NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 26, 2025
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Clues85
Across41
Down44
ConstructorNathan Hale
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
"Mama" of the Mamas & the Papas (4)
Starts with C, ends with SCASS→
5A
Swallows nervously (5)
Starts with G, ends with SGULPS→
10A
Motown song played at many a wedding (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSHOUT→
15A
"That's hysterical!," online (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLMAO→
16A
Paragon (5)
Starts with I, ends with LIDEAL→
17A
Keats and Yeats (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOETS→
18A
Tiny amount (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIOTA→
19A
"I've done this before" (5)
Starts with N, ends with YNOTMY→
21A
It doesn't pay, they say (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECRIME→
23A
Short retirement? (3)
Starts with N, ends with PNAP→
24A
Lighter giant (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBIC→
25A
Not so sure about a wedding, say (6)
Starts with H, ends with GHAVING→
31A
She, in São Paulo (3)
Starts with E, ends with AELA→
32A
N.L. East or A.F.C. West (3)
Starts with D, ends with VDIV→
34A
Some privately held businesses: Abbr. (4)
Starts with L, ends with SLLCS→
37A
Yearned (for) (7)
Starts with J, ends with DJONESED→
39A
You might have one to pick (4)
Starts with B, ends with EBONE→
40A
Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do (16)
Starts with C, ends with SCOVERALLTHEBASES→
45A
Hand or foot (4)
Starts with U, ends with TUNIT→
47A
Sleep with (3)
Starts with B, ends with DBED→
48A
Image format, familiarly (4)
Starts with J, ends with GJPEG→
50A
Road repair goo (3)
Starts with T, ends with RTAR→
51A
Alternative to a Stella or Sam Adams (3)
Starts with P, ends with RPBR→
54A
Thoroughly interrogates (8)
Starts with G, ends with EGIVESTHE→
59A
Portfolio holding, for short (3)
Starts with I, ends with AIRA→
60A
Popular R&B group composed of T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli (3)
Starts with T, ends with CTLC→
62A
Kind of pole (5)
Starts with T, ends with MTOTEM→
63A
Rave over, metaphorically (5)
Starts with W, ends with EWRITE→
68A
Polo of "Meet the Parents" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ITERI→
69A
Pre-covenant name for a biblical father (5)
Starts with A, ends with MABRAM→
71A
West African staple crop (4)
Starts with Y, ends with SYAMS→
72A
Frivolous (5)
Starts with S, ends with YSILLY→
73A
Prepare, as tea (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSTEEP→
74A
Campus site for 30,000+ Iowa students (4)
Starts with A, ends with SAMES→
Down
1D
Hackneyed (6)
Starts with C, ends with ECLICHE→
2D
Lacking all scruples (6)
Starts with A, ends with LAMORAL→
3D
Cannabis variety (6)
Starts with S, ends with ASATIVA→
4D
"Likewise" (5)
Starts with S, ends with ISOAMI→
5D
Juniper-flavored spirit (3)
Starts with G, ends with NGIN→
6D
Noodle variety (4)
Starts with U, ends with NUDON→
7D
Set loose on (5)
Starts with L, ends with TLETAT→
8D
Handouts from street preachers (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPAMPHLETS→
9D
Like a fox (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSLY→
10D
Portions of parsley (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSPRIGS→
11D
Bootleg booze (5)
Starts with H, ends with HHOOCH→
12D
Ref. work that's been available electronically since 1988 (3)
Starts with O, ends with DOED→
13D
Great Basin tribe (3)
Starts with U, ends with EUTE→
14D
Historic Chinese general (3)
Starts with T, ends with OTSO→
22D
Forested moon in "Return of the Jedi" (5)
Starts with E, ends with RENDOR→
24D
Tampa Bay N.F.L.er (3)
Starts with B, ends with CBUC→
26D
Actress Rodriguez of "Jane the Virgin" (4)
Starts with G, ends with AGINA→
28D
Timeworn (6)
Starts with O, ends with TOLDHAT→
29D
"Terrible" ages (4)
Starts with T, ends with STWOS→
30D
Not mad (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESANE→
33D
Fabric that George Costanza said he'd drape himself in if it were socially acceptable (6)
Starts with V, ends with TVELVET→
36D
Pioneering game console, for short (3)
Starts with N, ends with SNES→
37D
747 or A380 (3)
Starts with J, ends with TJET→
38D
Tad (9)
Starts with S, ends with TSLIGHTBIT→
39D
___-relief (3)
Starts with B, ends with SBAS→
40D
Baby bear (3)
Starts with C, ends with BCUB→
41D
Downward force on earth, informally (4)
Starts with O, ends with GONEG→
42D
"I saw," to Caesar (4)
Starts with V, ends with IVIDI→
43D
"My stars!" (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEGAD→
44D
Headwear for Emily in Paris (5)
Starts with B, ends with TBERET→
48D
British politico Corbyn (6)
Starts with J, ends with YJEREMY→
49D
Ad Council production, in brief (3)
Starts with P, ends with APSA→
51D
Spin doctors (6)
Starts with P, ends with MPRTEAM→
52D
"I'd like a brewski" (6)
Starts with B, ends with EBEERME→
53D
Negligent (6)
Starts with R, ends with SREMISS→
55D
Like some signs (5)
Starts with V, ends with LVITAL→
56D
Run away (with) (5)
Starts with E, ends with EELOPE→
58D
Cry after pranking someone (5)
Starts with G, ends with AGOTYA→
61D
Adorable (4)
Starts with C, ends with ECUTE→
63D
"Time ___ …" (3)
Starts with W, ends with SWAS→
64D
Slugger's stat (3)
Starts with R, ends with IRBI→
65D
Not online, online (3)
Starts with I, ends with LIRL→
66D
Sounds in spas (3)
Starts with A, ends with SAHS→
67D
Blouse, e.g. (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTOP→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 26, 2025?+
85 clues: 41 Across and 44 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Nathan Hale and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: "Mama" of the Mamas & the Papas (CASS); Swallows nervously (GULPS); Motown song played at many a wedding (SHOUT).
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