NYT CROSSWORD • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 22, 2025

Complete answer list for the February 22, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rose ConlonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1568 clues

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Across 33

  1. 1Utterance that's usually made in pairs ↗TSK
  2. 4Who said "I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music" ↗BACH
  3. 8"Wow, that's … amazing!" ↗OHDAMN
  4. 14Attack words that might be spoken as a compliment ↗IHATEYOU
  5. 16Classic stop on the vaudeville circuit ↗PEORIA
  6. 17Ones who should prepare for their day of reckoning? ↗MATHTEAM
  7. 18How criticism of a pastry chef might be delivered? ↗TARTLY
  8. 19Word after something, anything or nothing ↗ELSE
  9. 20A pie to the face, slipping on a banana peel, etc. ↗SLAPSTICK
  10. 22Blow away ↗STUN
  11. 23Show for which Eddie Murphy won an Emmy, in brief ↗SNL
  12. 24Lots and lots ↗SCADS
  13. 26Peter out ↗EBB
  14. 29Stanley ___ ↗CUP
  15. 31Zendaya's role on "Euphoria" ↗RUE
  16. 32World's heaviest snake (up to 500 pounds) ↗GREENANACONDA
  17. 36Acts of service and words of affirmation, for two ↗LOVELANGUAGES
  18. 37Time to celebrate female friendship, in a neologism ↗GALENTINESDAY
  19. 38Put on ↗ADD
  20. 39Sign of a hit ↗SRO
  21. 40Fluency-building subj. ↗ESL
  22. 41"So sorry!" ↗MYBAD
  23. 44Lee with Oscars ↗ANG
  24. 46Protective hairstyle, familiarly ↗LOCS
  25. 50Apple corps? ↗GENIUSBAR
  26. 53Each ↗APOP
  27. 54Cattle identifier ↗EARTAG
  28. 55"Got it?" ↗AMICLEAR
  29. 57Messy prank ↗EGGING
  30. 58Club purchase that comes with rules of etiquette ↗LAPDANCE
  31. 59Young women ↗LASSES
  32. 60Solutions that sound like problems? ↗LYES
  33. 61___-wolf ↗SHE

Down 35

  1. 1___ table ↗TIMES
  2. 2Must, old-style ↗SHALT
  3. 3Chicken ___, panko-breaded dish ↗KATSU
  4. 4Network that broadcasts the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards ↗BET
  5. 5Pros ↗AYES
  6. 6Base for fire-walking ↗COALS
  7. 7Big shot performer? ↗HUMANCANNONBALL
  8. 8Picks, with "for" ↗OPTS
  9. 9Puts in the oven ↗HEATS
  10. 10Like the exterior columns at the Parthenon ↗DORIC
  11. 11Best Actor Oscar winner for 1974's "Harry and Tonto" ↗ARTCARNEY
  12. 12Candies originally named for their imperfect shape ↗MILKDUDS
  13. 13"Au contraire" ↗NAY
  14. 15"How dare they!" ↗THENERVE
  15. 21Do a deep dive ↗PLUNGE
  16. 25Huge quantity ↗SEA
  17. 27Has-___ ↗BEEN
  18. 28They're not always kept in the loop ↗BELTS
  19. 30Breather ↗PAUSE
  20. 32Title family in a 2013-23 ABC sitcom ↗GOLDBERGS
  21. 33Dollars : U.S. :: ___ : Nigeria ↗NAIRAS
  22. 34Heels ↗CADS
  23. 35Great Plains aquifer that supplies over a quarter of U.S. irrigation water ↗OGALLALA
  24. 36A star of 2018's "A Star Is Born" ↗LADYGAGA
  25. 37School of whales ↗GAM
  26. 42Cons ↗ANTIS
  27. 43Keaton of Hollywood ↗DIANE
  28. 45Loire Valley grape variety ↗GAMAY
  29. 47Reveals oneself, with "up" ↗OPENS
  30. 48Certain airplane seating ↗COACH
  31. 49What a bout! ↗SPREE
  32. 51Down Under wear ↗UGGS
  33. 52Funky ↗RIPE
  34. 54Fish that can have two sets of jaws ↗EEL
  35. 56Alternatives to vinyl ↗CDS