Walked purposefully

Latest answer — February 04, 2025

48 Down

Scroll down for rest of crossword answers

NYT Crossword

This clue's Tuesday, February 04, 2025 appearance

Tap a square to reveal a letter.

Or reveal one clue at a time with the Hint and Answer buttons below.

Across

  1. 1Wandering soul
  2. 6"Dónde ___ la biblioteca?"
  3. 10Monster akin to a Japanese oni
  4. 14"Your concerns matter to me"
  5. 15Little crack
  6. 16Cook the surface of
  7. 17Noiseless?
  8. 19N.Y.C. home of Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans"
  9. 20What one size might fit
  10. 21Completely wreck
  11. 22Rock and roll, but not rhythm and blues
  12. 23The Crimson Tide
  13. 25View of Earth from heaven?
  14. 28Newly decorated
  15. 30First-rate
  16. 31Grandma
  17. 32Guy's name that's old slang for "OK"
  18. 33Podcaster's income stream
  19. 34Gymnastic feats ... or what the two halves of the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across do?
  20. 38TNT's sister channel
  21. 41Blue feeling
  22. 42Animal hidden in this clue, if you read it aloud
  23. 44Warm drink served from a tokkuri
  24. 46Hyundai electric cars
  25. 49"There are ways to leave"?
  26. 51Dog that's not a purebred
  27. 53Railroad station
  28. 54Post-it, e.g.
  29. 56Good name for a long-term investor?
  30. 57___ fees
  31. 58Spite over an incomplete mobile payment?
  32. 61Eat in style
  33. 62Olympic equipment with body contact detection technology
  34. 63Dwindle, as support
  35. 64Oft-unwanted bread pieces
  36. 65Teri of "After Hours"
  37. 66One section of a big band, informally

Down

  1. 1Face covering with an opening around the eyes
  2. 2Eye-related
  3. 3Guys whose profession sounds redundant
  4. 4"Making money is ___ and working is ___ and good business is the best ___": Andy Warhol
  5. 5State animal of Illinois
  6. 6Like donkeys and zebras
  7. 7Taking action against
  8. 8Cause for overtime
  9. 9Like the names of the track athletes Usain Bolt and Lisa Lightfoot
  10. 10Actress Emily of "Hannah Montana"
  11. 11Only U.S. state whose Wikipedia article has a "(U.S. state)" disambiguator
  12. 12Went on and on
  13. 13Writers' blocks?
  14. 18Actor Ke Huy ___ of "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
  15. 22Puff piece?
  16. 24Not much, as of mayonnaise
  17. 26Abbr. that might go after a list of authors
  18. 27Norse god capable of shape-shifting into animals
  19. 29Not eating anything
  20. 32One hub for Delta and American Airlines, in brief
  21. 35Common crudités veggie
  22. 36Toy set that can be used to build roller coasters
  23. 37Do some strokes
  24. 38Nickname for filmdom's Jeffrey Lebowski
  25. 39Pens
  26. 40Fixed regular allowance
  27. 43Start to fall?
  28. 45Mall units
  29. 46Molecule that shares its formula with another
  30. 47Palindromic Italian number
  31. 48Walked purposefully
  32. 50Word with tube or circle
  33. 52Tones down
  34. 55Holidays that aren't typically federal holidays
  35. 58Chillax
  36. 59Org. that regulates "forever chemicals"
  37. 60Historic stretch

The answer to “Walked purposefully” in the New York Times crossword is STRODE — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 4, 2025, a Tuesday puzzle, at 48-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Walked purposefully” answer

STRODE (6 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is STRODE.

Why the answer is STRODE

STRODE is the 6-letter solution that fits "Walked purposefully" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 4, 2025 (48-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does STRODE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of STRODE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(verb)

  • walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction
  • cross (an obstacle) with one long step

When else has “Walked purposefully” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

February 4, 2025 (most recent) → STRODE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Walked purposefully”?

The answer is STRODE, a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 4, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Walked purposefully”?

6 letters: STRODE.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on February 4, 2025 (a Tuesday puzzle), at 48-Down.

Can “Walked purposefully” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for February 4, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

New York Times Crossword is published by The New York Times; WordHint is an independent site and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the publisher.

Crossword Clues

Looking up a clue? Jump into today's answers and clue help from top puzzles.