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NYT Crossword — February 4, 2025

Tuesday’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

37 clues

1Wandering soul

6"Dónde ___ la biblioteca?"

10Monster akin to a Japanese oni

14"Your concerns matter to me"

16Cook the surface of

19N.Y.C. home of Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans"

20What one size might fit

21Completely wreck

22Rock and roll, but not rhythm and blues

23The Crimson Tide

25View of Earth from heaven?

28Newly decorated

32Guy's name that's old slang for "OK"

33Podcaster's income stream

34Gymnastic feats ... or what the two halves of the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across do?

38TNT's sister channel

42Animal hidden in this clue, if you read it aloud

44Warm drink served from a tokkuri

46Hyundai electric cars

49"There are ways to leave"?

51Dog that's not a purebred

53Railroad station

54Post-it, e.g.

56Good name for a long-term investor?

58Spite over an incomplete mobile payment?

62Olympic equipment with body contact detection technology

63Dwindle, as support

64Oft-unwanted bread pieces

65Teri of "After Hours"

66One section of a big band, informally

Down

37 clues

1Face covering with an opening around the eyes

3Guys whose profession sounds redundant

4"Making money is ___ and working is ___ and good business is the best ___": Andy Warhol

5State animal of Illinois

6Like donkeys and zebras

7Taking action against

8Cause for overtime

9Like the names of the track athletes Usain Bolt and Lisa Lightfoot

10Actress Emily of "Hannah Montana"

11Only U.S. state whose Wikipedia article has a "(U.S. state)" disambiguator

12Went on and on

13Writers' blocks?

18Actor Ke Huy ___ of "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

24Not much, as of mayonnaise

26Abbr. that might go after a list of authors

27Norse god capable of shape-shifting into animals

29Not eating anything

32One hub for Delta and American Airlines, in brief

35Common crudités veggie

36Toy set that can be used to build roller coasters

37Do some strokes

38Nickname for filmdom's Jeffrey Lebowski

40Fixed regular allowance

43Start to fall?

46Molecule that shares its formula with another

47Palindromic Italian number

48Walked purposefully

50Word with tube or circle

55Holidays that aren't typically federal holidays

59Org. that regulates "forever chemicals"

60Historic stretch

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Feb 4, 2025

15×15

Grid size

74

Total entries

38/187

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

10 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 4, 2025

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorAdam Aaronson

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 37 down

Longest entries

17ANoiseless?10 ltrs 25AView of Earth from heaven?10 ltrs 49A"There are ways to leave"?10 ltrs 58ASpite over an incomplete mobile payment?10 ltrs 34AGymnastic feats ... or what the two halves of the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across do?9 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 38 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.