NYT Crossword February 22, 2025 Answers

Across

1A Utterance that's usually made in pairs 3 4A Who said "I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music" 4 8A "Wow, that's … amazing!" 6 14A Attack words that might be spoken as a compliment 8 16A Classic stop on the vaudeville circuit 6 17A Ones who should prepare for their day of reckoning? 8 18A How criticism of a pastry chef might be delivered? 6 19A Word after something, anything or nothing 4 20A A pie to the face, slipping on a banana peel, etc. 9 22A Blow away 4 23A Show for which Eddie Murphy won an Emmy, in brief 3 24A Lots and lots 5 26A Peter out 3 29A Stanley ___ 3 31A Zendaya's role on "Euphoria" 3 32A World's heaviest snake (up to 500 pounds) 13 36A Acts of service and words of affirmation, for two 13 37A Time to celebrate female friendship, in a neologism 13 38A Put on 3 39A Sign of a hit 3 40A Fluency-building subj. 3 41A "So sorry!" 5 44A Lee with Oscars 3 46A Protective hairstyle, familiarly 4 50A Apple corps? 9 53A Each 4 54A Cattle identifier 6 55A "Got it?" 8 57A Messy prank 6 58A Club purchase that comes with rules of etiquette 8 59A Young women 6 60A Solutions that sound like problems? 4 61A ___-wolf 3

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1D ___ table 5 2D Must, old-style 5 3D Chicken ___, panko-breaded dish 5 4D Network that broadcasts the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards 3 5D Pros 4 6D Base for fire-walking 5 7D Big shot performer? 15 8D Picks, with "for" 4 9D Puts in the oven 5 10D Like the exterior columns at the Parthenon 5 11D Best Actor Oscar winner for 1974's "Harry and Tonto" 9 12D Candies originally named for their imperfect shape 8 13D "Au contraire" 3 15D "How dare they!" 8 21D Do a deep dive 6 25D Huge quantity 3 27D Has-___ 4 28D They're not always kept in the loop 5 30D Breather 5 32D Title family in a 2013-23 ABC sitcom 9 33D Dollars : U.S. :: ___ : Nigeria 6 34D Heels 4 35D Great Plains aquifer that supplies over a quarter of U.S. irrigation water 8 36D A star of 2018's "A Star Is Born" 8 37D School of whales 3 42D Cons 5 43D Keaton of Hollywood 5 45D Loire Valley grape variety 5 47D Reveals oneself, with "up" 5 48D Certain airplane seating 5 49D What a bout! 5 51D Down Under wear 4 52D Funky 4 54D Fish that can have two sets of jaws 3 56D Alternatives to vinyl 3