NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 28, 2025
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Clues72
Across35
Down37
ConstructorZhouqin Burnikel
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
Poke bowl condiment (10)
Starts with W, ends with OWASABIMAYO→
11A
Story of a lifetime? (4)
Starts with O, ends with TOBIT→
15A
Sort whose business is going way down? (10)
Starts with S, ends with RSCUBADIVER→
16A
Roaring Twenties look, informally (4)
Starts with D, ends with ODECO→
17A
Be easily victorious (10)
Starts with W, ends with EWINBYAMILE→
18A
Word with six or sea (4)
Starts with D, ends with PDEEP→
19A
Word often followed by a date (3)
Starts with D, ends with EDUE→
20A
"Oh, yeah?" (6)
Starts with R, ends with YREALLY→
22A
Certain touchdown scorers, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRBS→
23A
Ceremonial piles (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPYRES→
25A
Sinks one's teeth into? (6)
Starts with S, ends with PSAWSUP→
27A
Three, in Chinese (3)
Starts with S, ends with NSAN→
28A
Worker's performance that informs the colony of a nearby nectar source (8)
Starts with B, ends with EBEEDANCE→
30A
Locales of small ports (3)
Starts with P, ends with SPCS→
33A
Food specialty that might be topped with Creole mustard (5)
Starts with P, ends with YPOBOY→
35A
Stopped dreaming, say (5)
Starts with A, ends with EAWOKE→
36A
Hiding place (4)
Starts with L, ends with RLAIR→
38A
Skin-care product applied with a cotton pad (5)
Starts with T, ends with RTONER→
40A
Out, in a way (4)
Starts with A, ends with DABED→
41A
Append (5)
Starts with A, ends with XANNEX→
43A
Append (5)
Starts with A, ends with NADDON→
45A
They go around the block: Abbr. (3)
Starts with S, ends with SSTS→
46A
People have a variety of positions on these (8)
Starts with Y, ends with SYOGAMATS→
48A
Apple variety (3)
Starts with M, ends with CMAC→
50A
San Diego County beach town with a racetrack (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDELMAR→
51A
Country with 14,125 islands (and only 260 inhabited!) (5)
Starts with J, ends with NJAPAN→
53A
Chest beater (3)
Starts with A, ends with EAPE→
54A
___ Blue (dandruff shampoo brand) (6)
Starts with S, ends with NSELSUN→
57A
Show of respect (3)
Starts with B, ends with WBOW→
59A
Not-so-light reading (4)
Starts with T, ends with ETOME→
61A
Nolan Ryan had seven of them in his career (10)
Starts with N, ends with SNOHITGAMES→
64A
North Carolina college town (4)
Starts with E, ends with NELON→
65A
Spanish for "amateur" (10)
Starts with A, ends with OAFICIONADO→
66A
"___ people!" (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOME→
67A
Sarcastic response to a rude comment (10)
Starts with S, ends with YSTAYCLASSY→
Down
1D
Nashville-to-Memphis dir. (3)
Starts with W, ends with WWSW→
2D
Component of an exfoliator, often (4)
Starts with A, ends with DACID→
3D
The crack of dawn (5)
Starts with S, ends with PSUNUP→
4D
Oh, brothers, where art thou? (6)
Starts with A, ends with SABBEYS→
5D
Sound relative (3)
Starts with B, ends with YBAY→
6D
Formal turndown from the fearful (8)
Starts with I, ends with TIDARENOT→
7D
Traditional wearers of black-and-white face paint (5)
Starts with M, ends with SMIMES→
8D
Running shoe brand (4)
Starts with A, ends with AAVIA→
9D
Big whoop (4)
Starts with Y, ends with LYELL→
10D
Menacing words (6)
Starts with O, ends with EORELSE→
11D
Like the 314th digit of pi (3)
Starts with O, ends with DODD→
12D
Ones wise on Weizenbocks, perhaps (9)
Starts with B, ends with SBEERSNOBS→
13D
Cooler cousin (9)
Starts with I, ends with TICEBUCKET→
14D
Stats for pitchers and race car drivers (9)
Starts with T, ends with STOPSPEEDS→
21D
Nonsense word akin to "blah" (4)
Starts with Y, ends with AYADA→
24D
Genre for only two Song of the Year winners in Grammy history (3)
Starts with R, ends with PRAP→
26D
Water from a sippy cup (4)
Starts with W, ends with AWAWA→
28D
Strong ties (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBONDS→
29D
Checked out (4)
Starts with E, ends with DEYED→
30D
Get-togethers arranged by parents (9)
Starts with P, ends with SPLAYDATES→
31D
Hybrid team sport that uses kayaks (9)
Starts with C, ends with OCANOEPOLO→
32D
Many a divorcée (9)
Starts with S, ends with MSINGLEMOM→
34D
Junk, say (4)
Starts with B, ends with TBOAT→
37D
Bundle in an office (4)
Starts with R, ends with MREAM→
39D
Like Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty" (8)
Starts with R, ends with CROMANTIC→
42D
Short day soon after the winter solstice? (4)
Starts with X, ends with SXMAS→
44D
Day break (3)
Starts with N, ends with PNAP→
47D
Entertainment centers (6)
Starts with A, ends with SARENAS→
49D
Rental at a beach club (6)
Starts with C, ends with ACABANA→
51D
Like good gossip (5)
Starts with J, ends with YJUICY→
52D
Spanish uncle? (5)
Starts with N, ends with SNOMAS→
55D
Top story, maybe (4)
Starts with L, ends with TLOFT→
56D
Zaydism and Isma'ilism are sects of this (4)
Starts with S, ends with ASHIA→
58D
Brings together (4)
Starts with W, ends with SWEDS→
60D
Carbon compound suffix (3)
Starts with E, ends with EENE→
62D
Cheer from a fútbol fan (3)
Starts with G, ends with LGOL→
63D
___ sauce (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSOY→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 28, 2025?+
72 clues: 35 Across and 37 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Zhouqin Burnikel and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: Poke bowl condiment (WASABIMAYO); Story of a lifetime? (OBIT); Sort whose business is going way down? (SCUBADIVER).
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