NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 9, 2025
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Clues140
Across63
Down77
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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
First lady McKinley (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIDA→
4A
Common saltwater baitfish (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSHAD→
8A
Letters before Q (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLGBT→
12A
Become crunchy in the oven (7)
Starts with C, ends with PCRISPUP→
19A
Image of Mickey, maybe (3)
Starts with C, ends with LCEL→
20A
___ Nostra (4)
Starts with C, ends with ACOSA→
21A
Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
22A
"Red telephone," historically (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHOTLINE→
23A
Breakfast order request (8)
Starts with O, ends with YOVEREASY→
25A
[London Herald, 4/16/1912] (12)
Starts with T, ends with STITANICSINKS→
27A
[The New York Times, 8/9/1974] (12)
Starts with N, ends with SNIXONRESIGNS→
29A
"Scarface" (8)
Starts with A, ends with EALCAPONE→
30A
Schedule (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESLATE→
31A
Drives off (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSHOOS→
32A
"Catch ya later!" (5)
Starts with A, ends with SADIOS→
33A
Wee one (3)
Starts with T, ends with TTOT→
34A
Frankincense or myrrh (5)
Starts with R, ends with NRESIN→
36A
T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say (3)
Starts with A, ends with IANI→
37A
Plantain lily, by another name (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHOSTA→
39A
[Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948] (18)
Starts with D, ends with NDEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN→
47A
Company once called the California Perfume Company (4)
Starts with A, ends with NAVON→
48A
Wrap one's head around (3)
Starts with G, ends with TGET→
49A
Popular Hawaiian dish (4)
Starts with P, ends with EPOKE→
50A
Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa (7)
Starts with N, ends with ANAMIBIA→
54A
They're below par (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBIRDIES→
56A
Choice words (3)
Starts with O, ends with SORS→
57A
Footwear for a sharp dresser? (9)
Starts with S, ends with SSTILETTOS→
59A
"___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972 (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSENOR→
60A
Toward the opposing goal, in hockey (5)
Starts with U, ends with EUPICE→
62A
Geometry calculation: Abbr. (3)
Starts with V, ends with LVOL→
63A
"How ya doin'?" (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSUP→
64A
[Variety, 10/30/1929] (15)
Starts with W, ends with GWALLSTLAYSANEGG→
70A
___ Dhabi (3)
Starts with A, ends with UABU→
73A
Alliance since 1948, in brief (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOAS→
74A
Golf's Slammin' Sammy (5)
Starts with S, ends with DSNEAD→
75A
Bouquet (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAROMA→
79A
Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed (9)
Starts with C, ends with ACASSANDRA→
83A
Poorly (3)
Starts with I, ends with LILL→
84A
Headwear that's stereotypically red (7)
Starts with F, ends with TFIREHAT→
86A
Breakout performer? (7)
Starts with E, ends with EESCAPEE→
87A
It's blowin' in the wind (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVANE→
89A
___ thruster (physics lab device) (3)
Starts with I, ends with NION→
90A
Corrin of "Nosferatu" (4)
Starts with E, ends with AEMMA→
91A
[New York Daily News, 10/30/1975] (18)
Starts with F, ends with DFORDTOCITYDROPDEAD→
95A
"The rubber people," in Nahuatl (5)
Starts with O, ends with COLMEC→
98A
"Biting" characteristic (3)
Starts with W, ends with TWIT→
99A
Big name in health care (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAETNA→
100A
Trouble (3)
Starts with W, ends with EWOE→
104A
Where people typically go to the mat? (5)
Starts with P, ends with HPORCH→
106A
Attempt to tear (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRIPAT→
111A
Fool around (8)
Starts with L, ends with GLOLLYGAG→
113A
With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983] (12)
Starts with H, ends with YHEADLESSBODY→
115A
See 113-Across (12)
Starts with I, ends with RINTOPLESSBAR→
117A
"Jeez Louise!" (8)
Starts with A, ends with NAWCOMEON→
119A
Latin "Look" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EECCE→
120A
Filmmaker Johnson (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRIAN→
121A
Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush) (3)
Starts with M, ends with AMBA→
122A
Drink after a race, say (7)
Starts with H, ends with EHYDRATE→
123A
Signaled (4)
Starts with C, ends with DCUED→
124A
Wraps up (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENDS→
125A
The Second vis-à-vis the First, say (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSON→
Down
1D
Cher and Madonna, e.g. (5)
Starts with I, ends with SICONS→
2D
Old Scratch, with "the" (5)
Starts with D, ends with LDEVIL→
3D
Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015 (5)
Starts with A, ends with AALEXA→
4D
It might be chewed in a theater (7)
