round windows ↗OCULI
  5. 15List trimmer ↗ETAL
  6. 16Move after a touchdown ↗TAXI
  7. 17Network connections ↗NODES
  8. 18Lynchian or Felliniesque, say ↗CINEMATIC
  9. 20This clue ↗TWENTYONEACROSS
  10. 22Digital work fueled by machine learning, in brief ↗AIART
  11. 23Stayed put ↗SAT
  12. 24___-relief ↗BAS
  13. 27Go-ahead ↗NOD
  14. 28Shelter on a tropical island, maybe ↗HUT
  15. 29With 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues ↗ONE
  16. 32Ancient Mexican civilization ↗OLMEC
  17. 34Who said "A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture" ↗DIOR
  18. 36High pair ↗ACES
  19. 37This answer ↗FOURTEENLETTERS
  20. 40Subreddits, for example ↗FORA
  21. 41Alternative to a spicy Dorito ↗TAKI
  22. 42Throw with great effort ↗HEAVE
  23. 43See 29-Across ↗OFF
  24. 44Broadband connection inits. ↗DSL
  25. 45Slated to be delivered (on) ↗DUE
  26. 47Battletoads console, for short ↗NES
  27. 48Singer Winehouse ↗AMY
  28. 49"___ mia!" ↗MAMMA
  29. 51This crossword ↗WEDNESDAYPUZZLE
  30. 58___ Roy, Booker Prize-winning author, 1997 ↗ARUNDHATI
  31. 59Ending with home or bed ↗STEAD
  32. 60Use as a source ↗CITE
  33. 61Hot spot ↗OVEN
  34. 62Like an H.P. Lovecraft work ↗EERIE
  35. 63Black gemstone ↗ONYX
  36. 64Lowly worker ↗PEON
  37. 65Look down on ↗SCORN

Down 39

  1. 1Character profile? ↗FONT
  2. 2"Don't have ___, man!" ↗ACOW
  3. 3Man ↗DUDE
  4. 4___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels" ↗ELENA
  5. 5Clear-cut ↗DISTINCT
  6. 6What a budding musical artist hopes to land ↗RECORDDEAL
  7. 7Stretch ↗STINT
  8. 8Rooftop spinner ↗VANE
  9. 9Friendly response, after "My" ↗PLEASURE
  10. 100:00 ↗START
  11. 11Alliance of 32 nations ↗NATO
  12. 12Enemy alliance of W.W. II ↗AXIS
  13. 13Many social posts, informally ↗PICS
  14. 19Exam with a max. score of 528 ↗MCAT
  15. 21Ex-N.B.A. star ___ Ming ↗YAO
  16. 24Sensational, on Broadway ↗BOFFO
  17. 25Icy ↗ALOOF
  18. 26Blue man group member? ↗SMURF
  19. 28Home to many kings and queens ↗HOLIDAYINN
  20. 29Setting for several Herman Melville works ↗OCEAN
  21. 30Pluck ↗NERVE
  22. 31Two of spades? ↗ESSES
  23. 33Queen Elizabeth I has one named for her ↗ERA
  24. 35Tats ↗INK
  25. 36Cleared one's plate, say ↗ATE
  26. 38Virtual storefront in an online marketplace ↗ETSYSHOP
  27. 39Nine daughters of Greek myth ↗THEMUSES
  28. 44Chatted on the Gram, say ↗DMED
  29. 46Strike caller ↗UMP
  30. 48Architectural expansion ↗ANNEX
  31. 49San ___, Calif. ↗MATEO
  32. 50Follower of the 32-Across ↗AZTEC
  33. 51Texas city once known as "Six-Shooter Junction" ↗WACO
  34. 52Shamrock land ↗ERIN
  35. 53Certain tax ↗DUTY
  36. 54Only character shown in the final 30 minutes of "2001: A Space Odyssey" ↗DAVE
  37. 55Zip ↗ZERO
  38. 56Hideaway ↗LAIR
  39. 57Locale depicted in Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" ↗EDEN