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NYT Crossword February 18 2025 Answers

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Every answer from the Tuesday, February 18 2025 New York Times Crossword, checked and verified against the published NYT solution. Select a clue for the full explanation.

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Across

1"Ruh-___!" (Astro's "Yikes!")3 lettersSee answer ›4Got 100% on4 lettersSee answer ›8Catastrophe6 lettersSee answer ›14918 or 539, on the Cherokee Nation8 lettersSee answer ›16Emphatic rejection6 lettersSee answer ›17"Seriously?!"15 lettersSee answer ›19Word after first or leading4 lettersSee answer ›20Indirectly unkind5 lettersSee answer ›21Identity thieves' targets, for short4 lettersSee answer ›22Bit of hair cream3 lettersSee answer ›24"Enough already! I'll do it!"4 lettersSee answer ›26Purveyor of pampering3 lettersSee answer ›28Kennewick ___ (ancient ancestor discovered in 1996)3 lettersSee answer ›31Duel units5 lettersSee answer ›35Relations3 lettersSee answer ›36"Seriously?!"11 lettersSee answer ›40What a wool sweater may cause4 lettersSee answer ›42Calendar listing5 lettersSee answer ›43Currency common to Cyprus and Croatia4 lettersSee answer ›44"Seriously?!"11 lettersSee answer ›47Part of a set in a workout3 lettersSee answer ›48Damascus is its capital5 lettersSee answer ›49___ kwon do3 lettersSee answer ›50Music holders in racks3 lettersSee answer ›51Take it easy4 lettersSee answer ›54"not gonna lie lol ..."3 lettersSee answer ›56Opportunity4 lettersSee answer ›59Jingly change5 lettersSee answer ›63___ Major (bear constellation)4 lettersSee answer ›66"Seriously?!"15 lettersSee answer ›69Intensifies6 lettersSee answer ›70Mode of transportation that requires good balance8 lettersSee answer ›71Loch monster's nickname6 lettersSee answer ›72Found a buyer for4 lettersSee answer ›73Ends of some bouts3 lettersSee answer ›

Down

1___ trail (rhyming path that formerly had tracks)4 lettersSee answer ›2Oceanic apex predator4 lettersSee answer ›3Important powwow figure10 lettersSee answer ›4Section of a play3 lettersSee answer ›5Corn cores4 lettersSee answer ›6Garden with a tempting snake4 lettersSee answer ›7Section of a supermarket4 lettersSee answer ›8Place for blush (or for a blush)5 lettersSee answer ›9Title for M.L.K., for short3 lettersSee answer ›10Glide around on a rink8 lettersSee answer ›11"The ___ the limit!"4 lettersSee answer ›12Privy to4 lettersSee answer ›13___-chef4 lettersSee answer ›15"Furiosa" star Taylor-Joy4 lettersSee answer ›18Altar answer3 lettersSee answer ›23X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 or X63 lettersSee answer ›25Photo ___3 lettersSee answer ›26Short comedy pieces5 lettersSee answer ›27Clever and brief5 lettersSee answer ›29Palestinian activist Tamimi4 lettersSee answer ›30___ Scotia4 lettersSee answer ›32New Mexico site of the largest radioactive accident in U.S. history10 lettersSee answer ›33Dog-___ pages5 lettersSee answer ›34Points on bus routes5 lettersSee answer ›37Fourth after Aug.3 lettersSee answer ›38"Will do!"4 lettersSee answer ›39"At Last" singer James4 lettersSee answer ›41Move that sends tresses flying8 lettersSee answer ›45Where Dubai is: Abbr.3 lettersSee answer ›46So far3 lettersSee answer ›52Extent, as of a project5 lettersSee answer ›53Overly3 lettersSee answer ›55Nautical marker4 lettersSee answer ›56Black and/or white water bird4 lettersSee answer ›57Away's opponent4 lettersSee answer ›58*sheepish grimace*4 lettersSee answer ›60Ones vowing payback?4 lettersSee answer ›61Don't-do4 lettersSee answer ›62Gardener's bagful4 lettersSee answer ›64Unassisted4 lettersSee answer ›65Amazes4 lettersSee answer ›67Dijon-mustered "yes"?3 lettersSee answer ›68Something Paxil may treat, for short3 lettersSee answer ›