Daily Themed Crossword February 23, 2025 Answers
Every clue and answer from the February 23, 2025 grid, in puzzle order.
February 23, 2025 — All 59 Clues
Listed in the order they appear in the grid. Tap COPY to take an answer with you.
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Listening organ | Show answer | 3 | |
| #2 | He counterpart | Show answer | 3 | |
| #3 | FBI agent slangily | Show answer | 3 | |
| #4 | College senior's test: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #5 | ___ Thai (stir fried noodle dish) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #6 | You will ___ the day you crossed me! (regret) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #7 | Choke or joke | Show answer | 3 | |
| #8 | Insect that loves when you eat in bed | Show answer | 3 | |
| #9 | Would you like a tea ___ coffee?: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #10 | Every science fair's most memorable experiment and meme the winning ___ soda volcano no matter how good the other projects are | BAKING | 6 | |
| #11 | Odin and Zeus e.g. | Show answer | 4 | |
| #12 | Anti-spill cover | Show answer | 3 | |
| #13 | Type of wood sometimes used for flooring or doors | Show answer | 3 | |
| #14 | Body drier | Show answer | 5 | |
| #15 | Car starters | Show answer | 4 | |
| #16 | Poetic tribute | Show answer | 3 | |
| #17 | Item of a squirrel's stash | Show answer | 5 | |
| #18 | Of course how can we forget The mitochondria is the ___ of the cell | Show answer | 10 | |
| #19 | Now You ___ a movie franchise where street magicians pull off heists and robberies | Show answer | 5 | |
| #20 | Shrek's home | Show answer | 5 | |
| #21 | Rock of an on-the-rocks drink | Show answer | 3 | |
| #22 | ___ Tai (tropical cocktail) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #23 | How about ____'s experiment with dogs and classical conditioning? Who knew the sound of a bell could possibly make you hungry | Show answer | 6 | |
| #24 | Like some milk | Show answer | 5 | |
| #25 | ___ The Rock Johnson wrestler and professional actor | Show answer | 6 | |
| #26 | ___ and dine | Show answer | 4 | |
| #27 | Spacebar's neighbor | Show answer | 3 | |
| #28 | Heart beat graph: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #29 | Let's recall a more modern experiment the ___ drop requiring students to build a safe structure to preserve its fragile passenger when dropped from a certain height | EGG | 3 | |
| #30 | A of UAE | Show answer | 4 | |
| #31 | Like a king | Show answer | 5 | |
| #32 | Measure of wings or life | Show answer | 4 | |
| #33 | Get the ___ of it (understand) | Show answer | 4 | |
| #34 | Summer hours in D.C.: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #35 | A more classic lab activity would be to dissect a ___ a practice that explores complex organ systems with a near-live example | FROG | 4 | |
| #36 | Second smallest continent in the world | Show answer | 6 | |
| #37 | Lethal | Show answer | 6 | |
| #38 | Potential nickname for a Christopher or a Katherine | Show answer | 3 | |
| #39 | Words at an altar: 2 wds. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #40 | Organized structure for short | Show answer | 3 | |
| #41 | Nursery cry | Show answer | 3 | |
| #42 | Environmentalist's prefix | Show answer | 3 | |
| #43 | Baseballer Gehrig | Show answer | 3 | |
| #44 | I was aware of this | Show answer | 4 | |
| #45 | Photo-___ (sessions) | Show answer | 3 | |
| #46 | Bambi's mother | Show answer | 3 | |
| #47 | Wool coat wearer on a farm | Show answer | 3 | |
| #48 | Blog feed letters: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #49 | ___ in Paris a Netflix show about an American marketing professional finding her place in Paris | Show answer | 5 | |
| #50 | Scout's mission for short | Show answer | 5 | |
| #51 | ___ Us a popular murder mystery video game played many during the pandemic | Show answer | 5 | |
| #52 | Stag's gender | Show answer | 4 | |
| #53 | Pastry with pecan or pumpkin varieties | Show answer | 3 | |
| #54 | Lady fashioned from Adam's rib | Show answer | 3 | |
| #55 | Kissing outside: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #56 | Cobbler's hole maker | Show answer | 3 | |
| #57 | Wine holder | Show answer | 3 | |
| #58 | Fight organizer: Abbr. | Show answer | 3 | |
| #59 | Drunkard's sound in a comic say | Show answer | 3 |
How the February 23, 2025 Grid Breaks Down
This is the Daily Themed Crossword main puzzle for February 23, 2025, a Sunday. It contains 59 clues, which is a little below the usual size for a daily grid. The longest answer is POWERHOUSE at 10 letters; the shortest is 3.
Watch the clue wording on this one: 6 clues are flagged "Abbr.", meaning the answer is shortened rather than spelled out, and 2 clues carry a "wds." flag, so the answer runs several words together with no spaces. Those markers are reliable in this game and are the quickest way to fix a letter count before you commit to an entry.
Neighbouring dates are linked above, and the 2025 archive holds every daily puzzle from that year. There is also a mini crossword for February 23, 2025 with 10 clues. Away from the calendar, the game's 202 themed packs hold another 58,679 clues.
February 23, 2025 — Questions
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3 Tips for the February 23, 2025 Crossword
The theme is a clue in itself
Daily Themed Crossword builds each board around one idea, and the themed entries are usually the longest answers on the grid. This board carries 59 clues with answers from 3 to 10 letters — work out what the long ones have in common and the rest of the grid opens up around them.
Short fills are where the crossings come from
Three- and four-letter answers are the cheapest squares on the board and they feed letters into every long entry they touch. When a themed answer will not come, fill the short ones around it first rather than staring at the clue.
There is a mini board for this date too
Daily Themed Crossword runs two boards a day. The mini crossword for February 23, 2025 is on its own page, and the two share a theme more often than not — solving one gives you a head start on the other.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this board
The 59 clue-and-answer pairs here were captured from the February 23, 2025 crossword on the day it ran, with the clue wording stored exactly as the game showed it and every answer length-checked against its slot. Dated boards are never rewritten after publication.
Reviewed by Nadia Okonkwo, Crossword and Clue Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 9, 2026Daily Themed Crossword by the numbers
How to Solve a Daily Themed Crossword
How the daily and mini grids are built, and the order that solves them.
Read the theme before the clues
Daily Themed Crossword builds every puzzle around one idea, and the long entries almost always belong to it. Knowing the theme turns those from cold clues into a guessing game with a very short list.
Fill the short crossings first
Three and four letter answers use the most predictable vocabulary in the whole grid. Each one you place hands letters to the long clues for free, which is a better use of the first minute than staring at the hardest entry.
Abbreviations are signposted
A clue ending in "Abbr." or containing its own abbreviation is telling you the answer is short and clipped. The same goes for "Hyph." and "2 wds." — the clue format is half the answer.