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NYT Crossword — February 19, 2025

Wednesday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 74 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

33 clues

1Destination of a walk

6Command to attack

11Programming conditionals

14What one may go by

15Musician's exercise

16Be in it to win it

19Old hoops org.

20Start to rouse

21Dewy-eyed heroine

23Foreign policy advisory grp.

26Put on, as a play

28"Into the Wild" actor Hirsch

29Wide-reaching green light

32Birchbark, e.g.

33Singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"

34Small British hunting dog

41Actor Stephen of "V for Vendetta"

42Wile E. Coyote's undoing, frequently

44Slugger's pregame warm-up

53Streamer's annoyance

54Onetime place to shop while high?

56Syllabus section

59Social sewing event ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 29-, 34- and 44-Across

64History class section

69In many cases

Down

41 clues

32016 Olympics host city, familiarly

4Biological bags

5Orally admonished

6French pointillism pioneer

7Word frequently edited to insert or remove an apostrophe

8Little darling

10Synergy-seeking move

11"Terrible" czar

12Bone below the femur

13Anago, to a sushi chef

18Something good for an angler, bad for a dog trainer

22Angsty music genre

23Peacock's parent

25Baseballer Robinson ___

27Chemistry lab hookups

30Neighbor of Swe.

31This is what you might expect

35Suffix with north or south

36Entertaining lavishly

37Enter hurriedly

38Football stat: Abbr.

39"Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot

43Part of a trip

44End-of-level enemies in video games

45World capital said to have been founded by King Midas

46"Shake It Off" singer, to fans

48Residents of Basra

55Nutrition bar brand with a moon in its logo

57Week-ending exclamation

60Factor in club selection

63Ages and ages

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Stats & info

Wednesday, Feb 19, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Medium

Wednesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 19, 2025

DayWednesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorJoe Deeney

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split33 across · 41 down

Longest entries

29AWide-reaching green light15 ltrs 44ASlugger's pregame warm-up15 ltrs 34ASmall British hunting dog13 ltrs 17AFilm megahit11 ltrs 59ASocial sewing event ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 29-, 34- and 44-Across11 ltrs

Wednesday is the midweek pivot, where themes get denser and clues start bending the surface reading. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.