New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers February 25, 2024
Author: Scott Hogan and Katie Hale
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
| Favors | ASKS |
| Slathered in sauce, in restaurant-speak | WET |
| Letters on security camera footage | CCTV |
| Big flings | HEAVES |
| “Pet” you wouldn’t take to the vet | CHIA |
| Cosecant’s reciprocal | SINE |
| Cookie with its name on it | OREO |
| One of four on a diamond | UMPIRE |
| I visited the cardiologist, who … | DIDNTMISSABEAT |
| Bull-headed? | HORNED |
| Club assistant | CADDIE |
| Apt letters that complete this word: P_RPO_ _ | USE |
| Nailed | ACED |
| Partner of Hoda on “Today” | JENNA |
| I visited the dermatologist, who … | MADEARASHDECISION |
| “The greatest as well as the most elegant of Roman philosophers,” per Voltaire | CICERO |
| Rob in Hollywood | REINER |
| Fashion something fashionable, maybe | SEW |
| Uninspired | SOSO |
| Revealing word | VOILA |
| Like a money-back guarantee | NORISK |
| I visited a dentist and now I … | KNOWTHEDRILL |
| Otis of elevator fame | ELISHA |
| Set forth | ASSERT |
| Prattle | YAP |
| Sorry ass? | EEYORE |
| Equivalent of 32,000 ounces | TON |
| Pinches | CRIMPS |
| Scenario before a two-run home run, say | ONEON |
| Lived (in) | DWELT |
| Alternative to foil or saber | EPEE |
| I visited the anesthesiologist and now I’ve … | LOSTMYTOUCH |
| Bitter brews | IPAS |
| Gets in shape? | MOLDS |
| Home of the 123-story Lotte World Tower | SEOUL |
| Natural decorations on some bookshelves | GEODES |
| Pique | IRE |
| Hunt | PREYON |
| Lovelace of early computer programming | ADA |
| California wine valley | SONOMA |
| One with a landlord | LESSEE |
| I visited a sleep specialist, who … | GAVEMETHENOD |
| Double-wide, as a garage | TWOCAR |
| Professional who works a lot | VALET |
| Skin | RIND |
| Soul seller | KIA |
| Change positions, as in volleyball | ROTATE |
| Takes the blame for | COPSTO |
| I visited the radiologist, who … | SAWRIGHTTHROUGHME |
| Rude … or, without its first two letters, rude person | CRASS |
| ___ beer (nonalcoholic beverage) | NEAR |
| MSNBC competitor | CNN |
| Slowly cook, in a way | BRAISE |
| Prenatal tests, in brief | AMNIOS |
| I visited the podiatrist and now I … | STANDCORRECTED |
| Call | RINGUP |
| Filled, folded food | TACO |
| Female French friend | AMIE |
| O, in hangman | HEAD |
| Meager | SCANTY |
| Part of most musical notes | STEM |
| Cribbage marker | PEG |
| Mathematician Noether | EMMY |
Down
| Rock band with a slash (but not Slash) | ACDC |
| Like much of Iran | SHIA |
| Sue Monk ___, author of “The Secret Life of Bees” | KIDD |
| Castle material, maybe | SAND |
| GameCube successor | WII |
| Result | ENSUE |
| Actress Thompson of “Creed” | TESSA |
| It’s totally corny | COB |
| Step in origami | CREASE |
| Educational forum | TEACHIN |
| Gave a thumbs-down | VOTEDNO |
| “Whaddya mean?” | HUH |
| Kind of keyboard | EMOJI |
| Setting for some post-run refreshments? | APRESSKI |
| ___ Barbarino, John Travolta’s role on “Welcome Back, Kotter” | VINNIE |
| Heretofore | ERENOW |
| Car that Brits call a “saloon” | SEDAN |
| Mascara mishap | SMEAR |
| Proctor’s pronouncement | TIME |
| ___ Lingus | AER |
| The “Do” in “Do-Re-Mi” | DEER |
| Went under | DOVE |
| Asia’s disappearing ___ Sea | ARAL |
| Old yeller? | CRIER |
| Bamboozles | CONS |
| Having two equal sides | ISOSCELES |
| Behaved like the lion in Oz | COWERED |
| Caribbean musical genre | SKA |
| Long quest | ODYSSEY |
| Roth ___ | IRA |
| It’s involved in kissing and telling | LIP |
| Wheelless vehicle | SLED |
| Hint to the number of ingredients in Triscuits | TRI |
| Web page code | HTML |
| Allowed to be borrowed | LENT |
| Puts the pedal to the metal | STEPSONIT |
| Spanish salutation | HOLA |
| They might come out of the woodwork | ANTS |
| U.S. fair-hiring inits. | EEO |
| “We doin’ this?” | YOUGAME |
| Eleven, in El Salvador | ONCE |
| It might be a stretch | POSE |
| Olive ___ of “Popeye” | OYL |
| Pack of dogs? | WIENERS |
| Man’s name that becomes a distance if you move the first letter to the end | EMIL |
| Sponge feature | PORE |
| Ridiculously | TOO |
| Bean variety | MUNG |
| Have over | HOST |
| Erupt | SPEW |
| [Forehead palm smack] | DOH |
| Corp. shuffle | REORG |
| ___ Max, singer of the 2018 hit “Sweet but Psycho” | AVA |
| Neighbor of Md. | DEL |
| Non-stereo | MONO |
| Button on social media | ADD |
| Leo, for one | STARSIGN |
| Swear | AVER |
| Do some engraving | ETCH |
| “SportsCenter” anchor Linda | COHN |
| Swears | ATTESTS |
| Knocking onomatopoeia | RATATAT |
| Like a comeuppance, perhaps | KARMIC |
| “Lemme, lemme!” | IWANNA |
| Ancient Greek area north of Thessaly | THRACE |
| Color-blending technique | OMBRE |
| Title for a French priest | PERE |
| Lasting bad memories, so to speak | SCARS |
| Got tagged | ISOUT |
| Anxiety condition, for short | OCD |
| Open, as a toothpaste tube | UNCAP |
| Garden statuette | GNOME |
| Long | ACHE |
| Express lane unit | ITEM |
| Quilter’s line | SEAM |
| Current event? | EDDY |
| ___ vs. ___ (Mad strip) | SPY |
| Paul ou Paulette | NOM |
| Fix | RIG |