NYT Crossword February 16, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Shopper's thrill 5 6A Clock part 3 9A Brand 5 14A ___ Lakshmi, host of TV's "Taste the Nation" 5 19A Some computer-generated images nowadays 5 20A The masses 9 22A "Full steam ___!" 5 23A "Omigod, omigod, jackpot!"? 15 25A Some college students, quaintly 5 26A Space heater? 3 27A ___ fly 3 28A Smart-alecky 4 29A FaceTime alternative 5 30A "Eww!" 4 32A Instruments with large bells 5 35A Great Lakes mnemonic 5 38A Org. whose employees wear badges 3 40A Atlantis and others 8 42A Hawkish 6 44A Bad thing to be caught in 4 45A Tempest in a teapot? 18 48A Oh-so-precious 4 50A Journalists quote them 7 51A Oniony vegetables 5 52A Body of water that was once the world's fourth-largest lake 7 55A Good signs in stock reports 5 56A Challah bread feature 5 58A Religious gymgoer on leg day? 12 60A Souvenir from the Sea of Tranquillity, say 8 63A Typical Passover mo. 3 64A Many clay relics 4 65A Not just mine 4 66A Kanga's kiddo 3 67A Whimsically imaginative, as writing 8 70A Sound from some freshly cleaned floors? 12 75A Oozes 5 76A Heighten 5 77A Yo-yo-like toy with a devilish-sounding name 7 78A "___ mia!" 5 80A Michael Jordan's nickname, with "His" 7 82A Trash 4 83A Money under the mattress, e.g.? 18 88A Meyer who directed 1965's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" 4 89A Cialis alternative 6 90A Backslid, say 8 93A Word before or after down 3 94A Pasta often cut at an angle 5 95A Hazard cleanup, in brief 5 96A Hindu honorifics 4 98A Weapon whose name is an acronym 5 100A "___ tell" 4 103A Legendary bird 3 105A Number of jurors who originally vote "Not guilty" in "12 Angry Men" 3 106A Mean little suckers? 5 107A Repeat something clever, as parrots might? 15 112A "Gesundheit!" prompter 5 113A "Diet" for the defeated 9 114A Tied up 5 115A Facebook has more than three billion of them 5 116A Aspirations 5 117A "Downton Abbey" network 3 118A Flies out of sight 5

Down

1D Fresh 5 2D Excites … or annoys 6 3D Vulgarity 6 4D Poet's palindromic preposition 3 5D Midflight announcements, for short 4 6D Count seen in the breakfast aisle 7 7D Cry of cringe 3 8D Animated file type 3 9D Actress Singer of "Footloose" 4 10D Elevs. 4 11D Deep, dark ocean caverns 9 12D Equivalent of a billion years, in geology 3 13D Bad thing to be caught in 3 14D Cigarette purchases 5 15D Nautical greeting 4 16D Scrumptious but not-so-healthful carnival snacks 14 17D Brought in big bucks 8 18D Elements of pay-per-click campaigns 3 21D Punching sounds in the comics 4 24D Coffee shop order 5 29D Feudal worker 4 31D In a big way 6 33D Pot growers? 4 34D Classifies 7 36D Mice hunters 4 37D Great Leap Forward leader 3 39D Bitter brews, for short 4 41D Lock of hair 5 42D Something strapped for cash? 5 43D Go-kart, e.g. 5 44D Beaten at ___ own game 5 46D Command+Q, on a Mac 4 47D Family group 4 48D Writing cliché 5 49D Style sported by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain 14 52D Forehead-slapping shouts 4 53D Outfit 5 54D Mysterious qualities 5 56D Yawning, say 5 57D Hollywood's Portia de ___ 5 59D "Raggedy" doll 3 60D Make faces for a camera 3 61D Barbecue bits 5 62D Gorilla who famously learned sign language 4 65D "If I had to guess …" 7 68D They're around for the long haul 5 69D Scorch 4 70D More refined 5 71D Loma ___, Calif. 5 72D Monthly util. bill 4 73D Host of the 2022 World Cup 5 74D Horseshoe-shaped pipe fasteners 6 76D Boat equipment for removing water on board 9 78D Car sticker no. 4 79D Parasailing, water polo, etc. 8 80D "Watchmen" writer Moore 4 81D What many freelancers work on 4 84D Many a road tripper, informally 4 85D "Ich bin ___ Berliner" 3 86D They make sounds when they're tickled 7 87D Wood joint piece 5 91D Beethoven's Third 6 92D What Sidney Poitier's character famously came to, in a 1967 film 6 94D Currency in seven American countries (and one Asian) 5 95D Van ___ (beard type) 4 97D Germs 5 99D Toffee candy bar 4 101D Broccoli ___ 4 102D Leatherworking tools 4 104D Cartoon collector's collection, maybe 4 106D Greek letter that's the symbol for torque 3 107D [I'm trying to watch the movie!] 3 108D Status follower 3 109D Slack or Zoom 3 110D Fudge the facts 3 111D Language mutually intelligible with Thai 3