Anago, to a sushi chef
Crossword Answer — February 19, 2025
NYT Crossword
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
By Joe Deeney
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Destination of a walk — Answer: FIRST
- 6. Command to attack — Answer: SICEM
- 11. Programming conditionals — Answer: IFS
- 14. What one may go by — Answer: ALIAS
- 15. Musician's exercise — Answer: ETUDE
- 16. Be in it to win it — Answer: VIE
- 17. Film megahit — Answer: BLOCKBUSTER
- 19. Old hoops org. — Answer: ABA
- 20. Start to rouse — Answer: STIR
- 21. Dewy-eyed heroine — Answer: INGENUE
- 23. Foreign policy advisory grp. — Answer: NSC
- 26. Put on, as a play — Answer: STAGE
- 28. "Into the Wild" actor Hirsch — Answer: EMILE
- 29. Wide-reaching green light — Answer: BLANKETAPPROVAL
- 32. Birchbark, e.g. — Answer: CANOE
- 33. Singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills" — Answer: SIA
- 34. Small British hunting dog — Answer: BORDERTERRIER
- 41. Actor Stephen of "V for Vendetta" — Answer: REA
- 42. Wile E. Coyote's undoing, frequently — Answer: ANVIL
- 44. Slugger's pregame warm-up — Answer: BATTINGPRACTICE
- 51. Live — Answer: ONAIR
- 52. Together — Answer: ASONE
- 53. Streamer's annoyance — Answer: LAG
- 54. Onetime place to shop while high? — Answer: SKYMALL
- 56. Syllabus section — Answer: UNIT
- 58. Didn't play — Answer: SAT
- 59. Social sewing event ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 29-, 34- and 44-Across — Answer: QUILTINGBEE
- 64. History class section — Answer: ERA
- 65. Navel type — Answer: INNIE
- 66. Connect with — Answer: TIETO
- 67. Utter — Answer: SAY
- 68. Wise ones — Answer: SAGES
- 69. In many cases — Answer: OFTEN
Down
- 1. Terrif — Answer: FAB
- 2. Not well — Answer: ILL
- 3. 2016 Olympics host city, familiarly — Answer: RIO
- 4. Biological bags — Answer: SACS
- 5. Orally admonished — Answer: TSKTSKED
- 6. French pointillism pioneer — Answer: SEURAT
- 7. Word frequently edited to insert or remove an apostrophe — Answer: ITS
- 8. Little darling — Answer: CUTIEPIE
- 9. Idyllic spot — Answer: EDEN
- 10. Synergy-seeking move — Answer: MERGER
- 11. "Terrible" czar — Answer: IVANIV
- 12. Bone below the femur — Answer: FIBULA
- 13. Anago, to a sushi chef — Answer: SEAEEL
- 18. Something good for an angler, bad for a dog trainer — Answer: BITE
- 22. Angsty music genre — Answer: EMO
- 23. Peacock's parent — Answer: NBC
- 24. Big chunk — Answer: SLAB
- 25. Baseballer Robinson ___ — Answer: CANO
- 27. Chemistry lab hookups — Answer: GASTAPS
- 30. Neighbor of Swe. — Answer: NOR
- 31. This is what you might expect — Answer: PAR
- 35. Suffix with north or south — Answer: ERN
- 36. Entertaining lavishly — Answer: REGALING
- 37. Enter hurriedly — Answer: RACEINTO
- 38. Football stat: Abbr. — Answer: INT
- 39. "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot — Answer: EVIL
- 40. Costa ___ — Answer: RICA
- 43. Part of a trip — Answer: LEG
- 44. End-of-level enemies in video games — Answer: BOSSES
- 45. World capital said to have been founded by King Midas — Answer: ANKARA
- 46. "Shake It Off" singer, to fans — Answer: TAYTAY
- 47. Apple's Cook — Answer: TIM
- 48. Residents of Basra — Answer: IRAQIS
- 49. Ways to go — Answer: ROUTES
- 50. Years: Lat. — Answer: ANNI
- 55. Nutrition bar brand with a moon in its logo — Answer: LUNA
- 57. Week-ending exclamation — Answer: TGIF
- 60. Factor in club selection — Answer: LIE
- 61. "Wanna ___?" — Answer: BET
- 62. Somme summer — Answer: ETE
- 63. Ages and ages — Answer: EON
The answer to “Anago, to a sushi chef” in the New York Times crossword is SEAEEL — a 6-letter word. This clue ran in the New York Times crossword on February 19, 2025, a Wednesday puzzle, at 13-Down. If it's the entry standing between you and a clean grid, that's the word you need — and below you'll find why it fits, plus links to the day's other clues if more than one square is giving you trouble.
“Anago, to a sushi chef” answer
SEAEEL (6 letters)
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Why the answer is SEAEEL
SEAEEL is the 6-letter solution that fits "Anago, to a sushi chef" in the NYT Crossword crossword on February 19, 2025 (13-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.
When else has “Anago, to a sushi chef” 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 before, and what the answer was each time — handy if you landed here from a puzzle on another date.
February 19, 2025 (this puzzle) → SEAEEL. We haven't indexed an earlier appearance of this exact clue yet.
More clues from the NYT Crossword crossword on February 19, 2025
Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.
- Programming conditionals → IFS
- Be in it to win it → VIE
- Old hoops org. → ABA
- Dewy-eyed heroine → INGENUE
- "Into the Wild" actor Hirsch → EMILE
- Wide-reaching green light → BLANKETAPPROVAL
- What one may go by → ALIAS
- Bone below the femur → FIBULA
Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for February 19, 2025 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.
About the NYT Crossword
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Wednesday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.
Frequently asked questions
What is the answer to “Anago, to a sushi chef”?
The answer is SEAEEL, a 6-letter word. It appeared in the New York Times crossword on February 19, 2025.
How many letters is the answer to “Anago, to a sushi chef”?
6 letters: SEAEEL.
Where did this clue appear?
In the New York Times crossword on February 19, 2025 (a Wednesday puzzle), at 13-Down.
Can “Anago, to a sushi chef” 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 19, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.