NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 16, 2025
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Clues140
Across59
Down81
TitleHave It Both Ways
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
Jeans material (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBLUED→
6A
Some P.D. alerts (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAPBS→
10A
Leaves a relationship (8)
Starts with S, ends with YSCOMPANY→
18A
14-line poem with only two rhymes across three stanzas (6)
Starts with R, ends with LRONDEL→
20A
"The African Queen" scriptwriter (4)
Starts with A, ends with EAGEE→
21A
Per-hour cost to record music, say (9)
Starts with S, ends with ESTUDIOFEE→
22A
Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later (11)
Starts with A, ends with LARSENIOHALL→
24A
Completely exclude (9)
Starts with F, ends with TFREEZEOUT→
25A
Low-fat dairy desserts (8)
Starts with I, ends with SICEMILKS→
26A
Columbus's birthplace (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGENOA→
28A
L.L. Bean competitor (3)
Starts with R, ends with IREI→
29A
Dug through for digital analysis (5)
Starts with D, ends with MDATAM→
30A
Auto racer ___ Patrick (6)
Starts with D, ends with ADANICA→
32A
Subway commuters, informally (8)
Starts with P, ends with SPHANGERS→
37A
Promoted boastfully (6)
Starts with T, ends with DTOUTED→
39A
Others, to Ovid (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALIA→
40A
Old-fashioned garnishes (7)
Starts with O, ends with PORANGEP→
47A
M.L.B. V.I.P.s (3)
Starts with G, ends with SGMS→
48A
Al Capone adversary who only ever met him once in person (9)
Starts with E, ends with SELIOTNESS→
53A
Selling points? (9)
Starts with R, ends with SRETAILERS→
55A
[Boo-hoo!] (5)
Starts with S, ends with FSNIFF→
56A
Hamlet or Laertes (4)
Starts with D, ends with EDANE→
57A
Longtime children's clothing store with a portmanteau name (8)
Starts with G, ends with EGYMBOREE→
58A
Dabbles in (7)
Starts with P, ends with TPLAYSAT→
61A
Ratted (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTOLD→
62A
Make ready for new use (5)
Starts with R, ends with TREFIT→
63A
Exhibits brilliance (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGLOWS→
64A
Something one might need to look good in the morning (7)
Starts with B, ends with SBEAUTYS→
68A
Article of faith (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTENET→
69A
Not-so-joltin' joe? (7)
Starts with F, ends with EFCOFFEE→
71A
___ group (chemistry classification) (5)
Starts with A, ends with OAMINO→
72A
Source of the "blood" in a meatless burger, maybe (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBEETS→
73A
Good lighting? (4)
Starts with H, ends with OHALO→
74A
Spill the tea (4)
Starts with D, ends with HDISH→
75A
Playground retort (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDOESNOT→
77A
Doses of a certain hallucinogen (8)
Starts with A, ends with SACIDTABS→
82A
___ breve (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALLA→
83A
Russian range (5)
Starts with U, ends with SURALS→
84A
Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands (9)
Starts with A, ends with LADENOIDAL→
85A
Much high school gossip (9)
Starts with T, ends with ATEENDRAMA→
87A
Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSUN→
89A
Got up and at ’em (7)
Starts with D, ends with YDTHEDAY→
90A
Official who reports to a president (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDEAN→
91A
Reddish-brown shade (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASIENNA→
94A
Secretly communicating in class (8)
Starts with P, ends with NPASSINGN→
98A
Make out (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDETECT→
100A
Settings for telling some ghost stories (5)
Starts with C, ends with FCAMPF→
105A
Superb, in slang (3)
Starts with A, ends with EACE→
106A
108A
Fried fare often served with marinara (8)
Starts with C, ends with ICALAMARI→
110A
Discards from fuzzy fruits (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPEACHPITS→
115A
Blade runner? (11)
Starts with S, ends with RSPEEDSKATER→
117A
Reassurance after bandaging a boo-boo (9)
Starts with A, ends with RALLBETTER→
118A
Till bills (4)
Starts with T, ends with STENS→
119A
Actress Richards of "Starship Troopers" (6)
Starts with D, ends with EDENISE→
120A
Felt absolutely determined about (8)
Starts with W, ends with SWASDEADS→
121A
Betting site's quote (4)
Starts with O, ends with SODDS→
122A
Like the typefaces Helvetica and Arial (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSANSS→
Down
1D
Cornrow or challah feature (5)
Starts with B, ends with DBRAID→
2D
Playwright Federico García ___ (5)
Starts with L, ends with ALORCA→
3D
Like freshly poured concrete (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUNSET→
4D
Medical buildup of fluid (5)
Starts with E, ends with AEDEMA→
6D
Verbally reacts to in awe (6)
Starts with A, ends with TAAHSAT→
7D
Links letters (3)
Starts with P, ends with APGA→
8D
