NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 30, 2025
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Clues134
Across61
Down73
TitleMark My Words
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
Every clue from this puzzle with a hint and the answer behind separate buttons, so you only see what you need. Click a clue for its own page.
Across
1A
Choose not to take part (4)
Starts with P, ends with SPASS→
5A
Style of hip-hop (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTRAP→
9A
"Like, duh!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOBVS→
13A
Settles, as the stomach (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCALMS→
18A
High in the Andes (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
19A
Hole-boring tool (5)
Starts with A, ends with RAUGER→
21A
Feature of a safe landing, perhaps (4)
Starts with R, ends with LRAIL→
22A
Architectural projection (5)
Starts with O, ends with LORIEL→
23A
Hit the ___ (4)
Starts with R, ends with FROOF→
24A
Stiletto feature (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBLADE→
25A
Fraudster Sorokin profiled in Netflix's "Inventing ___" (4)
Starts with A, ends with AANNA→
26A
Mere pittance (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPENNY→
27A
. [Not this] (19)
Starts with T, ends with TTHATSBESIDETHEPOINT→
31A
Film attire for George Clooney and Christian Bale (8)
Starts with B, ends with SBATSUITS→
32A
The Emmy statuette depicts a winged woman holding one (4)
Starts with A, ends with MATOM→
33A
Jordan's most-visited tourist site (5)
Starts with P, ends with APETRA→
35A
. . . Ancient (18)
Starts with P, ends with SPREHISTORICPERIODS→
40A
Returns a call, in a way (6)
Starts with E, ends with SECHOES→
43A
Comprehension (3)
Starts with K, ends with NKEN→
44A
Facilitates (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAIDS→
45A
Sch. whose student newspaper is The Reveille (3)
Starts with L, ends with ULSU→
46A
Kid who's a handful (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRAT→
49A
Pickles might be in them (4)
Starts with J, ends with SJARS→
51A
Dollar, informally (4)
Starts with C, ends with MCLAM→
52A
# Believes (14)
Starts with B, ends with DBUYSBYTHEPOUND→
57A
Useless (6)
Starts with N, ends with PNOHELP→
59A
Stack in an office cabinet (4)
Starts with R, ends with MREAM→
60A
1960s diplomat Dean (4)
Starts with R, ends with KRUSK→
61A
Hold together (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECOHERE→
62A
* Composed * (17)
Starts with W, ends with SWRITTENINTHESTARS→
66A
Canadian dollar, informally (6)
Starts with L, ends with ELOONIE→
67A
Stimulant crop of South America (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACOCA→
68A
Pricing level (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTIER→
69A
Dishes out (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSERVES→
70A
Feasts - - - (14)
Starts with D, ends with SDINESANDDASHES→
76A
Fairy ___ (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETALE→
77A
Put-down (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDISS→
78A
Modern love? (3)
Starts with B, ends with EBAE→
79A
Elegant and luxurious (4)
Starts with P, ends with HPOSH→
80A
Translation of "fin" (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
81A
Target for a Mighty Patch (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACNE→
83A
Something searched for in vein? (3)
Starts with O, ends with EORE→
87A
Alumnus º (18)
Starts with P, ends with EPOSTGRADUATEDEGREE→
93A
Leader who wrote "The Discovery of [96-Down]" (5)
Starts with N, ends with UNEHRU→
94A
Feed at a trough (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLOP→
95A
Steep decline (8)
Starts with N, ends with ENOSEDIVE→
99A
— Peruse — (19)
Starts with R, ends with SREADBETWEENTHELINES→
103A
Do a millworker or barista's job, maybe (5)
Starts with G, ends with DGRIND→
105A
Its southernmost point, Pamana Island, is more than 750 miles below the Equator (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASIA→
106A
Group in "a pension fund" (5)
Starts with A, ends with UAEIOU→
107A
Mark one's words? (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEDIT→
108A
Classification on a B.M.I. chart (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOBESE→
109A
Having a certain strong flavor, as meat (4)
Starts with G, ends with YGAMY→
110A
Fine print, often (5)
Starts with T, ends with STERMS→
111A
___ wave (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESINE→
112A
Entries in a passport (5)
Starts with V, ends with SVISAS→
113A
Makes liable for libel, say (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSUES→
114A
Average killers? (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDEES→
115A
Actor Diggs who made his film debut in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETAYE→
Down
1D
Medicare section (5)
Starts with P, ends with BPARTB→
2D
Literally, "love," "peace" or "mercy" (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALOHA→
3D
Weasel family member (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSTOAT→
4D
Special sympathies (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSOFTSPOTS→
5D
Garfield and others (7)
Starts with T, ends with STABBIES→
6D
Hath dominion o'er (6)
