Our NYT Crossword Hints for March 2, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, March 2, 2025
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 3/2/25. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. "— Town"
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4A. "___ funny …" (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov)
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9A. "Don't take offense," nowadays
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16A. N.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented
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19A. Mid-voyage
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20A. Members of a tough crowd, perhaps
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21A. Some painkillers
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22A. Neighbor of Pakistan
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23A. Go-ahead responses
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24A. The humanities, traditionally
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26A. Move gingerly
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27A. H.S. exams taken for college credit
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28A. Hockey goal scored by deflecting an incoming puck
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29A. Follower of Robespierre, in 18th-century France
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30A. Winged pest
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31A. What a daredevil might go without
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32A. Binary pronoun options
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34A. Photographer Goldin
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35A. Expecting, informally
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37A. One of two, in this clue
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39A. Mafiosi
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42A. Armada vessel
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43A. Smidgen
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44A. One tapped by leadership?
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45A. Temper
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46A. Bit of smack talk
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47A. Sacred bird of Egyptian mythology
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49A. Go in circles
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51A. Taiwan-based tech giant
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52A. Formicary residents
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54A. Part of an underground network?
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55A. Maritime hazard
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56A. It's simultaneously attractive and repulsive
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58A. Malty craft beer
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60A. Personal
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61A. Mont Blanc, par exemple
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62A. Like much limestone
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63A. Gender abbr.
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64A. Mamas mama
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66A. Warning letters before a link
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68A. Narrative arc
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69A. Athletic competitions
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70A. Band whose name is a rhyme scheme
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71A. Vaping implement
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72A. Oscar-winning Michelle
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73A. Modest bouquet
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74A. On the safe side, nautically
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75A. Derby entry
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76A. Comedian Philips
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77A. Pompous "I"
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79A. Makes mincemeat of
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81A. Verifiable
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82A. Actor Sebastian ___ of the "Avengers" movies
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83A. Capital of East Timor
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84A. Hurt badly
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85A. Packaging cords
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87A. Slippery
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88A. Sloth e.g.
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89A. All-encompassing prefix
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90A. Goddess of the dawn
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91A. Site-seeing need?
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92A. ___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict)
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95A. Something to chew on
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97A. Is too overwhelmed with emotion to speak
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101A. Showy
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102A. Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it
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103A. What "E" on a gauge means
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105A. iPhone speaker?
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106A. Spinoff of a popular lecture series
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107A. Beers advertised with the slogan "La vida más fina"
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110A. Prop ___
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111A. Actress Carrie of HBO's "The Leftovers"
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112A. Fighting
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113A. Tidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?
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115A. Word on a shoppe sign
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116A. Nike's Swoosh or McDonald's Golden Arches
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117A. Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"
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118A. Filmmaker John who directed the "Thriller" music video
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119A. Equal
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120A. Not quite yet
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121A. Big name in Western wear
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122A. Good Grief
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123A. Some flight tracker data, for short
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1D. Word after second or before split
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2D. Hard court tournament
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3D. What might fill you up after you fill up
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4D. Parliamentary conservatives
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5D. Cuisine style that's kept simmering at the table
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6D. Pantheon of Norse gods
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7D. Send
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8D. W-9 nine: Abbr.
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9D. Shortened name on a Pelicans jersey
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10D. Well-connected grp.?
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11D. Take a breather
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12D. Milliners' decorations
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13D. Stayed home for dinner
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14D. "Nebraska" actor Bruce
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15D. Shape of the border between yin and yang
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16D. Longtime host Robert of NPR's "All Things Considered"
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17D. Tries
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18D. Approximate weight of a subcompact car or a medium-size giraffe
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20D. *Came clean
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25D. Set new records, say, informally
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33D. ___ pants (loose-fitting garb)
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35D. American patriot Thomas
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36D. Author of the "Goosebumps" series
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38D. Gone by
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40D. Came (from)
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41D. Walks leisurely
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42D. Sydneysider's salutation
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44D. Two-point play in American football
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47D. "At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass
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48D. Super Mario character also known as King Koopa
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49D. ___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable)
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50D. Stillness
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53D. Star witness?
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57D. 16 years, for Little League Baseball
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58D. Risen from the ashes
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59D. Sloth e.g.
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63D. Lead-in to a stark reality
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65D. Extreme pain
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67D. Line of questioning?
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69D. Saltwater
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78D. Letter-shaped dress style
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79D. Single-player and multiplayer, for two
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80D. Knight's need
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82D. Rockefeller Plaza muralist
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84D. Driver
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86D. Puns and anagrams, e.g.
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91D. Except if
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92D. Comes to
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93D. Retort that sounds like a "Star Wars" character
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94D. "Twister" star Bill
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96D. Encryption code, in computer science lingo
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97D. Spanish "when"
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98D. Virgil epic
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99D. Worn down
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100D. Some Bay Area athletes, familiarly
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102D. Following
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104D. Fun romance
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107D. Apt letters missing from "Te_h_ology r_view si_e"
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108D. Emperor with a statue outside the Colosseum
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109D. Memo header
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113D. Points the finger at
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114D. Popular wood for American whiskey barrels until a 20th-century blight
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
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