NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Feb 9, 2025

Complete answer list for the February 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Rich Katz and Jeff ChenEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 65

  1. 1Dressed (in) ↗CLAD
  2. 5Facial cream amount ↗DAB
  3. 8Harriet Tubman was one for the Union ↗SPY
  4. 11Place in a pyramid, say ↗ENTOMB
  5. 17Site of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial ↗OAHU
  6. 18Head of a noted animal rescue project ↗NOAH
  7. 20Prospectors' targets ↗ORES
  8. 22"Take me to your ___" (alien demand) ↗LEADER
  9. 23TV's "Search for the Titanic," for one? ↗SPECIALREQUEST
  10. 26Fifth-century conqueror who tried (and failed!) to take Rome ↗ATTILA
  11. 27Charcuterie assortment ↗MEATS
  12. 28It's hard to see ↗BLUR
  13. 29Champagne name ↗MOET
  14. 31Honk ↗TOOT
  15. 32Chestnuts ↗OLDSAWS
  16. 35Instructions for slaying Dracula? ↗MANUALRECOUNT
  17. 38Tibetan beasts ↗YAKS
  18. 40Realm ↗DOMAIN
  19. 41Concern in data transmission ↗LOSS
  20. 42Shoppers' conveniences ↗ATMS
  21. 46Tributary of the Colorado River ↗GILA
  22. 48Bit of Rasta headwear ↗TAM
  23. 49Tribe along the Missouri River ↗OTOE
  24. 51Broadway offering titled with dots and dashes? ↗SHOWREMORSE
  25. 54Ones moving with the music? ↗ROADIES
  26. 58High-protein diet ↗PALEO
  27. 59Nat ___ (channel) ↗GEO
  28. 60Prove untrue ↗DEBUNK
  29. 63Farm call ↗MOO
  30. 64Belfry locale ↗STEEPLE
  31. 67Indian dish featuring potatoes and cauliflower ↗ALOOGOBI
  32. 69Rear ↗HIND
  33. 70TED Talk about neuropsychology? ↗SPEECHRECOGNITION
  34. 73Syllables of reproof ↗TSKS
  35. 75"So is this our plan or not?" ↗SHOULDWE
  36. 76Ones whistling while they work? ↗KETTLES
  37. 79"May Day is ___ Day in Hawaii" (holiday slogan) ↗LEI
  38. 80Like tightwads ↗STINGY
  39. 81Poetic tribute ↗ODE
  40. 83Lose ground, say ↗ERODE
  41. 84Scout's container ↗CANTEEN
  42. 86U-Haul ad? ↗SPOTREMOVER
  43. 89Sister of Hades ↗HERA
  44. 90Picture of Pluto, for instance ↗CEL
  45. 92Org. holding an annual basketball championship since 1939 ↗NCAA
  46. 93Metaphorical bit of progress ↗DENT
  47. 94Spiced quaff ↗CHAI
  48. 96Bud after Jack, perhaps? ↗CHASER
  49. 99___ mind ↗HIVE
  50. 101Email thread with a "Donate now!" message? ↗CHAINREACTION
  51. 104"Chow time!" ↗LETSEAT
  52. 109Chuck ↗HURL
  53. 110"I solemnly swear …," for one ↗OATH
  54. 111Longtime restaurant critic ___ Greene ↗GAEL
  55. 113Feature of the Niña, but not the Pinta ↗TILDE
  56. 114Milan fashion house ↗ARMANI
  57. 116Giddiness at completing this crossword puzzle? ↗HIGHRESOLUTION
  58. 120Flattened, in a way ↗IRONED
  59. 121Contribution to a pot ↗ANTE
  60. 122Reason someone might go streaking ↗DARE
  61. 123To be, in Gay Paree ↗ETRE
  62. 124Common sonata enders ↗RONDOS
  63. 125Pluto, e.g. ↗GOD
  64. 126Airer of the game show "The Cube" ↗TBS
  65. 127Off to someone's inbox ↗SENT

