NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 19, 2025
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Clues74
Across33
Down41
ConstructorJoe Deeney
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Destination of a walk (5)
Starts with F, ends with TFIRST→
6A
Command to attack (5)
Starts with S, ends with MSICEM→
11A
Programming conditionals (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIFS→
14A
What one may go by (5)
Starts with A, ends with SALIAS→
15A
Musician's exercise (5)
Starts with E, ends with EETUDE→
16A
Be in it to win it (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVIE→
17A
Film megahit (11)
Starts with B, ends with RBLOCKBUSTER→
19A
Old hoops org. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AABA→
20A
Start to rouse (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTIR→
21A
Dewy-eyed heroine (7)
Starts with I, ends with EINGENUE→
23A
Foreign policy advisory grp. (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNSC→
26A
Put on, as a play (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTAGE→
28A
"Into the Wild" actor Hirsch (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMILE→
29A
Wide-reaching green light (15)
Starts with B, ends with LBLANKETAPPROVAL→
32A
Birchbark, e.g. (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECANOE→
33A
Singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills" (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASIA→
34A
Small British hunting dog (13)
Starts with B, ends with RBORDERTERRIER→
41A
Actor Stephen of "V for Vendetta" (3)
Starts with R, ends with AREA→
42A
Wile E. Coyote's undoing, frequently (5)
Starts with A, ends with LANVIL→
44A
Slugger's pregame warm-up (15)
Starts with B, ends with EBATTINGPRACTICE→
52A
Together (5)
Starts with A, ends with EASONE→
53A
Streamer's annoyance (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLAG→
54A
Onetime place to shop while high? (7)
Starts with S, ends with LSKYMALL→
56A
Syllabus section (4)
Starts with U, ends with TUNIT→
58A
Didn't play (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSAT→
59A
Social sewing event ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 29-, 34- and 44-Across (11)
Starts with Q, ends with EQUILTINGBEE→
64A
History class section (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
65A
Navel type (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINNIE→
66A
Connect with (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTIETO→
68A
Wise ones (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAGES→
69A
In many cases (5)
Starts with O, ends with NOFTEN→
Down
1D
Terrif (3)
Starts with F, ends with BFAB→
2D
Not well (3)
Starts with I, ends with LILL→
3D
2016 Olympics host city, familiarly (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORIO→
4D
Biological bags (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSACS→
5D
Orally admonished (8)
Starts with T, ends with DTSKTSKED→
6D
French pointillism pioneer (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSEURAT→
7D
Word frequently edited to insert or remove an apostrophe (3)
Starts with I, ends with SITS→
8D
Little darling (8)
Starts with C, ends with ECUTIEPIE→
9D
Idyllic spot (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
10D
Synergy-seeking move (6)
Starts with M, ends with RMERGER→
11D
"Terrible" czar (6)
Starts with I, ends with VIVANIV→
12D
Bone below the femur (6)
Starts with F, ends with AFIBULA→
13D
Anago, to a sushi chef (6)
Starts with S, ends with LSEAEEL→
18D
Something good for an angler, bad for a dog trainer (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBITE→
22D
Angsty music genre (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
23D
Peacock's parent (3)
Starts with N, ends with CNBC→
24D
Big chunk (4)
Starts with S, ends with BSLAB→
25D
Baseballer Robinson ___ (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCANO→
27D
Chemistry lab hookups (7)
Starts with G, ends with SGASTAPS→
30D
Neighbor of Swe. (3)
Starts with N, ends with RNOR→
31D
This is what you might expect (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPAR→
35D
Suffix with north or south (3)
Starts with E, ends with NERN→
36D
Entertaining lavishly (8)
Starts with R, ends with GREGALING→
37D
Enter hurriedly (8)
Starts with R, ends with ORACEINTO→
38D
Football stat: Abbr. (3)
Starts with I, ends with TINT→
39D
"Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot (4)
Starts with E, ends with LEVIL→
40D
Costa ___ (4)
Starts with R, ends with ARICA→
43D
Part of a trip (3)
Starts with L, ends with GLEG→
44D
End-of-level enemies in video games (6)
Starts with B, ends with SBOSSES→
45D
World capital said to have been founded by King Midas (6)
Starts with A, ends with AANKARA→
46D
"Shake It Off" singer, to fans (6)
Starts with T, ends with YTAYTAY→
47D
Apple's Cook (3)
Starts with T, ends with MTIM→
48D
Residents of Basra (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIRAQIS→
49D
Ways to go (6)
Starts with R, ends with SROUTES→
50D
Years: Lat. (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANNI→
55D
Nutrition bar brand with a moon in its logo (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALUNA→
57D
Week-ending exclamation (4)
Starts with T, ends with FTGIF→
60D
Factor in club selection (3)
Starts with L, ends with ELIE→
61D
"Wanna ___?" (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBET→
62D
Somme summer (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
63D
Ages and ages (3)
Starts with E, ends with NEON→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 19, 2025?+
74 clues: 33 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Joe Deeney and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Destination of a walk (FIRST); Command to attack (SICEM); Programming conditionals (IFS).
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