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NYT Crossword — February 20, 2025

Thursday’s 15 × 15 puzzle, 76 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Past its glory

10[Bada bing bada boom!]

14Round windows

16Move after a touchdown

17Network connections

18Lynchian or Felliniesque, say

22Digital work fueled by machine learning, in brief

28Shelter on a tropical island, maybe

29With 43-Across, something never to be repeated ... or a hint to the answers to the italicized clues

32Ancient Mexican civilization

34Who said "A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture"

40Subreddits, for example

41Alternative to a spicy Dorito

42Throw with great effort

43See 29-Across

44Broadband connection inits.

45Slated to be delivered (on)

47Battletoads console, for short

48Singer Winehouse

51This crossword

58___ Roy, Booker Prize-winning author, 1997

59Ending with home or bed

60Use as a source

62Like an H.P. Lovecraft work

63Black gemstone

Down

39 clues

1Character profile?

2"Don't have ___, man!"

4___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels"

6What a budding musical artist hopes to land

8Rooftop spinner

9Friendly response, after "My"

11Alliance of 32 nations

12Enemy alliance of W.W. II

13Many social posts, informally

19Exam with a max. score of 528

21Ex-N.B.A. star ___ Ming

24Sensational, on Broadway

26Blue man group member?

28Home to many kings and queens

29Setting for several Herman Melville works

31Two of spades?

33Queen Elizabeth I has one named for her

36Cleared one's plate, say

38Virtual storefront in an online marketplace

39Nine daughters of Greek myth

44Chatted on the Gram, say

46Strike caller

48Architectural expansion

49San ___, Calif.

50Follower of the 32-Across

51Texas city once known as "Six-Shooter Junction"

52Shamrock land

54Only character shown in the final 30 minutes of "2001: A Space Odyssey"

57Locale depicted in Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights"

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Stats & info

Thursday, Feb 20, 2025

15×15

Grid size

76

Total entries

34/191

Black / letter cells

5.0

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Tricky

Thursday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 20, 2025

DayThursday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorPeter Gorman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 39 down

Longest entries

20AThis clue15 ltrs 37AThis answer15 ltrs 51AThis crossword15 ltrs 6DWhat a budding musical artist hopes to land10 ltrs 28DHome to many kings and queens10 ltrs

Thursday is the gimmick day: rebus squares, reversed entries and other tricks are fair game. This grid has 34 black squares and averages 5.0 letters per entry.