NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 11, 2025
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Clues74
Across38
Down36
ConstructorJared Cappel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
U.S.'s oldest continuous women's professional sports org. (4)
Starts with L, ends with ALPGA→
5A
Sample sake, say (3)
Starts with S, ends with PSIP→
8A
___ salmon (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSMOKED→
14A
They're mined, all mined! (4)
Starts with O, ends with SORES→
15A
Kissing on a park bench, e.g., for short (3)
Starts with P, ends with APDA→
16A
"Fingers crossed!" (6)
Starts with H, ends with OHOPESO→
17A
Gives a thumbs-up (8)
Starts with V, ends with SVOTESYES→
19A
Take to the sky (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAVIATE→
21A
Pollen producer (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAMEN→
23A
Texter's "I can't believe this" (3)
Starts with S, ends with HSMH→
24A
Made a scene? (5)
Starts with A, ends with DACTED→
26A
"I cannot ___ anybody anything; I can only make them think": Socrates (5)
Starts with T, ends with HTEACH→
30A
"Hijack" actor Idris (4)
Starts with E, ends with AELBA→
32A
"Nope!" (4)
Starts with U, ends with HUHUH→
34A
Middling mark (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECEE→
35A
Recruit successfully, as a reluctant participant (6)
Starts with R, ends with NROPEIN→
37A
Signs of spring (8)
Starts with R, ends with SROSEBUDS→
39A
At the moment (7)
Starts with A, ends with WASOFNOW→
41A
Finger foods served on a toothpick, maybe (7)
Starts with C, ends with SCANAPES→
42A
"Taste the rainbow" candy (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSKITTLES→
44A
Perplex (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBEMUSE→
45A
Sunbather's goal (3)
Starts with T, ends with NTAN→
46A
First-person shooter video game franchise (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHALO→
47A
99% fat-free, say (4)
Starts with L, ends with NLEAN→
48A
Jazz legend Shaw (5)
Starts with A, ends with EARTIE→
50A
Gave it a go (5)
Starts with T, ends with DTRIED→
52A
Surveillance device, informally (3)
Starts with C, ends with MCAM→
55A
Followed the leader (6)
Starts with O, ends with DOBEYED→
57A
Plenty o' (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALOTSA→
59A
Road sign with a unidirectional arrow (6)
Starts with O, ends with YONEWAY→
62A
Compliment on the green (8)
Starts with N, ends with TNICEPUTT→
64A
The Blenheim in England, for one (6)
Starts with P, ends with EPALACE→
65A
"___ soon?" (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTOO→
66A
Spooky-sounding lake (4)
Starts with E, ends with EERIE→
68A
"Wowza!" (3)
Starts with O, ends with GOMG→
69A
Bears' lairs (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDENS→
Down
1D
Is nuts for (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLOVES→
2D
Type of event run by the 1-Across (5)
Starts with P, ends with MPROAM→
3D
Grasp a central idea (11)
Starts with G, ends with TGETTHEPOINT→
4D
Sailing, say (4)
Starts with A, ends with AASEA→
5D
Ian Fleming figure (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSPY→
6D
"I.e.," spelled out (5)
Starts with I, ends with TIDEST→
7D
Frenchman who developed an anthrax vaccine (7)
Starts with P, ends with RPASTEUR→
8D
Decorative pillowcase (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSHAM→
9D
Make noticeable progress (13)
Starts with M, ends with EMOVETHENEEDLE→
10D
Offer a thought (5)
Starts with O, ends with EOPINE→
11D
Hawaii's Mauna ___ (3)
Starts with K, ends with AKEA→
12D
Fig. at a body shop (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEST→
13D
A deer, a female deer (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDOE→
18D
Betray (13)
Starts with S, ends with KSTABINTHEBACK→
22D
Like some temporary committees (5)
Starts with A, ends with CADHOC→
25D
Common cooking oil (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACANOLA→
27D
28D
Relinquishes (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCEDES→
29D
Hermann who wrote "Siddhartha" (5)
Starts with H, ends with EHESSE→
31D
One side of the political aisle, with "the" (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEFT→
33D
Functional (6)
Starts with U, ends with EUSABLE→
35D
Believer in Jah, familiarly (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARASTA→
36D
Herr Schindler in "Schindler's List" (5)
Starts with O, ends with ROSKAR→
38D
"Roll Tide!" school, in brief (4)
Starts with B, ends with ABAMA→
40D
Eudora ___, Pulitzer-winning author for "The Optimist's Daughter" (5)
Starts with W, ends with YWELTY→
43D
Kia S.U.V. (7)
Starts with S, ends with OSORENTO→
49D
Sioux City native (5)
Starts with I, ends with NIOWAN→
51D
"A pain in the neck," e.g. (5)
Starts with I, ends with MIDIOM→
53D
Actor Sean of "Stranger Things" (5)
Starts with A, ends with NASTIN→
54D
Aussie buds (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMATES→
56D
So-called "windows to the soul" (4)
Starts with E, ends with SEYES→
58D
Take in the paper? (4)
Starts with O, ends with DOPED→
59D
Photo ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
60D
Revolutionary Turner (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNAT→
61D
Horror director Roth (3)
Starts with E, ends with IELI→
63D
Gear tooth (3)
Starts with C, ends with GCOG→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 11, 2025?+
74 clues: 38 Across and 36 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Jared Cappel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: U.S.'s oldest continuous women's professional sports org. (LPGA); Sample sake, say (SIP); ___ salmon (SMOKED).
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