NYT Crossword March 2 2025 Answers (3/2/25)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for March 2 2025 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword March 2, 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 2, 2025 Answers

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

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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