NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 27, 2025
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Clues76
Across34
Down42
ConstructorBrad Lively
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
The "House of Mouse" (6)
Starts with D, ends with YDISNEY→
7A
Passing remark? (6)
Starts with G, ends with GGOLONG→
14A
Onetime talk show whose studio audience was known as the "Dog Pound," familiarly (7)
Starts with A, ends with OARSENIO→
15A
Expressions of contempt (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSNORTS→
16A
More than just flirting (7)
Starts with S, ends with GSEXTING→
17A
Event in a tent (8)
Starts with C, ends with SCIRCUITS→
19A
Minty Cuban cocktail ... Pass it back (4)
Starts with M, ends with OMOJO→
21A
Figure for the prosecution, for short (3)
Starts with A, ends with AADA→
22A
First name on the Supreme Court (5)
Starts with E, ends with AELENA→
24A
Provide a brief glimpse? (8)
Starts with D, ends with UDROPTROU→
26A
Sir Isaac Newton wrote about this ... Pass it on (5)
Starts with G, ends with YGRAVY→
29A
Covers for a rainy day (7)
Starts with T, ends with STARPITS→
33A
Give credit? (4)
Starts with L, ends with DLEND→
34A
Writing without verse (5)
Starts with P, ends with EPROSE→
36A
"Comin' Thro' the ___" (poem misremembered by Holden Caulfield) (3)
Starts with R, ends with ERYE→
37A
Gluten-free grain (3)
Starts with O, ends with TOAT→
38A
Folded pancake (5)
Starts with C, ends with ECREPE→
39A
Electronic device from which users take "sips" (4)
Starts with V, ends with EVAPE→
40A
Smart sort (7)
Starts with B, ends with NBRITAIN→
42A
One signing a guestbook ... Pass it back (5)
Starts with V, ends with RVISOR→
43A
[Can't talk, eating] (8)
Starts with O, ends with MOMNOMNOM→
46A
Move (over) (5)
Starts with S, ends with TSCOOT→
48A
Sun en Sevilla (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSOL→
49A
Migratory fish (3)
Starts with E, ends with LEEL→
52A
What some toothpastes do ... Pass it on (4)
Starts with W, ends with NWHEN→
53A
Not obvious (8)
Starts with S, ends with ESUBTITLE→
55A
Video game navigation aid (7)
Starts with M, ends with PMINIMAP→
58A
Pay-to-play business (6)
Starts with A, ends with EARCADE→
59A
"Son of the Dragon," in a medieval Romanian sobriquet (7)
Starts with D, ends with ADRACULA→
60A
"At the Movies with Ebert and ___" (6)
Starts with R, ends with RROEPER→
61A
Leave the country? (6)
Starts with S, ends with ESECEDE→
62A
Expressions of contempt (6)
Starts with S, ends with SSNEERS→
Down
1D
Lumbar supports (5)
Starts with D, ends with SDISCS→
2D
Result of some cord-cutting, informally (5)
Starts with I, ends with EINNIE→
3D
Make a point, say (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESCORE→
4D
Man on wire? (4)
Starts with N, ends with CNARC→
5D
Long Island Sound, e.g. (7)
Starts with E, ends with YESTUARY→
6D
Affirmative reply to "Sprechen Sie Englisch?" (6)
Starts with Y, ends with OYESIDO→
7D
Test for a future Ed.D. (3)
Starts with G, ends with EGRE→
8D
Mac platform renamed in 2016 (3)
Starts with O, ends with XOSX→
9D
Request made through a downstairs intercom (7)
Starts with L, ends with PLETMEUP→
10D
Publication with the 1997 headline "Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules," with "The" (5)
Starts with O, ends with NONION→
11D
Fabled figure in feudal Japan (5)
Starts with N, ends with ANINJA→
12D
___ boots (4)
Starts with G, ends with OGOGO→
14D
Nincompoop (3)
Starts with A, ends with SASS→
18D
Water source (3)
Starts with T, ends with PTAP→
23D
Mythos (4)
Starts with L, ends with ELORE→
24D
___ player (3)
Starts with D, ends with DDVD→
25D
Sporty auto roof (4)
Starts with T, ends with PTTOP→
26D
Hunk of gunk (4)
Starts with G, ends with BGLOB→
27D
Bottom (4)
Starts with R, ends with RREAR→
28D
Prefix with body or matter (4)
Starts with A, ends with IANTI→
30D
Some investments, for short (4)
Starts with I, ends with SIRAS→
31D
One on a sic list? (4)
Starts with T, ends with OTYPO→
32D
Visionary (4)
Starts with S, ends with RSEER→
34D
Not an original (5)
Starts with P, ends with TPRINT→
35D
Nevada city that's farther west than Los Angeles (4)
Starts with R, ends with ORENO→
38D
Pattern based on nature, informally (4)
Starts with C, ends with OCAMO→
39D
Pizazz (3)
Starts with V, ends with MVIM→
41D
Like a doormat, say (7)
Starts with T, ends with ETOONICE→
42D
Cartoon series about a super robot (7)
Starts with V, ends with NVOLTRON→
44D
East Lansing sch. (3)
Starts with M, ends with UMSU→
45D
Sign of terrible service (6)
Starts with N, ends with SNOBARS→
46D
"Do you remember the ___, Mr. Frodo?": Sam Gamgee (5)
Starts with S, ends with ESHIRE→
47D
Comedian Wyatt (5)
Starts with C, ends with CCENAC→
49D
Tour de France stage (5)
Starts with E, ends with EETAPE→
50D
Respected figure (5)
Starts with E, ends with RELDER→
51D
Creepy looks (5)
Starts with L, ends with SLEERS→
52D
Disarmament concerns, for short (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWMDS→
53D
Reflexology setting (3)
Starts with S, ends with ASPA→
54D
Drink with a domed lid, perhaps (4)
Starts with I, ends with EICEE→
56D
Feature of some outdoor obstacle courses (3)
Starts with M, ends with DMUD→
57D
Stout, for one (3)
Starts with A, ends with EALE→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 27, 2025?+
76 clues: 34 Across and 42 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Brad Lively and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: The "House of Mouse" (DISNEY); Passing remark? (GOLONG); If (INCASE).
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