NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 31, 2025
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Clues73
Across37
Down36
ConstructorRyan Mathiason
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Bowlers and sombreros (4)
Starts with H, ends with SHATS→
5A
Finance channel (4)
Starts with C, ends with CCNBC→
9A
Some toothpastes and hair goops (4)
Starts with G, ends with SGELS→
13A
Boy on "The Andy Griffith Show" (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOPIE→
14A
Wife of Jacob in the Bible (4)
Starts with L, ends with HLEAH→
15A
King of the gods, in Egyptian myth (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAMON→
16A
Bird that's the U.S.'s national symbol (9)
Starts with B, ends with EBALDEAGLE→
18A
___ Raton, Fla. (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABOCA→
19A
Make official (6)
Starts with O, ends with NORDAIN→
20A
Summer zodiac sign (3)
Starts with L, ends with OLEO→
22A
Paving gunk (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
23A
Scout's shelter (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTENT→
24A
Debbie Downer (8)
Starts with B, ends with LBUZZKILL→
26A
Like good knives and pupils (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSHARP→
28A
Religious offshoot (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSECT→
29A
Org. at airports (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATSA→
32A
Bigheadedness (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEGO→
33A
Work hard (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTOIL→
35A
40A
Defense org. since 1949 (4)
Starts with N, ends with ONATO→
41A
Bovine call (3)
Starts with M, ends with OMOO→
42A
Section of a tennis match (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSET→
43A
Step on a ladder (4)
Starts with R, ends with GRUNG→
45A
Observes Ramadan, in a way (5)
Starts with F, ends with SFASTS→
47A
Basketball shot made while leaning backward (8)
Starts with F, ends with YFADEAWAY→
49A
Tough part of a cross-country race (4)
Starts with H, ends with LHILL→
52A
U-turn from WSW (3)
Starts with E, ends with EENE→
53A
Word after poison or bull (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPEN→
54A
Feels sorry for (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPITIES→
56A
___ trap (part of a dryer) (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLINT→
58A
Like conga or mambo music (9)
Starts with A, ends with NAFROCUBAN→
60A
"That ___ be expected" (4)
Starts with I, ends with OISTO→
61A
Thrice three (4)
Starts with N, ends with ENINE→
62A
Currency of Mexico (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
63A
Citrus peel (4)
Starts with Z, ends with TZEST→
64A
Ponzi scheme, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSCAM→
65A
Whole bunch (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSLEW→
Down
1D
So-called "king of the road" (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHOBO→
2D
Not together (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAPART→
3D
Mark over the "n" in "mañana" (5)
Starts with T, ends with ETILDE→
4D
Cars that typically accommodate five people (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSEDANS→
5D
Family group (4)
Starts with C, ends with NCLAN→
6D
B-___ (rare blood type, informally) (3)
Starts with N, ends with GNEG→
7D
Make into a wad (6)
Starts with B, ends with PBALLUP→
8D
___-Its (5)
Starts with C, ends with ZCHEEZ→
10D
;) and :D (9)
Starts with E, ends with SEMOTICONS→
11D
Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing (9)
Starts with L, ends with ELOCALTIME→
12D
Sound from an angry dog (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSNARL→
17D
Word that reverses meaning when an "n" is put in front (6)
Starts with E, ends with REITHER→
21D
Fractions of lbs. (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOZS→
24D
Part of a face that may be furrowed (4)
Starts with B, ends with WBROW→
25D
Kind of diet in which carbs are frowned upon (4)
Starts with K, ends with OKETO→
27D
In the past (3)
Starts with A, ends with OAGO→
29D
Sn, chemically (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTIN→
30D
Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESTARANISE→
31D
Kids in the 90s? (9)
Starts with A, ends with SASTUDENTS→
34D
The Beatles' "___ It Be" (3)
Starts with L, ends with TLET→
36D
Departed (4)
Starts with G, ends with EGONE→
37D
Unclear response to "Are you coming?" (4)
Starts with I, ends with YIMAY→
38D
Blunt refusals (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNOS→
39D
"American ___" (Grant Wood painting) (6)
Starts with G, ends with CGOTHIC→
44D
Opening, as between teeth (3)
Starts with G, ends with PGAP→
45D
Spinoff stories written by an author's readers, informally (6)
Starts with F, ends with CFANFIC→
46D
Producers of six-packs (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSITUPS→
47D
Happy: Sp. (5)
Starts with F, ends with ZFELIZ→
48D
Removes a dependence (from) (5)
Starts with W, ends with SWEANS→
50D
Written defamation (5)
Starts with L, ends with LLIBEL→
51D
Rental contract (5)
Starts with L, ends with ELEASE→
54D
"Casey at the Bat," for one (4)
Starts with P, ends with MPOEM→
55D
Some winter weather (4)
Starts with S, ends with WSNOW→
57D
Little one (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTOT→
59D
Genetic messenger (3)
Starts with R, ends with ARNA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 31, 2025?+
73 clues: 37 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Ryan Mathiason and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Bowlers and sombreros (HATS); Finance channel (CNBC); Some toothpastes and hair goops (GELS).
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