NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 4, 2025
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Clues76
Across35
Down41
ConstructorHanh Huynh
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
Cheerleaders' accessories (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPOMPOMS→
8A
Fervent, and then some (5)
Starts with R, ends with DRABID→
13A
"On my way!" (8)
Starts with I, ends with GIMCOMING→
15A
Pong company (5)
Starts with A, ends with IATARI→
16A
Tenderly stroking (9)
Starts with C, ends with GCARESSING→
18A
Clean energy option (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSOLAR→
19A
Make a scarf, say (4)
Starts with K, ends with TKNIT→
20A
Graffiti artist's supply (10)
Starts with S, ends with TSPRAYPAINT→
22A
Bro or sis (3)
Starts with S, ends with BSIB→
23A
Times when reveille is played, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAMS→
24A
Defeat (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLOSS→
25A
Take advantage of (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUSE→
26A
Lou Gehrig's disease, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with SALS→
27A
Toys that spin (4)
Starts with T, ends with STOPS→
31A
Feature of a cockatoo (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCREST→
34A
Qatar's capital (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADOHA→
36A
"The Fall of the House of Usher" author (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPOE→
37A
It develops in front of your eyes (15)
Starts with P, ends with EPOLAROIDPICTURE→
41A
Feel under the weather (3)
Starts with A, ends with LAIL→
42A
"Didn't expect to see you here!" (4)
Starts with O, ends with IOHHI→
43A
Takes a breather (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRESTS→
44A
Czech, e.g. (4)
Starts with S, ends with VSLAV→
46A
Currency in Kobe (3)
Starts with Y, ends with NYEN→
47A
Fountain ___ (3)
Starts with P, ends with NPEN→
48A
Equestrian's cry (4)
Starts with W, ends with AWHOA→
50A
Syllables of hesitation (3)
Starts with U, ends with SUHS→
51A
OB/GYNs, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
Starts with D, ends with SDRS→
54A
Hand-held instrument that jingles (10)
Starts with T, ends with ETAMBOURINE→
58A
Spoiled kid (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBRAT→
59A
Do better than (5)
Starts with O, ends with PONEUP→
60A
Make two dos, say? (9)
Starts with T, ends with ETRANSLATE→
62A
Simpson with a blue beehive (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMARGE→
63A
Extreme self-obsession (8)
Starts with E, ends with AEGOMANIA→
64A
"___ me, Father, for I have sinned" (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBLESS→
65A
"This news has got me rattled!" ... or a hint to 1-, 20-, 37- and 54-Across (7)
Starts with I, ends with KIMSHOOK→
Down
1D
Draft selections (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPICKS→
2D
Muscat resident (5)
Starts with O, ends with IOMANI→
3D
Fast-food pork sandwich with its own locator website (5)
Starts with M, ends with BMCRIB→
4D
Certain laureate (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPOET→
5D
Meditation sounds (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOMS→
6D
"Are you sad that I'm gone?" (6)
Starts with M, ends with EMISSME→
7D
Little cuts (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSNIPS→
8D
Filing tools (5)
Starts with R, ends with SRASPS→
9D
Words said with one's glass raised (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATOAST→
10D
Island east of Java (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBALI→
11D
Setting for 2012's "Argo" (4)
Starts with I, ends with NIRAN→
12D
"Rub some ___ on it" (probably unsound medical advice) (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDIRT→
14D
"Welcome to the Jungle" band, in brief (3)
Starts with G, ends with RGNR→
17D
Fastest gait of a horse (6)
Starts with G, ends with PGALLOP→
21D
Green-and-white sidekick of video games (5)
Starts with Y, ends with IYOSHI→
23D
Houston ballplayer (5)
Starts with A, ends with OASTRO→
25D
Cable network that shows WWE matches (3)
Starts with U, ends with AUSA→
26D
Introduce to the mix (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADDIN→
28D
"Magnum" work of art (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOPUS→
29D
Dessert wine (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPORT→
30D
Gets it (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSEES→
31D
Tax pros, for short (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCPAS→
32D
Agitate (4)
Starts with R, ends with LROIL→
33D
She, in Seville (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELLA→
35D
Lot units (5)
Starts with A, ends with SACRES→
38D
"Such a charmer!" (5)
Starts with O, ends with UOHYOU→
39D
Start of many souvenir slogans (6)
Starts with I, ends with TIHEART→
40D
Perfect score in diving (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTEN→
45D
Beetles (6)
Starts with V, ends with SVWBUGS→
47D
Wunderkind (6)
Starts with P, ends with MPHENOM→
49D
Crosses one's fingers, say (5)
Starts with H, ends with SHOPES→
50D
Eel, on a sushi menu (5)
Starts with U, ends with IUNAGI→
51D
Clog-clearing brand (5)
Starts with D, ends with ODRANO→
52D
Nine to five, for example (5)
Starts with R, ends with ORATIO→
53D
A red one is rare (5)
Starts with S, ends with KSTEAK→
54D
Burial place (4)
Starts with T, ends with BTOMB→
55D
Fussbudgety (4)
Starts with A, ends with LANAL→
56D
Nothing more than (4)
Starts with M, ends with EMERE→
58D
Humdrum (4)
Starts with B, ends with HBLAH→
61D
Texting format inits. (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSMS→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 4, 2025?+
76 clues: 35 Across and 41 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Hanh Huynh and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Cheerleaders' accessories (POMPOMS); Fervent, and then some (RABID); "On my way!" (IMCOMING).
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