NYT Crossword March 16 2025 Answers (3/16/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for March 16 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword March 16, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle 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 New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword March 16, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 3/16/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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# Clue
1A Jeans material
6A Some P.D. alerts
10A Leaves a relationship
18A 14-line poem with only two rhymes across three stanzas
20A "The African Queen" scriptwriter
21A Per-hour cost to record music, say
22A Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later
24A Completely exclude
25A Low-fat dairy desserts
26A Columbus's birthplace
28A L.L. Bean competitor
29A Dug through for digital analysis
30A Auto racer ___ Patrick
32A Subway commuters, informally
37A Promoted boastfully
39A Others, to Ovid
40A Old-fashioned garnishes
47A M.L.B. V.I.P.s
48A Al Capone adversary who only ever met him once in person
53A Selling points?
55A [Boo-hoo!]
56A Hamlet or Laertes
57A Longtime children's clothing store with a portmanteau name
58A Dabbles in
60A Loads
61A Ratted
62A Make ready for new use
63A Exhibits brilliance
64A Something one might need to look good in the morning
68A Article of faith
69A Not-so-joltin' joe?
71A ___ group (chemistry classification)
72A Source of the "blood" in a meatless burger, maybe
73A Good lighting?
74A Spill the tea
75A Playground retort
77A Doses of a certain hallucinogen
82A ___ breve
83A Russian range
84A Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands
85A Much high school gossip
87A Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy
89A Got up and at ’em
90A Official who reports to a president
91A Reddish-brown shade
94A Secretly communicating in class
98A Make out
100A Settings for telling some ghost stories
105A Superb, in slang
106A In 2021 she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony
108A Fried fare often served with marinara
110A Discards from fuzzy fruits
115A Blade runner?
117A Reassurance after bandaging a boo-boo
118A Till bills
119A Actress Richards of "Starship Troopers"
120A Felt absolutely determined about
121A Betting site's quote
122A Like the typefaces Helvetica and Arial
1D Cornrow or challah feature
2D Playwright Federico García ___
3D Like freshly poured concrete
4D Medical buildup of fluid
5D - (5 Down)
6D Verbally reacts to in awe
7D Links letters
8D Where Waterloo is
9D Picks
10D - (10 Down)
11D Something you might get a break with?
12D Composition of Catullus in ancient Rome
13D "Les ___"
14D Creator of the mystery-solving C. Auguste Dupin
15D Prior to, old-style
16D German soccer legend Manuel who innovated the "sweeper-keeper" role
17D "Abominable" ones
19D Rap title?
21D BART stop, for short
23D Gave the go-ahead
27D Scot's denial
31D Eggy holiday drinks
33D Port city near Mount Carmel
34D High up
35D A persnickety person might pick it
36D Frodo's enchanting friend
38D What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you
40D Alternative to .net
41D King of Castile
42D Device whose keypad often has Braille on it
43D Catch in the act
44D Florentine artist known for frescoes
45D "The Jetsons" boy
46D - (46 Down)
49D It's one thing after another
50D Have as food, formally
51D Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state
52D Taste or touch
54D Light to stop at
55D Like the best bonds, perhaps
58D Primps
59D Slow, musically
63D Brit's jolly cry of approval
64D Lacking a knack for
65D Zola who wrote "J'Accuse …!"
66D Critic's common seating preference
67D Lets go of
68D Some green cars
69D - (69 Down)
70D Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies
72D Smile
73D Bamboozled
75D Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard
76D Chimp's cousin
78D Attach, with "on"
79D Attach, with "on"
80D Cote quote?
81D ___ dog
84D Author Rice
86D "Agnus ___"
87D Hopes that one might
88D Live, in a way
92D Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song
93D Admission
94D Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit
95D What's on the fast track?
96D Navy group
97D - (97 Down)
99D Tiny bit
100D Bars of soap
101D Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool
102D Morning in Monaco
103D Word with French or bench
104D - (104 Down)
107D Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr.
109D Drug sold in 77-Across
111D Compound found in marijuana, for short
112D Start of a bray or conclusion of a giggle
113D Sch. calendar abbr.
114D "___ be a pleasure"
116D Call off

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.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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Christine Mielke

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