The full solution for the NY Times February 18 2025 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Erik Agard and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 “Ruh-___!” (Astro’s “Yikes!”)ROH
- 4 Got 100% onACED
- 8 CatastropheCRISIS
- 14 918 or 539, on the Cherokee NationAREACODE
- 16 Emphatic rejectionHECKNO
- 17 “Seriously?!”ICANTBELIEVEYOU
- 19 Word after first or leadingLADY
- 20 Indirectly unkindSNIDE
- 21 Identity thieves’ targets, for shortSSNS
- 22 Bit of hair creamDAB
- 24 “Enough already! I’ll do it!”OKOK
- 26 Purveyor of pamperingSPA
- 28 Kennewick ___ (ancient ancestor discovered in 1996)MAN
- 31 Duel unitsPACES
- 35 RelationsKIN
- 36 “Seriously?!”WHODOESTHAT
- 40 What a wool sweater may causeITCH
- 42 Calendar listingEVENT
- 43 Currency common to Cyprus and CroatiaEURO
- 44 “Seriously?!”THEAUDACITY
- 47 Part of a set in a workoutREP
- 48 Damascus is its capitalSYRIA
- 49 ___ kwon doTAE
- 50 Music holders in racksCDS
- 51 Take it easyREST
- 54 “not gonna lie lol …”TBH
- 56 OpportunitySHOT
- 59 Jingly changeCOINS
- 63 ___ Major (bear constellation)URSA
- 66 “Seriously?!”WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
- 69 IntensifiesAMPSUP
- 70 Mode of transportation that requires good balanceUNICYCLE
- 71 Loch monster’s nicknameNESSIE
- 72 Found a buyer forSOLD
- 73 Ends of some boutsKOS
Vertical Clues
- 1 ___ trail (rhyming path that formerly had tracks)RAIL
- 2 Oceanic apex predatorORCA
- 3 Important powwow figureHEADDANCER
- 4 Section of a playACT
- 5 Corn coresCOBS
- 6 Garden with a tempting snakeEDEN
- 7 Section of a supermarketDELI
- 8 Place for blush (or for a blush)CHEEK
- 9 Title for M.L.K., for shortREV
- 10 Glide around on a rinkICESKATE
- 11 “The ___ the limit!”SKYS
- 12 Privy toINON
- 13 ___-chefSOUS
- 15 “Furiosa” star Taylor-JoyANYA
- 18 Altar answerIDO
- 23 X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 or X6BMW
- 25 Photo ___OPS
- 26 Short comedy piecesSKITS
- 27 Clever and briefPITHY
- 29 Palestinian activist TamimiAHED
- 30 ___ ScotiaNOVA
- 32 New Mexico site of the largest radioactive accident in U.S. historyCHURCHROCK
- 33 Dog-___ pagesEARED
- 34 Points on bus routesSTOPS
- 37 Fourth after Aug.DEC
- 38 “Will do!”ONIT
- 39 “At Last” singer JamesETTA
- 41 Move that sends tresses flyingHAIRTOSS
- 45 Where Dubai is: Abbr.UAE
- 46 So farYET
- 52 Extent, as of a projectSCOPE
- 53 OverlyTOO
- 55 Nautical markerBUOY
- 56 Black and/or white water birdSWAN
- 57 Away’s opponentHOME
- 58 *sheepish grimace*OOPS
- 60 Ones vowing payback?IOUS
- 61 Don’t-doNONO
- 62 Gardener’s bagfulSOIL
- 64 UnassistedSOLO
- 65 AmazesAWES
- 67 Dijon-mustered “yes”?OUI
- 68 Something Paxil may treat, for shortOCD
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