Here are the NYT Crossword answers for Sunday, February 16, 2025 — every solution for that day's 15×15 (21×21 on Sunday) puzzle, listed at the top of this page. Whether you're catching up on a puzzle you missed, settling a “what was the answer on February 16?” question, or checking a grid you finished that day, the complete clue-by-clue solution is right here. Looking for today's puzzle instead? Head to our live NYT Crossword answers page.
NYT Crossword answers for February 16, 2025
The full solution for the February 16 NYT Crossword is shown above, laid out clue by clue — every Across answer followed by every Down answer, exactly as that day's grid read. Each answer is listed separately, so you can check just the clue you were stuck on and leave the rest. This is the confirmed grid as published on Sunday, February 16.
Full NYT Crossword answer list for February 16, 2025
Every clue from the February 16 grid next to its solution — the same answers as the board above, in one plain list you can scan without tapping.
Across
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Shopper's thrill | SPREE |
| 6 | Clock part | COG |
| 9 | Brand | LABEL |
| 14 | ___ Lakshmi, host of TV's "Taste the Nation" | PADMA |
| 19 | Some computer-generated images nowadays | AIART |
| 20 | The masses | HOIPOLLOI |
| 22 | "Full steam ___!" | AHEAD |
| 23 | "Omigod, omigod, jackpot!"? | SQUEALOFFORTUNE |
| 25 | Some college students, quaintly | COEDS |
| 26 | Space heater? | SUN |
| 27 | ___ fly | SAC |
| 28 | Smart-alecky | WISE |
| 29 | FaceTime alternative | SKYPE |
| 30 | "Eww!" | YECH |
| 32 | Instruments with large bells | TUBAS |
| 35 | Great Lakes mnemonic | HOMES |
| 38 | Org. whose employees wear badges | FBI |
| 40 | Atlantis and others | SHUTTLES |
| 42 | Hawkish | PROWAR |
| 44 | Bad thing to be caught in | TRAP |
| 45 | Tempest in a teapot? | GREATSQUALLOFCHINA |
| 48 | Oh-so-precious | TWEE |
| 50 | Journalists quote them | SOURCES |
| 51 | Oniony vegetables | LEEKS |
| 52 | Body of water that was once the world's fourth-largest lake | ARALSEA |
| 55 | Good signs in stock reports | RISES |
| 56 | Challah bread feature | BRAID |
| 58 | Religious gymgoer on leg day? | HOLYSQUATTER |
| 60 | Souvenir from the Sea of Tranquillity, say | MOONROCK |
| 63 | Typical Passover mo. | APR |
| 64 | Many clay relics | URNS |
| 65 | Not just mine | OURS |
| 66 | Kanga's kiddo | ROO |
| 67 | Whimsically imaginative, as writing | SEUSSIAN |
| 70 | Sound from some freshly cleaned floors? | PLEDGESQUEAK |
| 75 | Oozes | SEEPS |
| 76 | Heighten | BUILD |
| 77 | Yo-yo-like toy with a devilish-sounding name | DIABOLO |
| 78 | "___ mia!" | MAMMA |
| 80 | Michael Jordan's nickname, with "His" | AIRNESS |
| 82 | Trash | TOSS |
| 83 | Money under the mattress, e.g.? | SQUIRRELLEDCAPITAL |
| 88 | Meyer who directed 1965's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" | RUSS |
| 89 | Cialis alternative | VIAGRA |
| 90 | Backslid, say | REVERTED |
| 93 | Word before or after down | PAT |
| 94 | Pasta often cut at an angle | PENNE |
| 95 | Hazard cleanup, in brief | DECON |
| 96 | Hindu honorifics | SRIS |
| 98 | Weapon whose name is an acronym | TASER |
| 100 | "___ tell" | PRAY |
| 103 | Legendary bird | ROC |
| 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!" prompter | ACHOO |
| 113 | "Diet" for the defeated | HUMBLEPIE |
| 114 | Tied up | LACED |
| 115 | Facebook has more than three billion of them | USERS |
| 116 | Aspirations | HOPES |
| 117 | "Downton Abbey" network | PBS |
| 118 | Flies out of sight | SOARS |
Down
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | Fresh | SASSY |
| 2 | Excites ... or annoys | PIQUES |
| 3 | Vulgarity | RAUNCH |
