NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 23, 2025
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Clues140
Across61
Down79
TitleWhere'd You Go?
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
Capital of Western Australia (5)
Starts with P, ends with HPERTH→
6A
Doomed Ethiopian princess (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAIDA→
10A
Do some basic math (3)
Starts with A, ends with DADD→
13A
Heats to just below a boil, as milk (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSCALDS→
19A
Setting for 6-Across (5)
Starts with O, ends with AOPERA→
20A
Higher in rank? (8)
Starts with S, ends with RSMELLIER→
22A
"Here!" (6)
Starts with T, ends with TTAKEIT→
23A
Stay in one's lane? (14)
Starts with R, ends with ERESISTTHEMERGE→
25A
One place to redeem tickets (6)
Starts with A, ends with EARCADE→
26A
One might be custom-printed (3)
Starts with T, ends with ETEE→
27A
Target (7)
Starts with S, ends with TSHOOTAT→
28A
Brings in (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEARNS→
30A
Vehicle in 2020's "Nomadland" (3)
Starts with V, ends with NVAN→
31A
Like bread more suitable for panzanella (6)
Starts with S, ends with RSTALER→
33A
Canada's ___ Nova National Park (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATERRA→
35A
It follows Oktober (4)
Starts with F, ends with TFEST→
36A
CliffsNotes version of Holmes and Watson stories? (18)
Starts with M, ends with SMENSOLVEDMYSTERIES→
42A
Morales of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise (4)
Starts with E, ends with IESAI→
45A
Wedding cake features (5)
Starts with T, ends with STIERS→
47A
"When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.? (11)
Starts with M, ends with SMENDERLINES→
51A
Hockey player who wears #1, traditionally (6)
Starts with G, ends with EGOALIE→
53A
___ milk (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
54A
Slightest amount (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLEAST→
55A
Pentagon div. (3)
Starts with D, ends with DDOD→
56A
Figure on a Wyoming license plate (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCOWBOY→
60A
Straightens up (6)
Starts with T, ends with STIDIES→
62A
Neptune, e.g. (6)
Starts with S, ends with DSEAGOD→
65A
Weapon/fashion accessory for animation's Sailor Moon (5)
Starts with T, ends with ATIARA→
66A
Apt name for a car salesman? (4)
Starts with O, ends with OOTTO→
67A
Best impression of a Springfield patriarch? (11)
Starts with F, ends with RFINESTHOMER→
71A
Start to wear (4)
Starts with F, ends with YFRAY→
72A
Where you might walk down the aisle (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPLANE→
74A
The "K" of 15-Down (6)
Starts with K, ends with LKENNEL→
75A
Support on a lease (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCOSIGN→
77A
Temporarily banish, as a college roommate (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESEXILE→
79A
Planks can build them (3)
Starts with A, ends with SABS→
80A
Wire holder (5)
Starts with S, ends with LSPOOL→
82A
Get along in years (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAGE→
84A
Vivid shade of yellow (6)
Starts with C, ends with YCANARY→
86A
Headline about a falsely incriminated person casting a ballot? (11)
Starts with V, ends with DVOTERFRAMED→
89A
Beautifully emotive (6)
Starts with P, ends with CPOETIC→
91A
Exudes (5)
Starts with O, ends with SOOZES→
92A
"___ we forget ..." (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLEST→
93A
Delivered a nasty insult with perfect timing? (18)
Starts with N, ends with TNAILEDTHEDISMOMENT→
99A
Word after cash or read (4)
Starts with O, ends with YONLY→
100A
Toiled on a longship, maybe (5)
Starts with O, ends with DOARED→
101A
"Lawrence of Arabia" star (6)
Starts with O, ends with EOTOOLE→
104A
Cut short (3)
Starts with M, ends with WMOW→
105A
Grain used in Italian cuisine (5)
Starts with F, ends with OFARRO→
107A
Turns inside out (7)
Starts with I, ends with SINVERTS→
111A
Bit of concert stage equipment (3)
Starts with A, ends with PAMP→
113A
Liqueur in a spritz (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAPEROL→
115A
Classic breakup excuse … or a phonetic hint to 23-, 36-, 47-, 67-, 86- and 93-Across (14)
Starts with I, ends with EITSNOTYOUITSME→
118A
Claim in a courtroom (6)
Starts with A, ends with EALLEGE→
119A
Dartmouth's colorful nickname (8)
Starts with B, ends with NBIGGREEN→
120A
2010 comedy inspired by "The Scarlet Letter" (5)
Starts with E, ends with AEASYA→
121A
"Too bad for me!" (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMYLOSS→
122A
Mo. known for political surprises (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOCT→
123A
Common conjunctions (4)
Starts with A, ends with SANDS→
124A
Rule the ___ (5)
Starts with R, ends with TROOST→
Down
1D
Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPORT→
2D
Dueling weapons (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEPEES→
3D
Electric appliance button (5)
Starts with R, ends with TRESET→
4D
Arm muscle, informally (3)
Starts with T, ends with ITRI→
5D
Big pain (6)
Starts with H, ends with EHASSLE→
6D
Noted family of New York City's Gilded Age (6)
Starts with A, ends with SASTORS→
7D
