New York Times Crossword February 23 2025 Answers

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Below are all the New York Times Crossword February 23 2025 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 140 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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Dazzling displayECLAT5Across1 Tech giant based in Cupertino, Calif.APPLE5Across6 Plant with bugs?SPY3Across11 Formation of rugby playersSCRUM5Across14 Queendom in the BibleSHEBA5Across19 Hint at L.G.B.T.Q.+ story lines to generate buzzQUEERBAIT9Across20 Give an addressORATE5Across22 What a tight deadline might require … or what's found in 30-Across?QUICKTURNAROUND15Across23 Viennese "please"BITTE5Across25 AttackedMADEWAR7Across26 Do perfectlyACE3Across27 Hound or dogPESTER6Across28 What's-___-nameHIS3Across29 Question when leaving a grocery store, perhapsWHEREDIDIPARK13Across30 InauguralMAIDEN6Across34 Unwanted event at a speakeasyRAID4Across38 Spot for a pinMAT3Across39 Lyricist GershwinIRA3Across40 Halls that may have glass ceilingsATRIA5Across41 ImproviseWINGIT6Across42 "Everything ___ Changed" (Taylor Swift song)HAS3Across44 SchemePLOT4Across45 Tolerate misbehavior … or what's found in 56-Across?LOOKTHEOTHERWAY15Across46 Collectors of signatures?CASTS5Across49 ___ of Cleves, wife of Henry VIIIANNE4Across50 Newspaper sectionARTS4Across51 Tuna varietyAHI3Across52 Word with lock or pocketAIR3Across53 Second printings, e.g.REISSUES8Across54 Source of some public fundingFEDERALGRANT12Across56 Boiling stateIRE3Across62 Author of the 1964 artist's book "Grapefruit"ONO3Across63 Legal tenderMONEY5Across64 When doubled, a danceCAN3Across65 Home of the Sugarloaf Cable Car, informallyRIO3Across66 Totally the wrong way … or what's found in 79-Across?ASSBACKWARDS12Across67 "Really! Check for yourself!"ITSAFACT8Across70 Radar gun inits.MPH3Across72 PhilosophyISM3Across73 It may be on the chopping blockLOIN4Across74 "Uh-huh, whatever you say!"IBET4Across75 DistortsSKEWS5Across76 "It'd be my pleasure"IMHAPPYTOOBLIGE15Across79 MatesPALS4Across83 1/96 of a pint: Abbr.TSP3Across84 It comes with a hefty billTOUCAN6Across85 Happen over and overRECUR5Across86 Beehive State athleteUTE3Across87 CoalesceGEL3Across88 11, literallyONES4Across89 Occasions for self-indulgenceMEDAYS6Across90 Completely change one's position … or what's found in 104-Across?REVERSECOURSE13Across91 IntimidateCOW3Across96 Wild goats of the AlpsIBEXES6Across97 Delta hub: Abbr.ATL3Across98 Reality competition show with quickfire challengesTOPCHEF7Across99 SmidgenOUNCE5Across103 Gift-wrapping suppliesSCOTCHTAPEROLLS15Across104 Formal "you," in UruguayUSTED5Across109 Americans who live in their own time zoneHAWAIIANS9Across110 Many a piece of writing by Joan DidionESSAY5Across111 In a bashful mannerSHYLY5Across112 SweetieHON3Across113 Part of a wheelSPOKE5Across114 Detaches from a source of dependenceWEANS5Across115

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Lawyer's title: Abbr.ESQ3Down1 Fish baitCHUM4Down2 Leader of filmdom's Rebel AllianceLEIA4Down3 Options on some testsABCD4Down4 Receive severe criticismTAKEHEAT8Down5 Blue-green shadesAQUAS5Down6 Sound of a smooth-running enginePURR4Down7 Pig's digsPEN3Down8 Locale where clovers bloomLEA3Down9 Forget to finish writing a clue, maybERR3Down10 Secret ___SAUCE5Down11 Felt longing (for)PINED5Down12 Since Jan. 1YTD3Down13 "C'est la vie"SOBEIT6Down14 Potato chip, to a BritCRISP5Down15 Coiffure parts that are sometimes braidedRATTAILS8Down16 Complete nonsenseUTTERROT8Down17 Small mongoosesMEERKATS8Down18 Creature that sounds like a snoozeBOAR4Down21 Scarlett Johansson, Rami Malek or Vin Diesel (did you know?)TWIN4Down24 PalmPilots, e.g., for shortPDAS4Down28 Wish list itemsWANTS5Down30 Like some heels and hopesHIGH4Down31 Marriage equality activist Windsor, familiarlyEDIE4Down32 "Perhaps. That's something that interests me"IMAY4Down33 Disease that was the subject of the second Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1902)MALARIA7Down34 Yom Kippur observers, e.g.ATONERS7Down35 Amusingly incongruous outcomesIRONIES7Down36 Flood preventersDIKES5Down37 HootsRIOTS5Down38 "Don't worry about us"WEREOK6Down42 Lines of workTRADES6Down43 What locks are made ofHAIR4Down44 Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIIIPARR4Down45 Horse's behindHAUNCH6Down47 Protein powder ingredientWHEY4Down48 Aetna alternativeCIGNA5Down49 "Unfortunately, that's incorrect"ALASNO6Down53 Many long-running TV showsSOAPS5Down55 Word processing selectionFORMAT6Down56 CloseEND3Down57 Director's directiveACTION6Down58 Most common coffee bean varietyARABICA7Down59 Love interest in a Hallmark movie, maybeNICEGUY7Down60 Walks unsteadilyTOTTERS7Down61 "Monster ___" (1962 #1 song)MASH4Down64 i5 and X5BMWS4Down68 Fraidy-catWIMP4Down69 SoupçonsIOTAS5Down70 Organized in a cabinet, sayFILED5Down71 School before l'universitéLYCEE5Down74 Not to be relied uponSPURIOUS8Down76 Singer whose 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” became a top 10 hit in 2022 after being featured on “Stranger Things”KATEBUSH8Down77 110, facetiouslyELEVENTY8Down78 Barbuda or BarbadosISLE4Down79 ShoddyPOOR4Down80 Most dad jokesPUNS4Down81 Nickname for Milwaukee's baseball teamBREWCREW8Down82 Ocean in "Ocean's Eleven"TESS4Down84 Like King Midas, notablyGREEDY6Down88 Have a pity partyMOPE4Down90 Google Sheets alternativeEXCEL5Down92 Supply at the Hershey CompanyCACAO5Down93 City near Disney World, informallyOTOWN5Down94 ___ BeautyULTA4Down95 Small woodCOPSE5Down96 Fail ignominiously, as at the box officeTANK4Down99 Rip offHOSE4Down100 "Lohengrin" sopranoELSA4Down101 Custardy treatFLAN4Down102 "Quiet!"SHH3Down104 Gender identity prefixCIS3Down105 With itHIP3Down106 Confucian conceptTAO3Down107 Part of iOS: Abbr.SYS3Down108

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This page lists every clue and answer from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, February 23, 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.