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NYT Crossword — February 9, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

65 clues

5Facial cream amount

8Harriet Tubman was one for the Union

11Place in a pyramid, say

17Site of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

18Head of a noted animal rescue project

20Prospectors' targets

22"Take me to your ___" (alien demand)

23TV's "Search for the Titanic," for one?

26Fifth-century conqueror who tried (and failed!) to take Rome

27Charcuterie assortment

28It's hard to see

29Champagne name

35Instructions for slaying Dracula?

38Tibetan beasts

41Concern in data transmission

42Shoppers' conveniences

46Tributary of the Colorado River

48Bit of Rasta headwear

49Tribe along the Missouri River

51Broadway offering titled with dots and dashes?

54Ones moving with the music?

58High-protein diet

59Nat ___ (channel)

64Belfry locale

67Indian dish featuring potatoes and cauliflower

70TED Talk about neuropsychology?

73Syllables of reproof

75"So is this our plan or not?"

76Ones whistling while they work?

79"May Day is ___ Day in Hawaii" (holiday slogan)

80Like tightwads

81Poetic tribute

83Lose ground, say

84Scout's container

89Sister of Hades

90Picture of Pluto, for instance

92Org. holding an annual basketball championship since 1939

93Metaphorical bit of progress

96Bud after Jack, perhaps?

101Email thread with a "Donate now!" message?

104"Chow time!"

110"I solemnly swear …," for one

111Longtime restaurant critic ___ Greene

113Feature of the Niña, but not the Pinta

114Milan fashion house

116Giddiness at completing this crossword puzzle?

120Flattened, in a way

121Contribution to a pot

122Reason someone might go streaking

123To be, in Gay Paree

124Common sonata enders

126Airer of the game show "The Cube"

127Off to someone's inbox

Down

75 clues

1Pink drink, for short

2Place for a flag pin

4Cable channels?

5It's stranded in a cell

8Bad thing to end on

9Lead-in to approval

10Polite affirmation

11Put over the moon

12Something that, if you cut a hole in it, actually has fewer holes than before

15Offerings in some fruit bowls

16Actor Benjamin of "Miss Congeniality"

19Position of authority

21Vodka brand, informally

24"My goodness!"

25Thigh muscle, informally

30Toy inventor with a background in sculpture and architecture

34Take off the top

36Thurman of film

37Partner of dagger

39Hardly a romp

42Wrigglers by the Nile

43"Like ___," rap hit fueling the Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef of 2024

44Fabric similar to suede

45___ week (TV ratings period)

47Cover for a hardwood floor

50This evening, in commercialese

52Climber's aid

55What face emojis with hearts for eyes mean

56Long, long time

57Roll of green

60Harmonic R&B subgenre

62When doubled, chocolate treat

65Journalist Holt

66Herbal supplement used as a cold remedy

68Condition that may involve repetitive behaviors, for short

71Term of endearment

73R&B trio with the 1999 #1 hit "No Scrubs"

74Something blue that follows Black or Red

77Adam's apple locale

78Spanish muralist whose "American Progress" is in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Center

80Welcome at the door

82Imprint, as a lasting memory

85Home of Si Racha, where the hot sauce was invented

86Did some winter riding

87The third one is often dangerous

88Roof overhang

90Computers' process of storing data

91Superlative suffix

94Cylindrical Mexican pastry

95Actor Mark of "NCIS"

100"Oh, you're in on this, too?"

101Be in charge of, as a committee

102Substances in sports scandals, familiarly

105Listings on a blogroll

112It's passed on the way to the bar, for short

115Keanu's role in "The Matrix"

117Classic muscle car

119Tous ___ jours (every day, in French)

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Stats & info

Sunday, Feb 9, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

76/365

Black / letter cells

5.2

Avg entry length

17 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedFeb 9, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeWhat's It All About?

ConstructorRich Katz and Jeff Chen

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split65 across · 75 down

Longest entries

70ATED Talk about neuropsychology?17 ltrs 23ATV's "Search for the Titanic," for one?14 ltrs 116AGiddiness at completing this crossword puzzle?14 ltrs 35AInstructions for slaying Dracula?13 ltrs 101AEmail thread with a "Donate now!" message?13 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 76 black squares and averages 5.2 letters per entry.