Smart-alecky Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Smart-alecky” from the New York Times crossword of February 16, 2025? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
NEW YORK TIMES, FEBRUARY 16, 2025
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WISE is the answer to “Smart-alecky”. It means having wisdom.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
Having wisdom.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: IWES.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “Sage”.
More clues from the New York Times (February 16, 2025)
Across
- 1. Shopper's thrill5 letters, starts with SSPREE
- 6. Clock part3 letters, starts with CCOG
- 9. Brand5 letters, starts with LLABEL
- 14. ___ Lakshmi, host of TV's "Taste the Nation"5 letters, starts with PPADMA
- 19. Some computer-generated images nowadays5 letters, starts with AAIART
- 20. The masses9 letters, starts with HHOIPOLLOI
- 22. "Full steam ___!"5 letters, starts with AAHEAD
- 23. "Omigod, omigod, jackpot!"?15 letters, starts with SSQUEALOFFORTUNE
- 25. Some college students, quaintly5 letters, starts with CCOEDS
- 26. Space heater?3 letters, starts with SSUN
- 27. ___ fly3 letters, starts with SSAC
- 28. Smart-alecky4 letters, starts with WWISE
- 29. FaceTime alternative5 letters, starts with SSKYPE
- 30. "Eww!"4 letters, starts with YYECH
- 32. Instruments with large bells5 letters, starts with TTUBAS
- 35. Great Lakes mnemonic5 letters, starts with HHOMES
- 38. Org. whose employees wear badges3 letters, starts with FFBI
- 40. Atlantis and others8 letters, starts with SSHUTTLES
- 42. Hawkish6 letters, starts with PPROWAR
- 44. Bad thing to be caught in4 letters, starts with TTRAP
- 45. Tempest in a teapot?18 letters, starts with GGREATSQUALLOFCHINA
- 48. Oh-so-precious4 letters, starts with TTWEE
- 50. Journalists quote them7 letters, starts with SSOURCES
- 51. Oniony vegetables5 letters, starts with LLEEKS
- 52. Body of water that was once the world's fourth-largest lake7 letters, starts with AARALSEA
- 55. Good signs in stock reports5 letters, starts with RRISES
- 56. Challah bread feature5 letters, starts with BBRAID
- 58. Religious gymgoer on leg day?12 letters, starts with HHOLYSQUATTER
- 60. Souvenir from the Sea of Tranquillity, say8 letters, starts with MMOONROCK
- 63. Typical Passover mo.3 letters, starts with AAPR
- 64. Many clay relics4 letters, starts with UURNS
- 65. Not just mine4 letters, starts with OOURS
- 66. Kanga's kiddo3 letters, starts with RROO
- 67. Whimsically imaginative, as writing8 letters, starts with SSEUSSIAN
- 70. Sound from some freshly cleaned floors?12 letters, starts with PPLEDGESQUEAK
- 75. Oozes5 letters, starts with SSEEPS
- 76. Heighten5 letters, starts with BBUILD
- 77. Yo-yo-like toy with a devilish-sounding name7 letters, starts with DDIABOLO
- 78. "___ mia!"5 letters, starts with MMAMMA
- 80. Michael Jordan's nickname, with "His"7 letters, starts with AAIRNESS
- 82. Trash4 letters, starts with TTOSS
- 83. Money under the mattress, e.g.?18 letters, starts with SSQUIRRELLEDCAPITAL
- 88. Meyer who directed 1965's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"4 letters, starts with RRUSS
- 89. Cialis alternative6 letters, starts with VVIAGRA
- 90. Backslid, say8 letters, starts with RREVERTED
- 93. Word before or after down3 letters, starts with PPAT
- 94. Pasta often cut at an angle5 letters, starts with PPENNE
- 95. Hazard cleanup, in brief5 letters, starts with DDECON
- 96. Hindu honorifics4 letters, starts with SSRIS
- 98. Weapon whose name is an acronym5 letters, starts with TTASER
- 100. "___ tell"4 letters, starts with PPRAY
- 103. Legendary bird3 letters, starts with RROC
- 105. Number of jurors who originally vote "Not guilty" in "12 Angry Men"3 letters, starts with OONE
- 106. Mean little suckers?5 letters, starts with TTICKS
- 107. Repeat something clever, as parrots might?15 letters, starts with SSQUAWKAFINELINE
- 112. "Gesundheit!" prompter5 letters, starts with AACHOO
- 113. "Diet" for the defeated9 letters, starts with HHUMBLEPIE
- 114. Tied up5 letters, starts with LLACED
- 115. Facebook has more than three billion of them5 letters, starts with UUSERS
- 116. Aspirations5 letters, starts with HHOPES
- 117. "Downton Abbey" network3 letters, starts with PPBS
- 118. Flies out of sight5 letters, starts with SSOARS
Down
- 1. Fresh5 letters, starts with SSASSY
- 2. Excites … or annoys6 letters, starts with PPIQUES
- 3. Vulgarity6 letters, starts with RRAUNCH
- 4. Poet's palindromic preposition3 letters, starts with EERE
- 5. Midflight announcements, for short4 letters, starts with EETAS