Starts with S, ends with YSCENERY→
6D
Taxpayers (9)
Starts with A, ends with SASSESSEES→
7D
9 to 5, e.g. (8)
Starts with D, ends with TDAYSHIFT→
8D
Release (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLETGO→
10D
Parts of comedy routines (4)
Starts with B, ends with SBITS→
11D
Serving at a Chinese restaurant (3)
Starts with T, ends with ATEA→
12D
Carolina Reaper, for one (5)
Starts with C, ends with ICHILI→
13D
Good name for a geologist? (5)
Starts with R, ends with OROCCO→
14D
"How sad" (9)
Starts with I, ends with EITSASHAME→
16D
Some red or white wines (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPINOTS→
17D
Pull some strings? (6)
Starts with U, ends with TUNKNOT→
18D
Old Spanish coin (6)
Starts with P, ends with APESETA→
24D
Waste away (3)
Starts with R, ends with TROT→
26D
Bottom (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNADIR→
28D
Actress Skye (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIONE→
32D
Payments made at a table (5)
Starts with A, ends with SANTES→
35D
Leg up (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEDGE→
38D
"I'll get to work right now" (4)
Starts with O, ends with TONIT→
39D
Dollops (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDABS→
40D
___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop" (4)
Starts with E, ends with EEVIE→
41D
Threadbare (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWORN→
42D
Fund, as a college (5)
Starts with E, ends with WENDOW→
43D
They're known to open with some jokes (6)
Starts with A, ends with SAPRILS→
44D
Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (9)
Starts with T, ends with ITOSCANINI→
45D
The "U" of 60-Down (5)
Starts with U, ends with NUNION→
46D
"Damage" director Louis (5)
Starts with M, ends with EMALLE→
51D
K-pop septet (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBTS→
52D
Short note? (3)
Starts with I, ends with UIOU→
53D
Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra" (3)
Starts with A, ends with PASP→
55D
Long-term deposit, in brief (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
56D
Go (for) (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOPT→
58D
Certain spot (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTVAD→
60D
It once shared a land border with 16 countries (4)
Starts with U, ends with RUSSR→
61D
Drawstring place (6)
Starts with E, ends with TEYELET→
65D
Hardly the social butterfly (5)
Starts with L, ends with RLONER→
66D
Stowed (5)
Starts with L, ends with DLADED→
67D
___ soda (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSAL→
68D
Needlefish (3)
Starts with G, ends with RGAR→
69D
Monopolist's trait (5)
Starts with G, ends with DGREED→
70D
One-pointer in cribbage (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
71D
Some undergrad degs. (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBAS→
72D
Trojans' sch. (3)
Starts with U, ends with CUSC→
76D
"Jeez, I can't catch a break" (4)
Starts with O, ends with EOHME→
77D
Call from a crib (4)
Starts with M, ends with AMAMA→
78D
Slightly (4)
Starts with A, ends with DATAD→
80D
Umpire's ruling (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESAFE→
81D
Writings of dubious authenticity (9)
Starts with A, ends with AAPOCRYPHA→
82D
Eschew (5)
Starts with A, ends with DAVOID→
84D
"Victory is mine!," in modern lingo (9)
Starts with F, ends with NFORTHEWIN→
85D
Privy to (4)
Starts with I, ends with NINON→
88D
Make a scene (3)
Starts with A, ends with TACT→
89D
"My heavens!" (8)
Starts with I, ends with EIDECLARE→
92D
They can support a nest egg (5)
Starts with T, ends with STWIGS→
93D
48-oz. beer glass (4)
Starts with Y, ends with DYARD→
94D
Service providers? (7)
Starts with P, ends with SPARSONS→
95D
Wise-appearing (6)
Starts with O, ends with HOWLISH→
96D
___ Tunes (6)
Starts with L, ends with YLOONEY→
97D
Like the cheese in a grilled cheese (6)
Starts with M, ends with DMELTED→
102D
Protective tip on a lace (5)
Starts with A, ends with TAGLET→
103D
Bel ___ cheese (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPAESE→
104D
Informal goodbye (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPEACE→
105D
Made some waves? (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOARED→
107D
Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol (3)
Starts with I, ends with MIBM→
108D
Some have meters (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOEMS→
109D
Mexican marinade (5)
Starts with A, ends with OADOBO→
110D
"The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film) (5)
Starts with T, ends with NTYNAN→
112D
Tolkien trilogy, for short (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLOTR→
113D
Morehouse or Howard, in brief (4)
Starts with H, ends with UHBCU→
114D
Whole bunch (4)
Starts with S, ends with DSCAD→
116D
Instant (3)
Starts with S, ends with CSEC→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 9, 2025?+
140 clues: 63 Across and 77 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Michael Schlossberg and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: First lady McKinley (IDA); Common saltwater baitfish (SHAD); Letters before Q (LGBT).
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