NYT Crossword February 18, 2025 Answers

Across

1A "Ruh-___!" (Astro's "Yikes!") 3 4A Got 100% on 4 8A Catastrophe 6 14A 918 or 539, on the Cherokee Nation 8 16A Emphatic rejection 6 17A "Seriously?!" 15 19A Word after first or leading 4 20A Indirectly unkind 5 21A Identity thieves' targets, for short 4 22A Bit of hair cream 3 24A "Enough already! I'll do it!" 4 26A Purveyor of pampering 3 28A Kennewick ___ (ancient ancestor discovered in 1996) 3 31A Duel units 5 35A Relations 3 36A "Seriously?!" 11 40A What a wool sweater may cause 4 42A Calendar listing 5 43A Currency common to Cyprus and Croatia 4 44A "Seriously?!" 11 47A Part of a set in a workout 3 48A Damascus is its capital 5 49A ___ kwon do 3 50A Music holders in racks 3 51A Take it easy 4 54A "not gonna lie lol ..." 3 56A Opportunity 4 59A Jingly change 5 63A ___ Major (bear constellation) 4 66A "Seriously?!" 15 69A Intensifies 6 70A Mode of transportation that requires good balance 8 71A Loch monster's nickname 6 72A Found a buyer for 4 73A Ends of some bouts 3

Down

1D ___ trail (rhyming path that formerly had tracks) 4 2D Oceanic apex predator 4 3D Important powwow figure 10 4D Section of a play 3 5D Corn cores 4 6D Garden with a tempting snake 4 7D Section of a supermarket 4 8D Place for blush (or for a blush) 5 9D Title for M.L.K., for short 3 10D Glide around on a rink 8 11D "The ___ the limit!" 4 12D Privy to 4 13D ___-chef 4 15D "Furiosa" star Taylor-Joy 4 18D Altar answer 3 23D X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 or X6 3 25D Photo ___ 3 26D Short comedy pieces 5 27D Clever and brief 5 29D Palestinian activist Tamimi 4 30D ___ Scotia 4 32D New Mexico site of the largest radioactive accident in U.S. history 10 33D Dog-___ pages 5 34D Points on bus routes 5 37D Fourth after Aug. 3 38D "Will do!" 4 39D "At Last" singer James 4 41D Move that sends tresses flying 8 45D Where Dubai is: Abbr. 3 46D So far 3 52D Extent, as of a project 5 53D Overly 3 55D Nautical marker 4 56D Black and/or white water bird 4 57D Away's opponent 4 58D *sheepish grimace* 4 60D Ones vowing payback? 4 61D Don't-do 4 62D Gardener's bagful 4 64D Unassisted 4 65D Amazes 4 67D Dijon-mustered "yes"? 3 68D Something Paxil may treat, for short 3