"If you ask me ...," to texters (4)
Starts with I, ends with OIMHO→
8D
Alternative to a citronella candle (4)
Starts with D, ends with TDEET→
9D
___ mater (4)
Starts with A, ends with AALMA→
10D
Sign at a gas station (3)
Starts with A, ends with RAIR→
11D
Use a Clorox wipe on, say (6)
Starts with D, ends with MDEGERM→
12D
Gloomy (6)
Starts with D, ends with YDREARY→
13D
Laurel of Laurel and Hardy (4)
Starts with S, ends with NSTAN→
14D
They fill up a lot (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCARS→
15D
Org. that awards the "Paw of Courage" for canine heroism (3)
Starts with A, ends with CAKC→
16D
Retain (7)
Starts with L, ends with NLEAVEIN→
17D
Told some jokes, say (7)
Starts with D, ends with TDIDASET→
18D
Surgical aids (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSTENTS→
21D
Literature (7)
Starts with L, ends with SLETTERS→
24D
Before now (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTHEN→
29D
One celebrating Ethiopian Christmas (Jan. 7) (5)
Starts with R, ends with ARASTA→
32D
In the thick of (4)
Starts with A, ends with DAMID→
34D
Mag staffers (3)
Starts with E, ends with SEDS→
35D
It might have "-GUEST" in its name (8)
Starts with F, ends with IFREEWIFI→
37D
Big name in elevators (4)
Starts with O, ends with SOTIS→
38D
Dryer detritus (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLINT→
39D
Victory symbol (3)
Starts with V, ends with EVEE→
40D
Soft mineral (4)
Starts with T, ends with CTALC→
41D
"Middlemarch" author (5)
Starts with E, ends with TELIOT→
42D
___ pop (hybrid music genre) (3)
Starts with E, ends with OEMO→
43D
Birthplace of Starbucks (7)
Starts with S, ends with ESEATTLE→
44D
Skeptical of big government, say (7)
Starts with A, ends with XANTITAX→
49D
Ecosystem for an estimated 25% of all marine species (4)
Starts with R, ends with FREEF→
50D
Corrective eye surgery (5)
Starts with L, ends with KLASIK→
51D
Kind of boot (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGOGO→
52D
"Hamilton" co-star Leslie ___ Jr. (4)
Starts with O, ends with MODOM→
55D
"Matilda" author (4)
Starts with D, ends with LDAHL→
57D
Darts or billiards (7)
Starts with B, ends with EBARGAME→
58D
Ambrosia salad ingredients (7)
Starts with O, ends with SORANGES→
59D
"Woo-hoo!" (3)
Starts with Y, ends with YYAY→
61D
Suffice (8)
Starts with D, ends with YDONICELY→
62D
IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr. (4)
Starts with S, ends with SSSNS→
63D
Summertime in Versailles (3)
Starts with E, ends with EETE→
64D
Designer's specialty (5)
Starts with D, ends with RDECOR→
66D
Photo ___ (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOPS→
68D
Warm, in a sense (4)
Starts with N, ends with RNEAR→
69D
Disc jockey : deejay :: nonbinary : ___ (4)
Starts with E, ends with YENBY→
70D
Feature of a yurt, but not a teepee (4)
Starts with R, ends with FROOF→
73D
Thrill (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELATE→
76D
Camera choice, in brief (3)
Starts with S, ends with RSLR→
78D
Oklahoma's "Wheat Capital" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DENID→
80D
Red part of rhubarb (4)
Starts with S, ends with MSTEM→
81D
Philippine currency (4)
Starts with P, ends with OPESO→
83D
Summer setting in Somerset, for short (3)
Starts with E, ends with TEDT→
85D
Jackson or Jackman (5)
Starts with A, ends with RACTOR→
86D
Nullifying (7)
Starts with V, ends with GVOIDING→
87D
Parts of baby wts. (3)
Starts with O, ends with SOZS→
88D
Member of a choir (4)
Starts with A, ends with OALTO→
89D
Impressive array (7)
Starts with P, ends with YPANOPLY→
90D
Crude cavity (7)
Starts with O, ends with LOILWELL→
91D
Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks" (3)
Starts with O, ends with EODE→
93D
Polite "I'll pass" (6)
Starts with N, ends with MNOMAAM→
94D
Gummy candy company (6)
Starts with H, ends with OHARIBO→
95D
Like the Kama Sutra (6)
Starts with E, ends with CEROTIC→
96D
Dunderheads (6)
Starts with M, ends with SMORONS→
97D
Caesar's addressing? (4)
Starts with E, ends with UETTU→
98D
More intrusive (6)
Starts with N, ends with RNOSIER→
102D
Dogie catcher (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLASSO→
103D
Angela Lansbury was nominated for 18 of them (winning none) (5)
Starts with E, ends with SEMMYS→
105D
Obscures (4)
Starts with F, ends with SFOGS→
106D
Some six-packs (4)
Starts with A, ends with SALES→
108D
Director Ephron (4)
Starts with N, ends with ANORA→
109D
Powerful engine (4)
Starts with V, ends with NVTEN→
110D
Kept watch on (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEYED→
112D
Bog deposit (4)
Starts with P, ends with TPEAT→
114D
___ Speedwagon (3)
Starts with R, ends with OREO→
116D
Army rank above cpl. (3)
Starts with S, ends with TSGT→
117D
Principle behind yin and yang (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTAO→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 23, 2025?+
140 clues: 61 Across and 79 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Andrew Colin Kirk and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Capital of Western Australia (PERTH); Doomed Ethiopian princess (AIDA); Do some basic math (ADD).
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