NYT CROSSWORD • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 5, 2025

Complete answer list for the February 5, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Kiran PandeyEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1572 clues

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The Grid

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Across 33

  1. 1Distance traversed by an arrow ↗BOWSHOT
  2. 8Cocksure ↗BRASH
  3. 13Not the same ↗UNALIKE
  4. 14"You got me there!" ↗TOUCHE
  5. 15Obstacle in achieving one's goal? ↗DEFENSE
  6. 16Something acquired in a salon bed, perhaps ↗BASETAN
  7. 17Added fuel to ↗FED
  8. 18Opens, as a menu ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? ↗DROPSDOWN
  9. 20Bang the drum for ↗TALKUP
  10. 23Iridescent stone ↗OPAL
  11. 24Cellular messenger ↗RNA
  12. 25Verb often abbreviated to a letter ↗ARE
  13. 26Oz., e.g. ↗AMT
  14. 28Brief bit of time ↗SEC
  15. 30Analytical thinker? ↗LEFTBRAIN
  16. 34Old standard of tape ↗VHS
  17. 36Doesn't really matter ↗CARRIESNOWEIGHT
  18. 40Himalayan ox ↗YAK
  19. 41Steamed beverage with spices from the Indian subcontinent ↗CHAILATTE
  20. 42Up to now ↗YET
  21. 44One trained in CPR ↗EMT
  22. 45Educational support grp. ↗PTA
  23. 46Notes or Messages ↗APP
  24. 49Place for a cooling pie ↗SILL
  25. 51Is out ↗SLEEPS
  26. 54Common assignment for editorial assistants ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? ↗SLUSHPILE
  27. 57Judger of pitches ↗UMP
  28. 58Furry wetlands growth ↗CATTAIL
  29. 59Console device with triggers and thumbsticks ↗GAMEPAD
  30. 63Summer hire, perhaps ↗INTERN
  31. 64Tennis period since 1968 ↗OPENERA
  32. 65Common reply to "Who's there?" ↗ITSME
  33. 66Appendage for a morning glory ↗TENDRIL

Down 39

  1. 1Pardner ↗BUD
  2. 2Four quarters ↗ONE
  3. 3Starchy food item named for a food it resembles ↗WAFFLEFRY
  4. 4Smooth and glossy ↗SLEEK
  5. 5One who practices bhakti and puja ↗HINDU
  6. 6Gives the thumbs up ↗OKS
  7. 7Up for a drive? ↗TEED
  8. 8Climax in many a video game ↗BOSSLEVEL
  9. 9Regretted ↗RUED
  10. 10Hawke or Crowe ↗ACTOR
  11. 11William ___, longtime editor of The New Yorker ↗SHAWN
  12. 12Dye in some body art ↗HENNA
  13. 14Chopitos and croquetas, e.g. ↗TAPAS
  14. 16Knock on the noggin ↗BOP
  15. 19"Damn you!" ↗ROTINHELL
  16. 20Soft rock ↗TALC
  17. 21Vicinity ↗AREA
  18. 22Trim (down) ↗PARE
  19. 27Like the French words for every weekday and month: Abbr. ↗MASC
  20. 29Kind of seed ↗CHIA
  21. 31Base for some lunches ↗TRAY
  22. 32Modern transport service ↗BIKESHARE
  23. 33Linguist Chomsky ↗NOAM
  24. 35Fictional bandleader of the 1960s ↗SGTPEPPER
  25. 37Good things to have about you ↗WITS
  26. 38URL starter ↗HTTP
  27. 39Oolong and rooibos, for two ↗TEAS
  28. 43Easy basket ↗TIPIN
  29. 46Character set for electronic communication ↗ASCII
  30. 47Audience member who might be in on the trick ↗PLANT
  31. 48Gentle strokes ↗PUTTS
  32. 50Qualifier for many a rapper ↗LIL
  33. 52Measure of brightness ↗LUMEN
  34. 53Fix, as text ↗EMEND
  35. 55Academic acronym ↗STEM
  36. 56Showbiz quartet ↗EGOT
  37. 60Central figure in a classic sci-fi series ↗APE
  38. 61Filmmaker Aster ↗ARI
  39. 62Indian lentil dish ↗DAL