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NYT Crossword — February 13, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 78 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

39 clues

1Does a prose pro's job

6Handled easily

10Like some Olympic races

16Blind blues singer Paul

17*Emerge, as teeth

19Flower named for a deity

20Slippery figure in a simile

21"I'm in trouble!"

22Soon to appear

24Make passable, in a way

26Heads of ancient Rome

29*Plural personal pronoun

32Bait shop purchase

33One of two official languages of Afghanistan

35Ancient kingdom of Asia Minor

36Singer Grande, to fans

37*Country where the Plain of Jars is located

40Car brand named for a deity

42Zero-sum game

43Pickled ginger served with sushi

46Devilish sort

48Balloon material

49Focus of some magnet schools

50Virtual companion of the 2000s

52Nursery sounds

53Exposure spec.

56Emmy-winning Sawai of "Shogun"

57Material in a junkyard pile … or a hint to answering this puzzle's four asterisked clues

60Top-seed perks

61Franchise with a signature A-frame roof

62What you have in mind?

64Punny reply to "What are you waiting for?"

65Partitioned, as land for development

Down

39 clues

2All but hopeless

3"Survivor" game-changer

5Close-fitting headwear

8Night sch. offering

10Laundry cycle

11"Mom and dad aren't gonna be pleased with us!"

12Operating system developed by Bell Labs

13Crow's-nest location

18State with the highest percentage of federal land

23Sights on beaches and in barns

25They may get splints

26C-shaped tool, maybe

30Volatile demolition aid, for short

34In the midst of a conflict

37Long-handled server

38"You're too much"

41Standard park purchase

47Longest-running musical in London's West End, informally

49Things commonly found in bars

50Catches red-handed

51Singer with the birth name Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin

52Photoshop tool

53Zealous supporter, in modern lingo

54Knight's aide

55Left in a hurry

58Life force principle, in feng shui

59Punk subculture

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Stats & info

Thursday, Feb 13, 2025

15×15

Grid size

78

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

4.9

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 13, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJem Burch

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split39 across · 39 down

Longest entries

17A*Emerge, as teeth10 ltrs 57AMaterial in a junkyard pile … or a hint to answering this puzzle's four asterisked clues10 ltrs 11D"Mom and dad aren't gonna be pleased with us!"10 ltrs 28DWinnings10 ltrs 29A*Plural personal pronoun8 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 4.9 letters per entry.