NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 13, 2025
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Clues78
Across40
Down38
ConstructorRich Proulx and Simeon Seigel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Give up (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECEDE→
5A
Datum on a dating profile (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
8A
Delivery people? (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMAMAS→
13A
Eye part (4)
Starts with U, ends with AUVEA→
14A
Presently, in the past (4)
Starts with A, ends with NANON→
15A
Choose (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELECT→
16A
Aired in multiple places at the same time (9)
Starts with S, ends with DSIMULATED→
18A
Oil and water, to a painter (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMEDIA→
19A
Nationalist grp. founded in 1964 (3)
Starts with P, ends with OPLO→
20A
Collectors of forensic evidence, for short (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCSIS→
21A
Sorts with unruly hair (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMOPEDS→
22A
Hit up privately on "the socials" (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDMED→
24A
Some lighters or pens (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBICS→
26A
Potpourri (4)
Starts with H, ends with HHASH→
27A
Tries to win (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWOOS→
28A
Close-up shots, of a sort (6)
Starts with T, ends with STIPINS→
30A
Homemade bombs, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIEDS→
32A
Identity associated with a blue, pink and white flag (5)
Starts with T, ends with STRANS→
37A
Burning glow (7)
Starts with F, ends with TFREIGHT→
39A
Toy shooter (7)
Starts with C, ends with LCAPITOL→
41A
Cays, e.g. (5)
Starts with I, ends with SISLES→
42A
"That's my cue!" (4)
Starts with I, ends with PIMUP→
44A
Possible sleeping spot for a partner who's in the doghouse (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASOFA→
45A
Still to be filled, as a role (6)
Starts with U, ends with TUNCAST→
47A
Put out (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
48A
"if u put it that way, however ..." (4)
Starts with O, ends with HOTOH→
52A
Tag sale disclaimer (4)
Starts with A, ends with SASIS→
53A
Eye part found in the 13-Across (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRIS→
54A
Items for babies on board (6)
Starts with C, ends with SCARETS→
56A
Night light? (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSTAR→
58A
Vital force in Taoism (3)
Starts with C, ends with ICHI→
60A
Farmworker organizer Chavez (5)
Starts with C, ends with RCESAR→
61A
Commit a party foul, in a way … or what five answers do in this puzzle? (9)
Starts with D, ends with PDOUBLEDIP→
63A
Last word of the last multiple-choice option, maybe (5)
Starts with A, ends with EABOVE→
64A
Month with the newest federal holiday, recognized in 2021 (4)
Starts with J, ends with EJUNE→
65A
Hyundai S.U.V. named after a region in Hawaii (4)
Starts with K, ends with AKONA→
67A
Assume the lotus position, say (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSIT→
68A
Things to brood over (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGGS→
Down
1D
Point of transition (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCUSP→
2D
Bad actors (9)
Starts with E, ends with SEVILDOERS→
3D
Try-before-you-buy option (9)
Starts with D, ends with LDEMOMODEL→
4D
What un sachet de thé is put into (3)
Starts with E, ends with UEAU→
5D
Bug killers? (11)
Starts with A, ends with SANTIBIOTICS→
6D
Hits the exchange, in Wall Street lingo (7)
Starts with G, ends with OGOESIPO→
7D
___ around (football trick play) (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
8D
Many a work message (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMEMO→
9D
First Hebrew letter (5)
Starts with A, ends with HALEPH→
10D
Companion of Jason in the search for the Golden Fleece (5)
Starts with M, ends with AMEDEA→
11D
Complements to salts and fats in the kitchen (5)
Starts with A, ends with SACIDS→
14D
Some smallish batteries (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAAS→
17D
TV screen option, in brief (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLCD→
21D
Windows portal, in brief (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMSN→
23D
Big name in nail polish (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESSIE→
25D
Juggling chain saws on a tightrope, for instance (11)
Starts with C, ends with TCIRCUSSTUNT→
27D
Hotel amenity (4)
Starts with W, ends with IWIFI→
28D
"No lie ...," in texts (3)
Starts with T, ends with HTBH→
29D
Speedway additive brand (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSTP→
33D
Stand onstage, perhaps (5)
Starts with R, ends with RRISER→
34D
1982 George Clinton hit with the refrain "Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yay" (9)
Starts with A, ends with GATOMICDOG→
35D
Cautionary sign at a pier (9)
Starts with N, ends with GNOFISHING→
36D
Blind part (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSLAT→
38D
Atlanta sch. whose teams are the Panthers (3)
Starts with G, ends with UGSU→
40D
Quick to learn (3)
Starts with A, ends with TAPT→
43D
"Surely!," in Orly (7)
Starts with M, ends with IMAISOUI→
46D
Rapper for whom Harvard's Hip-Hop Fellowship is named (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNAS→
48D
Logician who hypothesized that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is usually the best (5)
Starts with O, ends with MOCCAM→
49D
Kickin' cardio option (5)
Starts with T, ends with OTAEBO→
50D
Director Welles (5)
Starts with O, ends with NORSON→
53D
Online shorthand for "off-line" (3)
Starts with I, ends with LIRL→
55D
Deuce beater (4)
Starts with T, ends with YTREY→
57D
Face on a fiver (3)
Starts with A, ends with EABE→
59D
Six-pack that might be in the "Craft" section, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIPAS→
61D
Record setters? (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDJS→
62D
Barely make, with "out" (3)
Starts with E, ends with EEKE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 13, 2025?+
78 clues: 40 Across and 38 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Rich Proulx and Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Give up (CEDE); Datum on a dating profile (AGE); Delivery people? (MAMAS).
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