- 6. Count seen in the breakfast aisle7 letters, starts with CCHOCULA
- 7. Cry of cringe3 letters, starts with OOOF
- 8. Animated file type3 letters, starts with GGIF
- 9. Actress Singer of "Footloose"4 letters, starts with LLORI
- 10. Elevs.4 letters, starts with AALTS
- 11. Deep, dark ocean caverns9 letters, starts with BBLUEHOLES
- 12. Equivalent of a billion years, in geology3 letters, starts with EEON
- 13. Bad thing to be caught in3 letters, starts with LLIE
- 14. Cigarette purchases5 letters, starts with PPACKS
- 15. Nautical greeting4 letters, starts with AAHOY
- 16. Scrumptious but not-so-healthful carnival snacks14 letters, starts with DDEEPFRIEDOREOS
- 17. Brought in big bucks8 letters, starts with MMADEBANK
- 18. Elements of pay-per-click campaigns3 letters, starts with AADS
- 21. Punching sounds in the comics4 letters, starts with PPOWS
- 24. Coffee shop order5 letters, starts with LLATTE
- 29. Feudal worker4 letters, starts with SSERF
- 31. In a big way6 letters, starts with HHUGELY
- 33. Pot growers?4 letters, starts with BBETS
- 34. Classifies7 letters, starts with AASSORTS
- 36. Mice hunters4 letters, starts with OOWLS
- 37. Great Leap Forward leader3 letters, starts with MMAO
- 39. Bitter brews, for short4 letters, starts with IIPAS
- 41. Lock of hair5 letters, starts with TTRESS
- 42. Something strapped for cash?5 letters, starts with PPURSE
- 43. Go-kart, e.g.5 letters, starts with RRACER
- 44. Beaten at ___ own game5 letters, starts with TTHEIR
- 46. Command+Q, on a Mac4 letters, starts with QQUIT
- 47. Family group4 letters, starts with CCLAN
- 48. Writing cliché5 letters, starts with TTROPE
- 49. Style sported by Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain14 letters, starts with WWALRUSMUSTACHE
- 52. Forehead-slapping shouts4 letters, starts with AAHAS
- 53. Outfit5 letters, starts with EEQUIP
- 54. Mysterious qualities5 letters, starts with AAURAS
- 56. Yawning, say5 letters, starts with BBORED
- 57. Hollywood's Portia de ___5 letters, starts with RROSSI
- 59. "Raggedy" doll3 letters, starts with AANN
- 60. Make faces for a camera3 letters, starts with MMUG
- 61. Barbecue bits5 letters, starts with CCOALS
- 62. Gorilla who famously learned sign language4 letters, starts with KKOKO
- 65. "If I had to guess …"7 letters, starts with OODDSARE
- 68. They're around for the long haul5 letters, starts with SSEMIS
- 69. Scorch4 letters, starts with SSEAR
- 70. More refined5 letters, starts with PPURER
- 71. Loma ___, Calif.5 letters, starts with LLINDA
- 72. Monthly util. bill4 letters, starts with EELEC
- 73. Host of the 2022 World Cup5 letters, starts with QQATAR
- 74. Horseshoe-shaped pipe fasteners6 letters, starts with UUBOLTS
- 76. Boat equipment for removing water on board9 letters, starts with BBILGEPUMP
- 78. Car sticker no.4 letters, starts with MMSRP
- 79. Parasailing, water polo, etc.8 letters, starts with AAQUATICS
- 80. "Watchmen" writer Moore4 letters, starts with AALAN
- 81. What many freelancers work on4 letters, starts with SSPEC
- 84. Many a road tripper, informally4 letters, starts with RRVER
- 85. "Ich bin ___ Berliner"3 letters, starts with EEIN
- 86. They make sounds when they're tickled7 letters, starts with IIVORIES
- 87. Wood joint piece5 letters, starts with TTENON
- 91. Beethoven's Third6 letters, starts with EEROICA
- 92. What Sidney Poitier's character famously came to, in a 1967 film6 letters, starts with DDINNER
- 94. Currency in seven American countries (and one Asian)5 letters, starts with PPESOS
- 95. Van ___ (beard type)4 letters, starts with DDYKE
- 97. Germs5 letters, starts with SSEEDS
- 99. Toffee candy bar4 letters, starts with SSKOR
- 101. Broccoli ___4 letters, starts with RRABE
- 102. Leatherworking tools4 letters, starts with AAWLS
- 104. Cartoon collector's collection, maybe4 letters, starts with CCELS
- 106. Greek letter that's the symbol for torque3 letters, starts with TTAU
- 107. [I'm trying to watch the movie!]3 letters, starts with SSHH
- 108. Status follower3 letters, starts with QQUO
- 109. Slack or Zoom3 letters, starts with AAPP
- 110. Fudge the facts3 letters, starts with FFIB
- 111. Language mutually intelligible with Thai3 letters, starts with LLAO
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the New York Times on February 6, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “Smart-alecky”?
WISE, 4 letters: having wisdom.
When was “Smart-alecky” last seen in a crossword?
In the New York Times crossword of February 16, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
4 letters, starting with W.