The full solution for the NY Times February 16 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by John Kugelman and edited by Will Shortz. The name of this puzzle is Square to Begin.
Across Clues
- 1 Shopper’s thrillSPREE
- 6 Clock partCOG
- 9 BrandLABEL
- 14 ___ Lakshmi, host of TV’s “Taste the Nation”PADMA
- 19 Some computer-generated images nowadaysAIART
- 20 The massesHOIPOLLOI
- 22 “Full steam ___!”AHEAD
- 23 “Omigod, omigod, jackpot!”?SQUEALOFFORTUNE
- 25 Some college students, quaintlyCOEDS
- 26 Space heater?SUN
- 27 ___ flySAC
- 28 Smart-aleckyWISE
- 29 FaceTime alternativeSKYPE
- 30 “Eww!”YECH
- 32 Instruments with large bellsTUBAS
- 35 Great Lakes mnemonicHOMES
- 38 Org. whose employees wear badgesFBI
- 40 Atlantis and othersSHUTTLES
- 42 HawkishPROWAR
- 44 Bad thing to be caught inTRAP
- 45 Tempest in a teapot?GREATSQUALLOFCHINA
- 48 Oh-so-preciousTWEE
- 50 Journalists quote themSOURCES
- 51 Oniony vegetablesLEEKS
- 52 Body of water that was once the world’s fourth-largest lakeARALSEA
- 55 Good signs in stock reportsRISES
- 56 Challah bread featureBRAID
- 58 Religious gymgoer on leg day?HOLYSQUATTER
- 60 Souvenir from the Sea of Tranquillity, sayMOONROCK
- 63 Typical Passover mo.APR
- 64 Many clay relicsURNS
- 65 Not just mineOURS
- 66 Kanga’s kiddoROO
- 67 Whimsically imaginative, as writingSEUSSIAN
- 70 Sound from some freshly cleaned floors?PLEDGESQUEAK
- 75 OozesSEEPS
- 76 HeightenBUILD
- 77 Yo-yo-like toy with a devilish-sounding nameDIABOLO
- 78 “___ mia!”MAMMA
- 80 Michael Jordan’s nickname, with “His”AIRNESS
- 82 TrashTOSS
- 83 Money under the mattress, e.g.?SQUIRRELLEDCAPITAL
- 88 Meyer who directed 1965’s “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!”RUSS
- 89 Cialis alternativeVIAGRA
- 90 Backslid, sayREVERTED
- 93 Word before or after downPAT
- 94 Pasta often cut at an anglePENNE
- 95 Hazard cleanup, in briefDECON
- 96 Hindu honorificsSRIS
- 98 Weapon whose name is an acronymTASER
- 100 “___ tell”PRAY
- 103 Legendary birdROC
- 105 Number of jurors who originally vote “Not guilty” in “12 Angry Men”ONE
- 106 Mean little suckers?TICKS
- 107 Repeat something clever, as parrots might?SQUAWKAFINELINE
- 112 “Gesundheit!” prompterACHOO
- 113 “Diet” for the defeatedHUMBLEPIE
- 114 Tied upLACED
- 115 Facebook has more than three billion of themUSERS
- 116 AspirationsHOPES
- 117 “Downton Abbey” networkPBS
- 118 Flies out of sightSOARS
Vertical Clues
- 1 FreshSASSY
- 2 Excites ? or annoysPIQUES
- 3 VulgarityRAUNCH
- 4 Poet’s palindromic prepositionERE
- 5 Midflight announcements, for shortETAS
- 6 Count seen in the breakfast aisleCHOCULA
- 7 Cry of cringeOOF
- 8 Animated file typeGIF
- 9 Actress Singer of “Footloose”LORI
- 10 Elevs.ALTS
- 11 Deep, dark ocean cavernsBLUEHOLES
- 12 Equivalent of a billion years, in geologyEON
- 13 Bad thing to be caught inLIE
- 14 Cigarette purchasesPACKS
- 15 Nautical greetingAHOY
- 16 Scrumptious but not-so-healthful carnival snacksDEEPFRIEDOREOS
- 17 Brought in big bucksMADEBANK
- 18 Elements of pay-per-click campaignsADS
- 21 Punching sounds in the comicsPOWS
- 24 Coffee shop orderLATTE
- 29 Feudal workerSERF
- 31 In a big wayHUGELY
- 33 Pot growers?BETS
- 34 ClassifiesASSORTS
- 36 Mice huntersOWLS
- 37 Great Leap Forward leaderMAO
- 39 Bitter brews, for shortIPAS
- 41 Lock of hairTRESS
- 42 Something strapped for cash?PURSE
- 43 Go-kart, e.g.RACER
- 44 Beaten at ___ own gameTHEIR
- 46 Command+Q, on a MacQUIT
- 47 Family groupCLAN
- 48 Writing clichéTROPE
- 49 Style sported by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark TwainWALRUSMUSTACHE
- 52 Forehead-slapping shoutsAHAS
- 53 OutfitEQUIP
- 54 Mysterious qualitiesAURAS
- 56 Yawning, sayBORED
- 57 Hollywood’s Portia de ___ROSSI
- 59 “Raggedy” dollANN
- 60 Make faces for a cameraMUG
- 61 Barbecue bitsCOALS
- 62 Gorilla who famously learned sign languageKOKO
- 65 “If I had to guess ?”ODDSARE
- 68 They’re around for the long haulSEMIS
- 69 ScorchSEAR
- 70 More refinedPURER
- 71 Loma ___, Calif.LINDA
- 72 Monthly util. billELEC
- 73 Host of the 2022 World CupQATAR
- 74 Horseshoe-shaped pipe fastenersUBOLTS
- 76 Boat equipment for removing water on boardBILGEPUMP
- 78 Car sticker no.MSRP
- 79 Parasailing, water polo, etc.AQUATICS
- 80 “Watchmen” writer MooreALAN
- 81 What many freelancers work onSPEC
- 84 Many a road tripper, informallyRVER
- 85 “Ich bin ___ Berliner”EIN
- 86 They make sounds when they’re tickledIVORIES
- 87 Wood joint pieceTENON
- 91 Beethoven’s ThirdEROICA
- 92 What Sidney Poitier’s character famously came to, in a 1967 filmDINNER
- 94 Currency in seven American countries (and one Asian)PESOS
- 95 Van ___ (beard type)DYKE
- 97 GermsSEEDS
- 99 Toffee candy barSKOR
- 101 Broccoli ___RABE
- 102 Leatherworking toolsAWLS
- 104 Cartoon collector’s collection, maybeCELS
- 106 Greek letter that’s the symbol for torqueTAU
- 107 [I’m trying to watch the movie!]SHH
- 108 Status followerQUO
- 109 Slack or ZoomAPP
- 110 Fudge the factsFIB
- 111 Language mutually intelligible with ThaiLAO
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