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New York Times Crossword February 12 2025 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 77 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the New York Times Crossword February 12 2025 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 77 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mineral that shimmersMICA4Across1 Bat around, as a kitten mightPAWAT5Across5 Composer StravinskyIGOR4Across10 Like much graffiti: Abbr.ANON4Across14 BelittleABASE5Across15 Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68NERO4Across16 Not admitDENY4Across17 AboveboardLEGIT5Across18 Neighbor of Indonesia, on a Risk boardSIAM4Across19 TheDEFINITEARTICLE15Across20 Knocked offDIDIN5Across23 City that was a rival of ancient SpartaARGOS5Across24 Big mo. for eggnog salesDEC3Across25 Cover story?FIB3Across26 Lee who directed "Gemini Man"ANG3Across29 Talks franklySPEAKSONESPIECE15Across30 Screen play?PASS4Across36 Singsong refrainTRALA5Across37 Heating pad targetACHE4Across38 Lead-in to -gram or -graphEPI3Across39 Pep rally cryRAH3Across40 Cousin of Inc.LLC3Across41 Doll who debuted in swim trunksKEN3Across43 Success against all oddsCINDERELLASTORY15Across44 Either of two for Mozart's Queen of the NightOPERAARIA9Across48 “Take THAT!”BOOM4Across49 Flowing slowlySEEPY5Across52 "Should that happen …"IFSO4Across53 Builders of 25,000+ miles of roads in South AmericaINCAS5Across57 TV's DeGeneresELLEN5Across59 With 63-Across, where some journalism is located ... or how to interpret the ends of 20-, 30- and 44-Across vis-à-vis the shaded squaresBEHINDA7Across60 See 60-AcrossPAYWALL7Across63 Exhaustion from workBURNOUT7Across65 Without much hopeBLEAKLY7Across66 Green saucesPESTOS6Across67 Features of coins which make them harder to counterfeitRIDGES6Across68

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Road safety org.MADD4Down1 "___ to Know" (1999 Marc Anthony hit)INEED5Down2 Tells private thingsCONFIDESIN10Down3 "How will we ever get out of this mess?"ANYIDEAS8Down4 Satirist MichaelPALIN5Down5 Drive for, maybeABET4Down6 ___ gapWAGE4Down7 It's east of the UralsASIA4Down8 Half of octo-TETRA5Down9 Presidential seal, for oneINSIGNIA8Down10 Lizard mascot with a Cockney accentGEICOGECKO10Down11 Some campus grilling events?ORALS5Down12 Spanish Steps localeROME4Down13 Small cutNICK4Down21 Where a wedge may be usedTRAP4Down22 Not to goFORHERE7Down26 ___ flashINA3Down27 When to wave the white flagBELLLAP7Down28 Guideline, in briefSPEC4Down30 Big ___ (longtime Red Sox nickname)PAPI4Down31 Some looks into spaceSTARES6Down32 ___ capSALARY6Down33 Sole one-named Best Actress Oscar winnerCHER4Down34 WeeEENY4Down35 One leg curl, e.g.REP3Down40 CBS drama for 15 seasonsCSI3Down42 RealmsDOMAINS7Down45 Ka ___ (southernmost point in the U.S.)LAE3Down46 Sign of a hound's happinessTAILWAG7Down47 Kind of lettuceBIBB4Down49 TopONEUP5Down50 Shade in a barren landscapeOCHRE5Down51 Undependable sortFLAKE5Down54 Gives up the goods?SELLS5Down55 "Above us ___ sky" ("Imagine" lyric)ONLY4Down56 Pesky little bratSNOT4Down58 ObservedEYED4Down59 Pop music's Wham! or ErasureDUO3Down61 Email signsATS3Down62 Inexpensive beer, informallyPBR3Down63 Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala ___ALI3Down64

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.