The full solution for the NY Times February 09 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Rich Katz and Jeff Chen and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is What’s It All About?.
Across Clues
- 1 Dressed (in)CLAD
- 5 Facial cream amountDAB
- 8 Harriet Tubman was one for the UnionSPY
- 11 Place in a pyramid, sayENTOMB
- 17 Site of the U.S.S. Arizona MemorialOAHU
- 18 Head of a noted animal rescue projectNOAH
- 20 Prospectors’ targetsORES
- 22 “Take me to your ___” (alien demand)LEADER
- 23 TV’s “Search for the Titanic,” for one?SPECIALREQUEST
- 26 Fifth-century conqueror who tried (and failed!) to take RomeATTILA
- 27 Charcuterie assortmentMEATS
- 28 It’s hard to seeBLUR
- 29 Champagne nameMOET
- 31 HonkTOOT
- 32 ChestnutsOLDSAWS
- 35 Instructions for slaying Dracula?MANUALRECOUNT
- 38 Tibetan beastsYAKS
- 40 RealmDOMAIN
- 41 Concern in data transmissionLOSS
- 42 Shoppers’ conveniencesATMS
- 46 Tributary of the Colorado RiverGILA
- 48 Bit of Rasta headwearTAM
- 49 Tribe along the Missouri RiverOTOE
- 51 Broadway offering titled with dots and dashes?SHOWREMORSE
- 54 Ones moving with the music?ROADIES
- 58 High-protein dietPALEO
- 59 Nat ___ (channel)GEO
- 60 Prove untrueDEBUNK
- 63 Farm callMOO
- 64 Belfry localeSTEEPLE
- 67 Indian dish featuring potatoes and cauliflowerALOOGOBI
- 69 RearHIND
- 70 TED Talk about neuropsychology?SPEECHRECOGNITION
- 73 Syllables of reproofTSKS
- 75 “So is this our plan or not?”SHOULDWE
- 76 Ones whistling while they work?KETTLES
- 79 “May Day is ___ Day in Hawaii” (holiday slogan)LEI
- 80 Like tightwadsSTINGY
- 81 Poetic tributeODE
- 83 Lose ground, sayERODE
- 84 Scout’s containerCANTEEN
- 86 U-Haul ad?SPOTREMOVER
- 89 Sister of HadesHERA
- 90 Picture of Pluto, for instanceCEL
- 92 Org. holding an annual basketball championship since 1939NCAA
- 93 Metaphorical bit of progressDENT
- 94 Spiced quaffCHAI
- 96 Bud after Jack, perhaps?CHASER
- 99 ___ mindHIVE
- 101 Email thread with a “Donate now!” message?CHAINREACTION
- 104 “Chow time!”LETSEAT
- 109 ChuckHURL
- 110 “I solemnly swear ?,” for oneOATH
- 111 Longtime restaurant critic ___ GreeneGAEL
- 113 Feature of the Niña, but not the PintaTILDE
- 114 Milan fashion houseARMANI
- 116 Giddiness at completing this crossword puzzle?HIGHRESOLUTION
- 120 Flattened, in a wayIRONED
- 121 Contribution to a potANTE
- 122 Reason someone might go streakingDARE
- 123 To be, in Gay PareeETRE
- 124 Common sonata endersRONDOS
- 125 Pluto, e.g.GOD
- 126 Airer of the game show “The Cube”TBS
- 127 Off to someone’s inboxSENT
Vertical Clues
- 1 Pink drink, for shortCOSMO
- 2 Place for a flag pinLAPEL
- 3 UpAHEAD
- 4 Cable channels?DUCTS
- 5 It’s stranded in a cellDNA
- 6 Early ISPAOL
- 7 SpikeBARB
- 8 Bad thing to end onSOURNOTE
- 9 Lead-in to approvalPRE
- 10 Polite affirmationYESMAAM
- 11 Put over the moonELATE
- 12 Something that, if you cut a hole in it, actually has fewer holes than beforeNET
- 13 Inked upTATTOOED
- 14 Just awfulODIOUS
- 15 Offerings in some fruit bowlsMELONS
- 16 Actor Benjamin of “Miss Congeniality”BRATT
- 19 Position of authorityHELM
- 21 Vodka brand, informallySTOLI
- 24 “My goodness!”ISAY
- 25 Thigh muscle, informallyQUAD
- 30 Toy inventor with a background in sculpture and architectureERNORUBIK
- 33 Living ___WAGE
- 34 Take off the topSKIM
- 36 Thurman of filmUMA
- 37 Partner of daggerCLOAK
- 39 Hardly a rompSLOG
- 42 Wrigglers by the NileASPS
- 43 “Like ___,” rap hit fueling the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef of 2024THAT
- 44 Fabric similar to suedeMOLESKIN
- 45 ___ week (TV ratings period)SWEEPS
- 47 Cover for a hardwood floorAREARUG
- 50 This evening, in commercialeseTONITE
- 52 Climber’s aidROPE
- 53 AloneSOLELY
- 55 What face emojis with hearts for eyes meanIMINLOVE
- 56 Long, long timeEON
- 57 Roll of greenSOD
- 60 Harmonic R&B subgenreDOOWOP
- 61 GoadedEGGEDON
- 62 When doubled, chocolate treatBON
- 65 Journalist HoltLESTER
- 66 Herbal supplement used as a cold remedyECHINACEA
- 68 Condition that may involve repetitive behaviors, for shortOCD
- 69 DragsterHOTROD
- 71 Term of endearmentHON
- 72 It’s a thingITEM
- 73 R&B trio with the 1999 #1 hit “No Scrubs”TLC
- 74 Something blue that follows Black or RedSEA
- 77 Adam’s apple localeEDEN
- 78 Spanish muralist whose “American Progress” is in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller CenterSERT
- 80 Welcome at the doorSEEIN
- 82 Imprint, as a lasting memoryETCH
- 85 Home of Si Racha, where the hot sauce was inventedTHAILAND
- 86 Did some winter ridingSLEIGHED
- 87 The third one is often dangerousRAIL
- 88 Roof overhangEAVE
- 90 Computers’ process of storing dataCACHING
- 91 Superlative suffixEST
- 94 Cylindrical Mexican pastryCHURRO
- 95 Actor Mark of “NCIS”HARMON
- 97 Yoga typeHATHA
- 98 Crowd noiseROAR
- 100 “Oh, you’re in on this, too?”ETTU
- 101 Be in charge of, as a committeeCHAIR
- 102 Substances in sports scandals, familiarlyROIDS
- 103 RequireNEED
- 105 Listings on a blogrollSITES
- 106 In the 1%ELITE
- 107 DecorateADORN
- 108 Believe it!TENET
- 112 It’s passed on the way to the bar, for shortLSAT
- 115 Keanu’s role in “The Matrix”NEO
- 117 Classic muscle carGTO
- 118 BallORB
- 119 Tous ___ jours (every day, in French)LES
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