Down 75

  1. 1Pink drink, for short ↗COSMO
  2. 2Place for a flag pin ↗LAPEL
  3. 3Up ↗AHEAD
  4. 4Cable channels? ↗DUCTS
  5. 5It's stranded in a cell ↗DNA
  6. 6Early ISP ↗AOL
  7. 7Spike ↗BARB
  8. 8Bad thing to end on ↗SOURNOTE
  9. 9Lead-in to approval ↗PRE
  10. 10Polite affirmation ↗YESMAAM
  11. 11Put over the moon ↗ELATE
  12. 12Something that, if you cut a hole in it, actually has fewer holes than before ↗NET
  13. 13Inked up ↗TATTOOED
  14. 14Just awful ↗ODIOUS
  15. 15Offerings in some fruit bowls ↗MELONS
  16. 16Actor Benjamin of "Miss Congeniality" ↗BRATT
  17. 19Position of authority ↗HELM
  18. 21Vodka brand, informally ↗STOLI
  19. 24"My goodness!" ↗ISAY
  20. 25Thigh muscle, informally ↗QUAD
  21. 30Toy inventor with a background in sculpture and architecture ↗ERNORUBIK
  22. 33Living ___ ↗WAGE
  23. 34Take off the top ↗SKIM
  24. 36Thurman of film ↗UMA
  25. 37Partner of dagger ↗CLOAK
  26. 39Hardly a romp ↗SLOG
  27. 42Wrigglers by the Nile ↗ASPS
  28. 43"Like ___," rap hit fueling the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef of 2024 ↗THAT
  29. 44Fabric similar to suede ↗MOLESKIN
  30. 45___ week (TV ratings period) ↗SWEEPS
  31. 47Cover for a hardwood floor ↗AREARUG
  32. 50This evening, in commercialese ↗TONITE
  33. 52Climber's aid ↗ROPE
  34. 53Alone ↗SOLELY
  35. 55What face emojis with hearts for eyes mean ↗IMINLOVE
  36. 56Long, long time ↗EON
  37. 57Roll of green ↗SOD
  38. 60Harmonic R&B subgenre ↗DOOWOP
  39. 61Goaded ↗EGGEDON
  40. 62When doubled, chocolate treat ↗BON
  41. 65Journalist Holt ↗LESTER
  42. 66Herbal supplement used as a cold remedy ↗ECHINACEA
  43. 68Condition that may involve repetitive behaviors, for short ↗OCD
  44. 69Dragster ↗HOTROD
  45. 71Term of endearment ↗HON
  46. 72It's a thing ↗ITEM
  47. 73R&B trio with the 1999 #1 hit "No Scrubs" ↗TLC
  48. 74Something blue that follows Black or Red ↗SEA
  49. 77Adam's apple locale ↗EDEN
  50. 78Spanish muralist whose "American Progress" is in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Center ↗SERT
  51. 80Welcome at the door ↗SEEIN
  52. 82Imprint, as a lasting memory ↗ETCH
  53. 85Home of Si Racha, where the hot sauce was invented ↗THAILAND
  54. 86Did some winter riding ↗SLEIGHED
  55. 87The third one is often dangerous ↗RAIL
  56. 88Roof overhang ↗EAVE
  57. 90Computers' process of storing data ↗CACHING
  58. 91Superlative suffix ↗EST
  59. 94Cylindrical Mexican pastry ↗CHURRO
  60. 95Actor Mark of "NCIS" ↗HARMON
  61. 97Yoga type ↗HATHA
  62. 98Crowd noise ↗ROAR
  63. 100"Oh, you're in on this, too?" ↗ETTU
  64. 101Be in charge of, as a committee ↗CHAIR
  65. 102Substances in sports scandals, familiarly ↗ROIDS
  66. 103Require ↗NEED
  67. 105Listings on a blogroll ↗SITES
  68. 106In the 1% ↗ELITE
  69. 107Decorate ↗ADORN
  70. 108Believe it! ↗TENET
  71. 112It's passed on the way to the bar, for short ↗LSAT
  72. 115Keanu's role in "The Matrix" ↗NEO
  73. 117Classic muscle car ↗GTO
  74. 118Ball ↗ORB
  75. 119Tous ___ jours (every day, in French) ↗LES