Where Waterloo is (7)
Starts with B, ends with MBELGIUM→
11D
Something you might get a break with? (3)
Starts with C, ends with ECUE→
12D
Composition of Catullus in ancient Rome (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
13D
"Les ___" (3)
Starts with M, ends with ZMIZ→
14D
Creator of the mystery-solving C. Auguste Dupin (3)
Starts with P, ends with EPOE→
15D
Prior to, old-style (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAFORE→
16D
German soccer legend Manuel who innovated the "sweeper-keeper" role (5)
Starts with N, ends with RNEUER→
17D
"Abominable" ones (5)
Starts with Y, ends with SYETIS→
19D
Rap title? (3)
Starts with L, ends with LLIL→
21D
BART stop, for short (3)
Starts with S, ends with OSFO→
23D
Gave the go-ahead (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOKD→
27D
Scot's denial (3)
Starts with N, ends with ENAE→
31D
Eggy holiday drinks (4)
Starts with N, ends with SNOGS→
33D
Port city near Mount Carmel (5)
Starts with H, ends with AHAIFA→
34D
High up (5)
Starts with A, ends with TALOFT→
35D
A persnickety person might pick it (3)
Starts with N, ends with TNIT→
36D
Frodo's enchanting friend (7)
Starts with G, ends with FGANDALF→
38D
What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you (6)
Starts with D, ends with TDENYIT→
40D
Alternative to .net (3)
Starts with O, ends with GORG→
41D
King of Castile (3)
Starts with R, ends with YREY→
42D
Device whose keypad often has Braille on it (3)
Starts with A, ends with MATM→
43D
Catch in the act (3)
Starts with N, ends with BNAB→
44D
Florentine artist known for frescoes (6)
Starts with G, ends with OGIOTTO→
45D
"The Jetsons" boy (5)
Starts with E, ends with YELROY→
49D
It's one thing after another (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLIST→
50D
Have as food, formally (5)
Starts with E, ends with FEATOF→
51D
Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESNOWE→
52D
Taste or touch (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESENSE→
54D
Light to stop at (3)
Starts with R, ends with DRED→
55D
Like the best bonds, perhaps (6)
Starts with S, ends with TSAFEST→
58D
Primps (6)
Starts with P, ends with SPREENS→
59D
Slow, musically (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLENTO→
63D
Brit's jolly cry of approval (6)
Starts with G, ends with HGOODOH→
64D
Lacking a knack for (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBADAT→
65D
Zola who wrote "J'Accuse …!" (5)
Starts with E, ends with EEMILE→
66D
Critic's common seating preference (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAISLE→
67D
Lets go of (7)
Starts with U, ends with SUNHANDS→
68D
Some green cars (6)
Starts with T, ends with STESLAS→
70D
Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCLINT→
73D
Bamboozled (3)
Starts with H, ends with DHAD→
75D
Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard (5)
Starts with D, ends with NDURAN→
76D
Chimp's cousin (5)
Starts with O, ends with GORANG→
78D
Attach, with "on" (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETIE→
79D
Attach, with "on" (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
80D
Cote quote? (3)
Starts with B, ends with ABAA→
81D
___ dog (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
84D
Author Rice (4)
Starts with A, ends with EANNE→
86D
"Agnus ___" (3)
Starts with D, ends with IDEI→
87D
Hopes that one might (7)
Starts with S, ends with OSEEKSTO→
88D
Live, in a way (7)
Starts with U, ends with DUNTAPED→
92D
Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIDA→
93D
Admission (6)
Starts with A, ends with SACCESS→
94D
Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit (5)
Starts with P, ends with WPAPAW→
95D
What's on the fast track? (5)
Starts with A, ends with AACELA→
96D
Navy group (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSEALS→
99D
Tiny bit (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTAD→
100D
Bars of soap (5)
Starts with C, ends with SCAKES→
101D
Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool (5)
Starts with A, ends with AAMANA→
102D
Morning in Monaco (5)
Starts with M, ends with NMATIN→
103D
Word with French or bench (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPRESS→
107D
Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSSR→
109D
Drug sold in 77-Across (3)
Starts with L, ends with DLSD→
111D
Compound found in marijuana, for short (3)
Starts with C, ends with DCBD→
112D
Start of a bray or conclusion of a giggle (3)
Starts with H, ends with EHEE→
113D
Sch. calendar abbr. (3)
Starts with P, ends with APTA→
114D
"___ be a pleasure" (3)
Starts with I, ends with DITD→
116D
Call off (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 16, 2025?+
140 clues: 59 Across and 81 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Paul Coulter and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Jeans material (BLUED); Some P.D. alerts (APBS); Leaves a relationship (SCOMPANY).
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