Starts with R, ends with HRULETH→
7D
Eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner from 1992 to 2003 (6)
Starts with A, ends with IAGASSI→
8D
Spa treatment, informally (4)
Starts with P, ends with IPEDI→
9D
Keynote figure (6)
Starts with O, ends with RORATOR→
10D
Baguette in Vietnamese cuisine (6)
Starts with B, ends with IBANHMI→
11D
Wall climber (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVINE→
12D
Apply haphazardly, with "on" (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSLAP→
13D
Reproductive systems? (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCOPIERS→
14D
Question of self-reflection (6)
Starts with A, ends with IARENTI→
15D
Items helpful for removing pet hair (11)
Starts with L, ends with SLINTROLLERS→
16D
Chess pieces (3)
Starts with M, ends with NMEN→
17D
Furtive (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
20D
Fix, as a logbook entry (6)
Starts with R, ends with EREDATE→
28D
"If you say so!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESURE→
29D
School for some royal offspring (4)
Starts with E, ends with NETON→
30D
Piece of one's mind? (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
34D
Bit of media revenue (6)
Starts with A, ends with EADSALE→
36D
Terrier type from Scotland (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESKYE→
37D
Joker … or jokester (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCARD→
38D
Detectives, for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPIS→
39D
Home drainage option (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSUMP→
40D
Recede (3)
Starts with E, ends with BEBB→
41D
Vin classification (3)
Starts with C, ends with UCRU→
42D
Something a pitchfork might go into (3)
Starts with H, ends with YHAY→
47D
What a star may represent (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESTATE→
48D
"Alas …" (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAHME→
49D
In the same way that (6)
Starts with J, ends with SJUSTAS→
50D
Egyptian symbol of life (4)
Starts with A, ends with HANKH→
51D
Only solo artist with Billboard #1 singles in seven consecutive decades (4)
Starts with C, ends with RCHER→
53D
Curing liquid (5)
Starts with B, ends with EBRINE→
54D
Cryptids of the Himalayas (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYETIS→
55D
Proteins hypothetically responsible for mad cow disease (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPRIONS→
56D
Small scale amount (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOUNCE→
57D
"Point taken!" (5)
Starts with N, ends with DNOTED→
58D
"Schitt's Creek" co-star Catherine (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOHARA→
61D
Third part of a double album (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECSIDE→
62D
Diamond jubilee? (11)
Starts with W, ends with SWORLDSERIES→
63D
Get around (4)
Starts with R, ends with EROVE→
64D
TV franchise spun off from "JAG" (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNCIS→
65D
Big Sicilian smoker (4)
Starts with E, ends with AETNA→
66D
Apply pressure to (6)
Starts with L, ends with NLEANON→
69D
You might be told to watch yours (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEP→
70D
Broke down (4)
Starts with D, ends with DDIED→
71D
Sleeping, quaintly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DABED→
72D
First to the finish line (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSPEEDIEST→
73D
Sweetie (3)
Starts with H, ends with NHON→
74D
"Exit" key (3)
Starts with E, ends with CESC→
75D
"Don't tell anyone!" (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSHH→
77D
Fiber of one's being, so to speak (3)
Starts with D, ends with ADNA→
81D
Top marks (7)
Starts with A, ends with SAGRADES→
82D
"Aw, rats!" (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCRUD→
83D
Tribe headquartered in Red Rock, Okla. (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOE→
84D
Music player button (6)
Starts with R, ends with TREPEAT→
85D
86D
Walk unsteadily (4)
Starts with R, ends with LREEL→
88D
Org. whose budget is classified (6)
Starts with T, ends with ATHENSA→
89D
Period that a couple dedicates to themselves (6)
Starts with U, ends with EUSTIME→
90D
Invariably (6)
Starts with A, ends with SALWAYS→
91D
Not partial (6)
Starts with E, ends with EENTIRE→
92D
Order after closing time (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGOHOME→
96D
Country once led by 93-Across (5)
Starts with I, ends with AINDIA→
97D
Like a bodybuilder's arms (5)
Starts with V, ends with YVEINY→
98D
Much-lauded Lauder (5)
Starts with E, ends with EESTEE→
100D
Features of sleepy eyes (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBAGS→
101D
Genesis brother (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
102D
Scholarship criterion (4)
Starts with N, ends with DNEED→
103D
Whitehouse. follower (3)
Starts with G, ends with VGOV→
104D
Stat achieved after a bases-loaded walk (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 30, 2025?+
134 clues: 61 Across and 73 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Simeon Seigel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Choose not to take part (PASS); Style of hip-hop (TRAP); "Like, duh!" (OBVS).
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