| 4 | Poet's palindromic preposition | ERE |
| 5 | Midflight announcements, for short | ETAS |
| 6 | Count seen in the breakfast aisle | CHOCULA |
| 7 | Cry of cringe | OOF |
| 8 | Animated file type | GIF |
| 9 | Actress Singer of "Footloose" | LORI |
| 10 | Elevs. | ALTS |
| 11 | Deep, dark ocean caverns | BLUEHOLES |
| 12 | Equivalent of a billion years, in geology | EON |
| 13 | Bad thing to be caught in | LIE |
| 14 | Cigarette purchases | PACKS |
| 15 | Nautical greeting | AHOY |
| 16 | Scrumptious but not-so-healthful carnival snacks | DEEPFRIEDOREOS |
| 17 | Brought in big bucks | MADEBANK |
| 18 | Elements of pay-per-click campaigns | ADS |
| 21 | Punching sounds in the comics | POWS |
| 24 | Coffee shop order | LATTE |
| 29 | Feudal worker | SERF |
| 31 | In a big way | HUGELY |
| 33 | Pot growers? | BETS |
| 34 | Classifies | ASSORTS |
| 36 | Mice hunters | OWLS |
| 37 | Great Leap Forward leader | MAO |
| 39 | Bitter brews, for short | IPAS |
| 41 | Lock of hair | TRESS |
| 42 | Something strapped for cash? | PURSE |
| 43 | Go-kart, e.g. | RACER |
| 44 | Beaten at ___ own game | THEIR |
| 46 | Command+Q, on a Mac | QUIT |
| 47 | Family group | CLAN |
| 48 | Writing cliché | TROPE |
| 49 | Style sported by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain | WALRUSMUSTACHE |
| 52 | Forehead-slapping shouts | AHAS |
| 53 | Outfit | EQUIP |
| 54 | Mysterious qualities | AURAS |
| 56 | Yawning, say | BORED |
| 57 | Hollywood's Portia de ___ | ROSSI |
| 59 | "Raggedy" doll | ANN |
| 60 | Make faces for a camera | MUG |
| 61 | Barbecue bits | COALS |
| 62 | Gorilla who famously learned sign language | KOKO |
| 65 | "If I had to guess ..." | ODDSARE |
| 68 | They're around for the long haul | SEMIS |
| 69 | Scorch | SEAR |
| 70 | More refined | PURER |
| 71 | Loma ___, Calif. | LINDA |
| 72 | Monthly util. bill | ELEC |
| 73 | Host of the 2022 World Cup | QATAR |
| 74 | Horseshoe-shaped pipe fasteners | UBOLTS |
| 76 | Boat equipment for removing water on board | BILGEPUMP |
| 78 | Car sticker no. | MSRP |
| 79 | Parasailing, water polo, etc. | AQUATICS |
| 80 | "Watchmen" writer Moore | ALAN |
| 81 | What many freelancers work on | SPEC |
| 84 | Many a road tripper, informally | RVER |
| 85 | "Ich bin ___ Berliner" | EIN |
| 86 | They make sounds when they're tickled | IVORIES |
| 87 | Wood joint piece | TENON |
| 91 | Beethoven's Third | EROICA |
| 92 | What Sidney Poitier's character famously came to, in a 1967 film | DINNER |
| 94 | Currency in seven American countries (and one Asian) | PESOS |
| 95 | Van ___ (beard type) | DYKE |
| 97 | Germs | SEEDS |
| 99 | Toffee candy bar | SKOR |
| 101 | Broccoli ___ | RABE |
| 102 | Leatherworking tools | AWLS |
| 104 | Cartoon collector's collection, maybe | CELS |
| 106 | Greek letter that's the symbol for torque | TAU |
| 107 | [I'm trying to watch the movie!] | SHH |
| 108 | Status follower | QUO |
| 109 | Slack or Zoom | APP |
| 110 | Fudge the facts | FIB |
| 111 | Language mutually intelligible with Thai | LAO |
Hints for the February 16 puzzle
Not ready for the full answer? Here are lighter, spoiler-free nudges for that day's grid, above the solutions. The February 16 puzzle fell on a Sunday, and with the New York Times crossword that matters: the grid gets harder as the week goes on, from an easy Monday to a fiendish Saturday, with a large themed puzzle on Sunday. So a Sunday grid tells you how much misdirection to expect — and if a clue that day seemed to make no sense, the weekday is usually the reason. Use the hints for the trickiest clues, then reveal the answers above only if you need them.
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