NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 21, 2025
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Clues68
Across33
Down35
ConstructorBoaz Moser and Jacob Reed
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Basketball's quadruple double, e.g (6)
Starts with R, ends with YRARITY→
7A
Not done naturally, in a way (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSTAGED→
13A
Prosciutto, e.g. (8)
Starts with C, ends with MCUREDHAM→
15A
Player in the A.L. East (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORIOLE→
16A
Image on a South African Krugerrand (8)
Starts with A, ends with EANTELOPE→
17A
Whip (up) (6)
Starts with R, ends with ERUSTLE→
18A
Corsair (6)
Starts with R, ends with RRAIDER→
19A
Loses power (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDIES→
21A
Something typically left in the U.S., but not in Japan (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTIP→
22A
Site with a "Craft Supplies & Tools" category (4)
Starts with E, ends with YETSY→
23A
It's a short walk from home (9)
Starts with F, ends with EFIRSTBASE→
25A
"Who ___?" (informal question) (3)
Starts with D, ends with TDAT→
26A
Item not found much in cars nowadays (5)
Starts with A, ends with SATLAS→
28A
Many an M.B.A.'s undergrad major, informally (4)
Starts with E, ends with NECON→
29A
Bad thing to blow (7)
Starts with B, ends with DBIGLEAD→
31A
Item that might be on a list (6)
Starts with E, ends with DERRAND→
33A
For a song (11)
Starts with C, ends with TCHEAPASDIRT→
35A
"About damn time!" (6)
Starts with A, ends with TATLAST→
37A
Show again, as a historical event (7)
Starts with R, ends with TREENACT→
39A
"How you ___?" ("Friends" catchphrase) (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDOIN→
40A
"Hot-diggity" or "Cool it" (5)
Starts with S, ends with GSLANG→
41A
Obfuscated (3)
Starts with H, ends with DHID→
43A
Attire often used in filming C.G.I. scenes, informally (9)
Starts with M, ends with TMOCAPSUIT→
46A
Home of the Cotahuasi Canyon, which is more than two miles deep (4)
Starts with P, ends with UPERU→
47A
With 48-Across, cousin of sleet (3)
Starts with I, ends with EICE→
48A
See 47-Across (4)
Starts with R, ends with NRAIN→
49A
Tribal spiritualist (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSHAMAN→
51A
Begin listening to a podcast, say (6)
Starts with T, ends with NTUNEIN→
53A
PepsiCo product (8)
Starts with G, ends with EGATORADE→
55A
How Mario introduces himself in video games (6)
Starts with I, ends with EITSAME→
56A
Really stands out (8)
Starts with S, ends with SSPARKLES→
57A
Be on the precipice (6)
Starts with T, ends with RTEETER→
58A
Historical records (6)
Starts with A, ends with SANNALS→
Down
1D
Not pay as one goes (7)
Starts with R, ends with BRUNATAB→
2D
Freedom of expression? (15)
Starts with A, ends with EARTISTICLICENSE→
3D
Like wetlands, typically (5)
Starts with R, ends with YREEDY→
4D
Chilling, maybe (4)
Starts with I, ends with EIDLE→
5D
God who wears the belt Megingjörd (4)
Starts with T, ends with RTHOR→
6D
Big fat mouth (3)
Starts with Y, ends with PYAP→
7D
Dressing targets (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSORES→
8D
Target of the 1890 Sherman Act (5)
Starts with T, ends with TTRUST→
9D
Some digital assistants, informally (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAIS→
10D
Pokémon tagline (15)
Starts with G, ends with LGOTTACATCHEMALL→
11D
Ralph who wrote the novel "Juneteenth" (7)
Starts with E, ends with NELLISON→
12D
Spot for cannonballs (7)
Starts with D, ends with DDEEPEND→
13D
Minded (5)
Starts with C, ends with DCARED→
14D
People always getting favorable news coverage (13)
Starts with M, ends with SMEDIADARLINGS→
20D
Org. with a commissioner (3)
Starts with I, ends with SIRS→
24D
Sports great who said "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be" (5)
Starts with B, ends with ABERRA→
26D
Sierra Nevadas, e.g. (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
27D
Handful on the farm (4)
Starts with T, ends with TTEAT→
30D
Country represented by the Black Star of Africa (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGHANA→
31D
Heaven on earth (4)
Starts with E, ends with NEDEN→
34D
Rear end (4)
Starts with S, ends with TSEAT→
35D
"Fess up!" (7)
Starts with A, ends with TADMITIT→
36D
"Totes adorbs!" (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETOOCUTE→
38D
Philippics (7)
Starts with T, ends with STIRADES→
40D
___ generis (3)
Starts with S, ends with ISUI→
42D
Features of the sci-fi planet Arrakis (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDUNES→
44D
Of the highest quality (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPRIME→
45D
More reasonable (5)
Starts with S, ends with RSANER→
46D
"Animal skin," in Aleut (5)
Starts with P, ends with APARKA→
49D
Eminem hit whose title became a neologism for "fan" (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAN→
50D
Eritrea's locale in Africa (4)
Starts with H, ends with NHORN→
52D
Inhale, so to speak (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEAT→
54D
Therapists' org. (3)
Starts with A, ends with AAPA→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 21, 2025?+
68 clues: 33 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Boaz Moser and Jacob Reed and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Basketball's quadruple double, e.g (RARITY); Not done naturally, in a way (STAGED); Prosciutto, e.g. (CUREDHAM).
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