NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 4, 2025
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Clues74
Across37
Down37
ConstructorAdam Aaronson
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Wandering soul (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOMAD→
6A
"Dónde ___ la biblioteca?" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AESTA→
10A
Monster akin to a Japanese oni (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOGRE→
14A
"Your concerns matter to me" (5)
Starts with I, ends with EICARE→
15A
Little crack (4)
Starts with Q, ends with PQUIP→
16A
Cook the surface of (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEAR→
17A
Noiseless? (10)
Starts with Q, ends with TQUITEQUIET→
19A
N.Y.C. home of Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMOMA→
20A
What one size might fit (3)
Starts with A, ends with LALL→
21A
Completely wreck (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRUIN→
22A
Rock and roll, but not rhythm and blues (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVERBS→
23A
The Crimson Tide (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABAMA→
25A
View of Earth from heaven? (10)
Starts with A, ends with EANGELANGLE→
28A
Newly decorated (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREDONE→
30A
First-rate (7)
Starts with T, ends with RTOPTIER→
31A
Grandma (3)
Starts with N, ends with NNAN→
32A
Guy's name that's old slang for "OK" (4)
Starts with J, ends with EJAKE→
33A
Podcaster's income stream (3)
Starts with A, ends with SADS→
34A
38A
TNT's sister channel (3)
Starts with T, ends with STBS→
41A
Blue feeling (4)
Starts with F, ends with KFUNK→
42A
Animal hidden in this clue, if you read it aloud (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEWE→
44A
Warm drink served from a tokkuri (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHOTSAKE→
46A
Hyundai electric cars (6)
Starts with I, ends with SIONIQS→
49A
"There are ways to leave"? (10)
Starts with E, ends with TEXITSEXIST→
51A
Dog that's not a purebred (4)
Starts with M, ends with TMUTT→
53A
Railroad station (5)
Starts with D, ends with TDEPOT→
54A
Post-it, e.g. (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTE→
56A
Good name for a long-term investor? (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
57A
___ fees (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSER→
58A
Spite over an incomplete mobile payment? (10)
Starts with V, ends with MVENMOVENOM→
61A
Eat in style (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDINE→
62A
Olympic equipment with body contact detection technology (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEPEE→
63A
Dwindle, as support (5)
Starts with E, ends with EERODE→
64A
Oft-unwanted bread pieces (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
65A
Teri of "After Hours" (4)
Starts with G, ends with RGARR→
66A
One section of a big band, informally (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSAXES→
Down
1D
Face covering with an opening around the eyes (5)
Starts with N, ends with BNIQAB→
2D
Eye-related (6)
Starts with O, ends with ROCULAR→
3D
Guys whose profession sounds redundant (7)
Starts with M, ends with NMAILMEN→
4D
"Making money is ___ and working is ___ and good business is the best ___": Andy Warhol (3)
Starts with A, ends with TART→
5D
State animal of Illinois (4)
Starts with D, ends with RDEER→
6D
Like donkeys and zebras (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEQUINE→
7D
Taking action against (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSUING→
8D
Cause for overtime (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
9D
Like the names of the track athletes Usain Bolt and Lisa Lightfoot (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
10D
Actress Emily of "Hannah Montana" (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOSMENT→
11D
Only U.S. state whose Wikipedia article has a "(U.S. state)" disambiguator (7)
Starts with G, ends with AGEORGIA→
12D
Went on and on (7)
Starts with R, ends with DRAMBLED→
13D
Writers' blocks? (7)
Starts with E, ends with SERASERS→
18D
Actor Ke Huy ___ of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (4)
Starts with Q, ends with NQUAN→
22D
Puff piece? (7)
Starts with V, ends with NVAPEPEN→
24D
Not much, as of mayonnaise (4)
Starts with A, ends with BADAB→
26D
Abbr. that might go after a list of authors (4)
Starts with E, ends with LETAL→
27D
Norse god capable of shape-shifting into animals (4)
Starts with L, ends with ILOKI→
29D
Not eating anything (7)
Starts with O, ends with TONAFAST→
32D
One hub for Delta and American Airlines, in brief (3)
Starts with J, ends with KJFK→
35D
Common crudités veggie (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECUKE→
36D
Toy set that can be used to build roller coasters (4)
Starts with K, ends with XKNEX→
37D
Do some strokes (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSWIM→
38D
Nickname for filmdom's Jeffrey Lebowski (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETHEDUDE→
40D
Fixed regular allowance (7)
Starts with S, ends with DSTIPEND→
43D
Start to fall? (7)
Starts with E, ends with XEQUINOX→
45D
Mall units (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTORES→
46D
Molecule that shares its formula with another (6)
Starts with I, ends with RISOMER→
47D
Palindromic Italian number (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOTTO→
48D
Walked purposefully (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESTRODE→
50D
Word with tube or circle (5)
Starts with I, ends with RINNER→
52D
Tones down (5)
Starts with T, ends with STAMES→
55D
Holidays that aren't typically federal holidays (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEVES→
58D
Chillax (3)
Starts with V, ends with GVEG→
59D
Org. that regulates "forever chemicals" (3)
Starts with E, ends with AEPA→
60D
Historic stretch (3)
Starts with E, ends with AERA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 4, 2025?+
74 clues: 37 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Adam Aaronson and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Wandering soul (NOMAD); "Dónde ___ la biblioteca?" (ESTA); Monster akin to a Japanese oni (OGRE).
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