16 February 2022 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 16 February 2022

1
B
2
L
3
O
4
O
5
P
6
S
7
M
8
A
9
S
10
H
11
S
12
A
13
S
14
S
15
M
A
H
A
L
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P
I
X
I
E
17
E
C
C
E
18
W
H
I
T
E
19
C
O
L
L
A
R
20
C
T
R
L
21
S
R
O
22
D
A
R
N
23
A
R
I
E
L
24
G
R
E
E
25
N
26
S
27
L
E
E
V
E
S
28
J
29
O
30
Y
31
L
E
S
S
32
E
C
A
R
T
E
33
A
T
E
A
T
34
T
O
R
I
35
P
R
36
E
37
P
38
C
O
A
T
O
39
F
40
M
A
N
Y
C
41
O
L
O
R
S
42
K
E
R
R
43
O
A
R
S
44
H
A
L
O
S
45
S
A
46
V
E
U
S
47
V
48
A
I
N
E
S
T
49
S
50
I
L
V
E
R
L
I
51
N
I
N
G
52
T
R
A
I
T
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I
S
E
E
54
A
55
P
56
U
57
I
O
T
A
58
Y
59
E
60
L
L
O
W
T
61
A
I
L
S
62
C
N
E
T
63
D
R
I
E
R
64
I
N
D
I
E
65
K
Y
R
A
66
S
E
U
S
S
67
T
A
S
E
R

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Weak hit : BLOOP
6
Big hit : SMASH
11
Speak disrespectfully to : SASS
15
Hindi for "palace" : MAHAL
16
Mischievous fairy : PIXIE
17
"___ Homo" (Nietzsche book) : ECCE
18
Worker designation coined by Upton Sinclair : WHITECOLLAR
20
Key that's never used alone: Abbr. : CTRL
21
Sign of a packed house : SRO
22
"Confound it!" : DARN
23
Disney mermaid : ARIEL
24
Traditional folk song played by British and Australian ice cream trucks : GREENSLEEVES
28
Devoid of pleasure : JOYLESS
32
French trick-taking game : ECARTE
33
Really bothered : ATEAT
34
Doughnut shapes : TORI
35
Get ready : PREP
38
Envy source in Genesis 37 that hints at 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across : COATOFMANYCOLORS
42
Steve with eight N.B.A. championships : KERR
43
They're placed in locks : OARS
44
Signs of saints : HALOS
45
Cry for help : SAVEUS
47
Most likely to preen : VAINEST
49
Upside, when down : SILVERLINING
52
Characteristic : TRAIT
53
"Understood" : ISEE
54
"The Problem With ___" (documentary related to "The Simpsons") : APU
57
Letter after theta : IOTA
58
Some sushi menu fish : YELLOWTAILS
62
Tech review site : CNET
63
Like prunes vis-à-vis plums : DRIER
64
Nonstudio film : INDIE
65
Sedgwick of "The Closer" : KYRA
66
"The Lorax" author : SEUSS
67
Stun gun : TASER
Down
1
X1, M2 and i3 : BMWS
2
Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR
3
Lima's home : OHIO
4
Nondairy milk option : OAT
5
Promise that one will : PLEDGETO
6
Mushrooms produce them : SPORES
7
Children's author who wrote "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day" : MILNE
8
Rose of Guns N' Roses : AXL
9
"Cheap Thrills" singer, 2016 : SIA
10
That ship : HER
11
Scheme : SECRETPLAN
12
Important part : ACTIVEROLE
13
Rocky debris : SCREE
14
What sex does, they say : SELLS
19
Train units : CARS
23
___ Lingus : AER
25
Highlighter shades : NEONS
26
Prognosticate with a crystal ball : SCRY
27
Secular : LAIC
28
Plug receptacle : JACK
29
First Native American tribe to meet with Lewis and Clark : OTOE
30
After quite some time : YEARSLATER
31
Verdi opera originally titled "Amore e Morte" ("Love and Death") : LATRAVIATA
34
Foot bones : TARSI
36
Cherubic god : EROS
37
"You there!" : PSST
39
Author Jonathan Safran ___ : FOER
40
Rough up : MAUL
41
Line when you're late to the punch line : OHIGETIT
46
Dog doc : VET
47
Features of some bike helmets : VISORS
48
Freshly : ANEW
49
Carrot's counterpart : STICK
50
Complaining about social media on Facebook, say : IRONY
51
Frasier's brother on "Frasier" : NILES
54
Gives a hand : AIDS
55
Ballet bend : PLIE
56
Employer : USER
58
R.B.'s stat : YDS
59
Before, to Shakespeare : ERE
60
Simu ___, star of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" : LIU
61
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA