NYT Crossword hints and answer for February 5, 2025
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Clues72
Across33
Down39
ConstructorKiran Pandey
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Distance traversed by an arrow (7)
Starts with B, ends with TBOWSHOT→
8A
Cocksure (5)
Starts with B, ends with HBRASH→
13A
Not the same (7)
Starts with U, ends with EUNALIKE→
14A
"You got me there!" (6)
Starts with T, ends with ETOUCHE→
15A
Obstacle in achieving one's goal? (7)
Starts with D, ends with EDEFENSE→
16A
Something acquired in a salon bed, perhaps (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBASETAN→
17A
Added fuel to (3)
Starts with F, ends with DFED→
18A
Opens, as a menu ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters? (9)
Starts with D, ends with NDROPSDOWN→
20A
Bang the drum for (6)
Starts with T, ends with PTALKUP→
23A
Iridescent stone (4)
Starts with O, ends with LOPAL→
24A
Cellular messenger (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
25A
Verb often abbreviated to a letter (3)
Starts with A, ends with EARE→
26A
Oz., e.g. (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAMT→
28A
Brief bit of time (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
30A
Analytical thinker? (9)
Starts with L, ends with NLEFTBRAIN→
34A
Old standard of tape (3)
Starts with V, ends with SVHS→
36A
Doesn't really matter (15)
Starts with C, ends with TCARRIESNOWEIGHT→
40A
Himalayan ox (3)
Starts with Y, ends with KYAK→
41A
Steamed beverage with spices from the Indian subcontinent (9)
Starts with C, ends with ECHAILATTE→
42A
Up to now (3)
Starts with Y, ends with TYET→
44A
One trained in CPR (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEMT→
45A
Educational support grp. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APTA→
46A
Notes or Messages (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAPP→
49A
Place for a cooling pie (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSILL→
51A
Is out (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSLEEPS→
54A
57A
Judger of pitches (3)
Starts with U, ends with PUMP→
58A
Furry wetlands growth (7)
Starts with C, ends with LCATTAIL→
59A
Console device with triggers and thumbsticks (7)
Starts with G, ends with DGAMEPAD→
63A
Summer hire, perhaps (6)
Starts with I, ends with NINTERN→
64A
Tennis period since 1968 (7)
Starts with O, ends with AOPENERA→
65A
Common reply to "Who's there?" (5)
Starts with I, ends with EITSME→
66A
Appendage for a morning glory (7)
Starts with T, ends with LTENDRIL→
Down
1D
Pardner (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBUD→
2D
Four quarters (3)
Starts with O, ends with EONE→
3D
Starchy food item named for a food it resembles (9)
Starts with W, ends with YWAFFLEFRY→
4D
Smooth and glossy (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSLEEK→
5D
One who practices bhakti and puja (5)
Starts with H, ends with UHINDU→
6D
Gives the thumbs up (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOKS→
7D
Up for a drive? (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTEED→
8D
Climax in many a video game (9)
Starts with B, ends with LBOSSLEVEL→
9D
Regretted (4)
Starts with R, ends with DRUED→
10D
Hawke or Crowe (5)
Starts with A, ends with RACTOR→
11D
William ___, longtime editor of The New Yorker (5)
Starts with S, ends with NSHAWN→
12D
Dye in some body art (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHENNA→
14D
Chopitos and croquetas, e.g. (5)
Starts with T, ends with STAPAS→
16D
Knock on the noggin (3)
Starts with B, ends with PBOP→
19D
"Damn you!" (9)
Starts with R, ends with LROTINHELL→
20D
Soft rock (4)
Starts with T, ends with CTALC→
21D
Vicinity (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAREA→
22D
Trim (down) (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPARE→
27D
Like the French words for every weekday and month: Abbr. (4)
Starts with M, ends with CMASC→
29D
Kind of seed (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACHIA→
31D
Base for some lunches (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTRAY→
32D
Modern transport service (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBIKESHARE→
33D
Linguist Chomsky (4)
Starts with N, ends with MNOAM→
35D
Fictional bandleader of the 1960s (9)
Starts with S, ends with RSGTPEPPER→
37D
Good things to have about you (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWITS→
38D
URL starter (4)
Starts with H, ends with PHTTP→
39D
Oolong and rooibos, for two (4)
Starts with T, ends with STEAS→
43D
Easy basket (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTIPIN→
46D
Character set for electronic communication (5)
Starts with A, ends with IASCII→
47D
Audience member who might be in on the trick (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPLANT→
48D
Gentle strokes (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPUTTS→
50D
Qualifier for many a rapper (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
52D
Measure of brightness (5)
Starts with L, ends with NLUMEN→
53D
Fix, as text (5)
Starts with E, ends with DEMEND→
55D
Academic acronym (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSTEM→
56D
Showbiz quartet (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEGOT→
60D
Central figure in a classic sci-fi series (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
61D
Filmmaker Aster (3)
Starts with A, ends with IARI→
62D
Indian lentil dish (3)
Starts with D, ends with LDAL→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for February 5, 2025?+
72 clues: 33 Across and 39 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kiran Pandey and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Distance traversed by an arrow (BOWSHOT); Cocksure (BRASH); Not the same (UNALIKE).
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