NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 17, 2025
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Clues78
Across34
Down44
ConstructorKathy Lowden
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Small amounts, as of hair gel (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDABS→
5A
Victor ___, author of "Les Misérables" (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHUGO→
9A
Ankle bones (5)
Starts with T, ends with ITARSI→
14A
Prefix with science or potent (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOMNI→
15A
"Now!," in a rush order (4)
Starts with A, ends with PASAP→
16A
Some fast-food sandwiches (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWRAPS→
17A
Emmy-winning actress for "Hacks" (9)
Starts with J, ends with TJEANSMART→
19A
Chile de ___ (very spicy pepper) (5)
Starts with A, ends with LARBOL→
20A
Seed used to flavor ouzo (5)
Starts with A, ends with EANISE→
21A
Tiny computer unit (3)
Starts with B, ends with TBIT→
23A
Double-reed woodwind (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOBOE→
24A
Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year (11)
Starts with T, ends with TTAYLORSWIFT→
28A
Belief systems (4)
Starts with I, ends with SISMS→
33A
Numbers with four digits (9)
Starts with T, ends with STHOUSANDS→
35A
What a subject and a verb should do (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAGREE→
40A
With 41-Across, former "S.N.L." regular who played Gemma and Cathy Anne (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCECILY→
41A
See 40-Across (6)
Starts with S, ends with GSTRONG→
42A
"___ la vista!" (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHASTA→
43A
Reduces, as profits (9)
Starts with B, ends with OBITESINTO→
46A
Unit of corn or wisdom (6)
Starts with K, ends with LKERNEL→
48A
___ Congeniality (pageant title) (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMISS→
49A
She played Serena on "Gossip Girl" (11)
Starts with B, ends with YBLAKELIVELY→
54A
Take in, as a salary (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEARN→
55A
___-Caps (candy) (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSNO→
56A
Very, very (5)
Starts with U, ends with AULTRA→
61A
Say hello to (5)
Starts with G, ends with TGREET→
63A
66A
Face shapes (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOVALS→
67A
Eight, in Ensenada (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOCHO→
68A
Have a meal by candlelight, say (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDINE→
69A
Small sample (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETASTE→
70A
Gas in some lighted signs (4)
Starts with N, ends with NNEON→
71A
Split ___ (hair problem) (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
Down
1D
Rapper ___ Cat (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADOJA→
2D
"You said it, brother!" (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAMEN→
3D
___ B'rith (Jewish organization) (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBNAI→
4D
Sloth and gluttony, for two (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSINS→
5D
Nonkosher meat (3)
Starts with H, ends with MHAM→
6D
2015 and 2019 Women's World Cup soccer champs (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
7D
In mixed-up condition (7)
Starts with G, ends with DGARBLED→
8D
Choices (7)
Starts with O, ends with SOPTIONS→
9D
Carrier whose former terminal at J.F.K. is now a hotel (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATWA→
11D
Companion of a priest and a minister in many a joke (5)
Starts with R, ends with IRABBI→
12D
Parody (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSPOOF→
13D
Part of an atoll (5)
Starts with I, ends with TISLET→
18D
It comes between "ready" and "go" (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
22D
Swim-bike-run race, for short (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
25D
On vacation, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with YAWAY→
26D
Yang's counterpart (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYIN→
27D
Accommodates, as on a bus (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEATS→
28D
Scratch that! (4)
Starts with I, ends with HITCH→
29D
Former stadium for the Mets (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASHEA→
30D
Slip-on shoes, familiarly (4)
Starts with M, ends with SMOCS→
31D
Hearts or clubs (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSUIT→
34D
Quench (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLAKE→
36D
Gloomy, as news (4)
Starts with G, ends with MGRIM→
37D
Rice-A-___ (4)
Starts with R, ends with IRONI→
38D
Docs treating tonsillitis (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENTS→
39D
Inflated ones can be bruised (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEGOS→
41D
Bear market order (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSELL→
43D
Give rise to (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBRINGON→
45D
Shirt that's sometimes tie-dyed (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
47D
Chicago trains (3)
Starts with E, ends with SELS→
50D
Stage before pupa in metamorphosis (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALARVA→
51D
Regions (5)
Starts with A, ends with SAREAS→
52D
Prepared to be knighted (5)
Starts with K, ends with TKNELT→
53D
"Uh-huh" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYUP→
57D
Vein of ore (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELODE→
58D
Mattress size smaller than a full (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTWIN→
59D
Tear to pieces (4)
Starts with R, ends with DREND→
60D
Greek war god (4)
Starts with A, ends with SARES→
62D
When doubled, it's a fly (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETSE→
64D
Letter after pi (3)
Starts with R, ends with ORHO→
65D
Chaney who played Quasimodo (3)
Starts with L, ends with NLON→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 17, 2025?+
78 clues: 34 Across and 44 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kathy Lowden and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Small amounts, as of hair gel (DABS); Victor ___, author of "Les Misérables" (HUGO); Ankle bones (TARSI).
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