NYT Crossword February 2, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Trading post 4 5A For example 3 8A Italian fashion house 5 13A Hard-liner 4 17A "Ave Maria" finale, appropriately? 4 18A Buying binge 5 20A Venetian magistrates of old 5 21A French friend 4 22A Lead actress in "The Lovely Bones" (2009) and "The Bourne Legacy" (2012) 12 24A Fast/car 7 25A Wild/bunch 6 26A Informer, informally 7 27A Cartoon character inspired by W.C. Fields 7 29A Gave a darn 5 30A 3,605, in ancient Rome 7 32A Image on a Missouri state quarter 4 33A Wombs 5 34A Italian sports cars, informally 5 37A Gear tooth 3 39A Desirable condition for hostas 5 42A "Cómo ___?" 5 43A Divinity sch. subj. 3 44A Provoked an online fight 7 47A Treasure 3 48A Holland/tunnel 7 49A Figs. on flight boards 4 51A Onetime Kia model 6 52A Spot 4 54A Tik___ challenge 3 55A Home of the Temple of Poseidon 6 57A Put-down 4 59A They put things on the back burner 5 61A Stadium/timekeeper 11 64A Smash hit 7 66A Steamed Chinese bun 3 69A Exist 3 70A Your business start-up? 6 72A Word often shortened to a letter and a number 6 73A Catherine the Great, e.g.: Abbr. 3 74A Average/income 5 75A Jeans popular in the 1980s 7 77A Denver/Colorado 11 79A Name spelled by the initials of five consecutive months 5 80A The "E" in G.E.: Abbr. 4 82A Applied to 6 83A Org. once led by George H.W. Bush 3 85A Direction of the wind that brought Mary Poppins 4 87A Where "Cheers" is set 6 90A Chart-topping Basil or Braxton 4 91A Start of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" 5 93A Place to buy tickets: Abbr. 3 94A Jewel case holders 7 96A Architect Maya 3 97A Follow 5 98A Mel who sang the 1949 #1 hit "Careless Hands" 5 100A Year abroad 3 101A Stars and Stripes 7 103A For the birds 5 104A Rainproof cover 4 106A ___ bears 5 108A Hall-of-Famer Martínez 5 109A Woodworking tool with a belt 7 112A "Nothing much" 7 116A Dino/expedition 6 117A Card/game 7 118A Certain emcee 12 120A Grim Grimm figure 4 121A Beethoven dedicatee 5 122A Risk of heavy lifting 7 123A First name in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 4 124A Costner's role in "The Untouchables" 4 125A Sheen 5 126A Happy companion 3 127A Right hand: Abbr. 4

Down

1D Red rover home 4 2D "I smell ___" 4 3D ___ Act (measure against mobsters) 4 4D Indigenous people's name for Mount Rainier 6 5D Officer with a radar gun 8 6D Shapiro of NPR 3 7D Antiquated assent 4 8D Fictional composer whose first three initials mean "A.S.A.P." 8 9D Dietary plant fiber 8 10D Foreign exchange fee 4 11D Chrysler Building style, familiarly 4 12D Request 3 13D Protective outfits for handling radioactive material 13 14D Almond-flavored liqueur 8 15D Stand in a cellar 8 16D Small entryway receptacle that might also house loose change 7 18D Skinny/dip 6 19D Poet Pound 4 23D Horror film locale, in brief 5 28D Seasoning brand that dropped the first part of its name in 2020 7 29D Prompted, in a theater 4 31D Horse/power 6 34D Tour aid 7 35D What Hester Prynne wore in a Hawthorne novel 7 36D Excessive praise 9 38D Like some eyeliners 7 40D Lineage 7 41D Major shops 7 45D Honking or screeching, for example 10 46D Bygone owner of Virgin Records 3 50D "Hello there, good ___" 3 53D One eager for radical change 10 56D Kind of line that no one just stands in 5 58D Party to the left of Dem. 3 60D Body parts with caps 5 62D How caviar might be served 7 63D Will, given the opportunity 7 65D Sephora purchase 7 66D "Help me out here" 7 67D Fast-evaporating cleaning agent 7 68D Sicilian Defense in chess, e.g. 7 71D Adversary 3 76D Deli devices 7 78D Pickleball need 3 79D Classic British sports cars 11 81D Conclusion 3 83D What parallel lines never do 8 84D Ones in the know 8 86D Feature of rhubarb pie 8 88D [Kapow!] 4 89D Not plugged in, in a way 8 91D Grabbed, as an opportunity 7 92D Sommelier's prefix 4 95D Diploma modifier 5 99D Mothers, in Mexico 6 102D Slumber/party 8 105D Trail/head 6 107D Crib call 4 109D Cotton capsule 4 110D Sony co-founder Morita 4 111D Promise/keeper 6 113D Soul legend Redding 4 114D Something to look through 4 115D Mild expletive 4 117D Digital picture format 5 119D ___-cone 3