NYT Crossword February 12, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Mineral that shimmers 4 5A Bat around, as a kitten might 5 10A Composer Stravinsky 4 14A Like much graffiti: Abbr. 4 15A Belittle 5 16A Emperor named an enemy of the state in A.D. 68 4 17A Not admit 4 18A Aboveboard 5 19A Neighbor of Indonesia, on a Risk board 4 20A The 15 23A Knocked off 5 24A City that was a rival of ancient Sparta 5 25A Big mo. for eggnog sales 3 26A Cover story? 3 29A Lee who directed "Gemini Man" 3 30A Talks frankly 15 36A Screen play? 4 37A Singsong refrain 5 38A Heating pad target 4 39A Lead-in to -gram or -graph 3 40A Pep rally cry 3 41A Cousin of Inc. 3 43A Doll who debuted in swim trunks 3 44A Success against all odds 15 48A Either of two for Mozart's Queen of the Night 9 49A “Take THAT!” 4 52A Flowing slowly 5 53A "Should that happen …" 4 57A Builders of 25,000+ miles of roads in South America 5 59A TV's DeGeneres 5 60A With 63-Across, where some journalism is located ... or how to interpret the ends of 20-, 30- and 44-Across vis-à-vis the shaded squares 7 63A See 60-Across 7 65A Exhaustion from work 7 66A Without much hope 7 67A Green sauces 6 68A Features of coins which make them harder to counterfeit 6

Down

1D Road safety org. 4 2D "___ to Know" (1999 Marc Anthony hit) 5 3D Tells private things 10 4D "How will we ever get out of this mess?" 8 5D Satirist Michael 5 6D Drive for, maybe 4 7D ___ gap 4 8D It's east of the Urals 4 9D Half of octo- 5 10D Presidential seal, for one 8 11D Lizard mascot with a Cockney accent 10 12D Some campus grilling events? 5 13D Spanish Steps locale 4 21D Small cut 4 22D Where a wedge may be used 4 26D Not to go 7 27D ___ flash 3 28D When to wave the white flag 7 30D Guideline, in brief 4 31D Big ___ (longtime Red Sox nickname) 4 32D Some looks into space 6 33D ___ cap 6 34D Sole one-named Best Actress Oscar winner 4 35D Wee 4 40D One leg curl, e.g. 3 42D CBS drama for 15 seasons 3 45D Realms 7 46D Ka ___ (southernmost point in the U.S.) 3 47D Sign of a hound's happiness 7 49D Kind of lettuce 4 50D Top 5 51D Shade in a barren landscape 5 54D Undependable sort 5 55D Gives up the goods? 5 56D "Above us ___ sky" ("Imagine" lyric) 4 58D Pesky little brat 4 59D Observed 4 61D Pop music's Wham! or Erasure 3 62D Email signs 3 63D Inexpensive beer, informally 3 64D Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala ___ 3