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Sunday, February 2, 2025: Across answers
- 1A: PHIL — Punxsutawney ___, Groundhog Day character.
- 5A: HERON — Bird with “great blue” and “great white” varieties.
- 7A: IMAGE — Something rehabilitated by a P.R. firm.
- 8A: LATEX — Material for party balloons and hospital gloves.
- 9A: NEST — Home made of sticks, say.
Down answers
- 1D: PHIL — ___ Connors, Bill Murray’s character in “Groundhog Day.”
- 2D: HEMAN — Muscled guy.
- 3D: IRATE — So, so angry.
- 4D: LOGES — Pricey sections of theaters.
- 6D: NEXT — “Ready for another customer!”
How the two PHIL answers connect
Both 1A and 1D are PHIL: the across clue points to Punxsutawney Phil, while the down clue refers to Phil Connors, Bill Murray’s character in “Groundhog Day.”
Source and access note
The clue-and-answer list is attributed to Paul Tassi’s Forbes answer page, published February 1, 2025. That page said the Mini could be played on the NYT website or NYT Games app and that previous puzzles in the archive required an NYT Games subscription. Those are access details reported at the time, not confirmation of current terms.
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