NYT Crossword hints and answer for March 6, 2025
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Clues76
Across41
Down35
ConstructorKiran Pandey
Today’s NYT Crossword clues, hints & answers
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Across
1A
That's gotta hurt (4)
Starts with A, ends with EACHE→
5A
Certain voice-overs (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDUBS→
9A
Neutrogena dandruff shampoo (4)
Starts with T, ends with LTGEL→
13A
Make less distinct (4)
Starts with B, ends with RBLUR→
14A
"A cunning hunter, a man of the field," in Genesis (4)
Starts with E, ends with UESAU→
15A
Find more value from (5)
Starts with R, ends with EREUSE→
16A
Brought into being (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBORN→
17A
Like one with renewed beliefs (4)
Starts with B, ends with NBORN→
18A
Word from on high (5)
Starts with E, ends with TEDICT→
19A
H.S. exam for which 5 is the highest score (6)
Starts with A, ends with TAPTEST→
21A
Seller of Poäng and Ekenäset chairs (4)
Starts with I, ends with AIKEA→
23A
School play? (3)
Starts with T, ends with GTAG→
24A
Look to pick things up (4)
Starts with S, ends with PSHOP→
26A
Onetime leader of the Sinaloa Cartel (7)
Starts with E, ends with OELCHAPO→
28A
The great outdoors (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENATURE→
30A
Tying one's shoes, e.g., for most people (6)
Starts with N, ends with ENATURE→
31A
Tops at golf clubs (5)
Starts with P, ends with SPOLOS→
32A
Absorbed (4)
Starts with R, ends with TRAPT→
34A
48 of them make a cup: Abbr. (4)
Starts with T, ends with STSPS→
36A
Untidy room, metaphorically (3)
Starts with S, ends with YSTY→
40A
Portuguese greeting (3)
Starts with O, ends with AOLA→
41A
Reid of "Urban Legend" (4)
Starts with T, ends with ATARA→
43A
Indian crepe served with chutney (4)
Starts with D, ends with ADOSA→
44A
Meat designation on a food cart (5)
Starts with H, ends with LHALAL→
46A
Graphite, essentially (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCARBON→
48A
Exact replica (6)
Starts with C, ends with NCARBON→
50A
Fire breather of myth (7)
Starts with C, ends with ACHIMERA→
51A
At all (4)
Starts with E, ends with REVER→
52A
Dorm enforcers, for short (3)
Starts with R, ends with SRAS→
53A
Betray, with "out" (4)
Starts with S, ends with LSELL→
55A
Discarded tech devices (6)
Starts with E, ends with EEWASTE→
59A
Not satisfied (5)
Starts with U, ends with TUNMET→
61A
Swallow (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDOWN→
63A
Strengthen one's commitment (4)
Starts with D, ends with NDOWN→
64A
Scrutinizes (5)
Starts with S, ends with SSCANS→
66A
Send out (4)
Starts with E, ends with TEMIT→
67A
Have an inclination (4)
Starts with T, ends with DTEND→
68A
Hitch together (4)
Starts with Y, ends with EYOKE→
69A
Digs for bears (4)
Starts with D, ends with SDENS→
Down
1D
"Waterloo" band (4)
Starts with A, ends with AABBA→
2D
Sound on a bridle path (4)
Starts with C, ends with PCLOP→
3D
Offended (4)
Starts with H, ends with THURT→
4D
Given name of Che Guevara (7)
Starts with E, ends with OERNESTO→
5D
One with obligations (6)
Starts with D, ends with RDEBTOR→
6D
Troupe for troops, in brief (3)
Starts with U, ends with OUSO→
7D
Adriatic port city (4)
Starts with B, ends with IBARI→
8D
Dissociative void, as in the film "Get Out" (11)
Starts with S, ends with ESUNKENPLACE→
9D
___ Talks (3)
Starts with T, ends with DTED→
10D
Highlight of many a Jimi Hendrix concert (10)
Starts with G, ends with OGUITARSOLO→
11D
What might lead to a breakout success? (10)
Starts with E, ends with NESCAPEPLAN→
12D
"Unhand me!" (5)
Starts with L, ends with OLETGO→
15D
Gape or gasp, say (5)
Starts with R, ends with TREACT→
20D
[I'm trying to listen!] (5)
Starts with S, ends with HSHUSH→
25D
Little time off (11)
Starts with P, ends with YPERSONALDAY→
27D
QB's call (3)
Starts with H, ends with THUT→
28D
"No way, nohow!" (10)
Starts with N, ends with ENOTACHANCE→
29D
Gymnastics star of the 2012 and 2016 Olympics (10)
Starts with A, ends with NALYRAISMAN→
31D
Winter hours in L.A. (3)
Starts with P, ends with TPST→
33D
Intensifying suffix, in modern slang (3)
Starts with A, ends with SASS→
35D
Comedian ___ Vulcano (3)
Starts with S, ends with LSAL→
38D
Really dig (5)
Starts with A, ends with EADORE→
39D
Mouselike mammal (5)
Starts with S, ends with WSHREW→
42D
One of eight on a cuttlefish (3)
Starts with A, ends with MARM→
45D
Worn away (7)
Starts with A, ends with DABRADED→
47D
Top scores, e.g. (5)
Starts with B, ends with SBESTS→
49D
Settle a score for (6)
Starts with A, ends with EAVENGE→
50D
Part of a pizza (5)
Starts with C, ends with TCRUST→
54D
Snapchat's ghost, e.g. (4)
Starts with L, ends with OLOGO→
56D
Indeterminate amount (4)
Starts with S, ends with ESOME→
57D
Look-alike (4)
Starts with T, ends with NTWIN→
58D
Specialty M.D.s (4)
Starts with E, ends with SENTS→
60D
Extremity (3)
Starts with E, ends with DEND→
62D
Vessel with a round bottom (3)
Starts with W, ends with KWOK→
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How many clues are in the NYT Crossword for March 6, 2025?+
76 clues: 41 Across and 35 Down. The puzzle was constructed by Kiran Pandey and edited by Will Shortz.
What are some answers in today’s NYT Crossword?+
For example: That's gotta hurt (ACHE); Certain voice-overs (DUBS); Neutrogena dandruff shampoo (TGEL).
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