NYT Crossword March 9 2025 Answers

All 140 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES140 CLUES

ACROSS

1AFirst lady McKinley3 lettersIDA

4ACommon saltwater baitfish4 lettersSHAD

8ALetters before Q4 lettersLGBT

12ABecome crunchy in the oven7 lettersCRISPUP

19AImage of Mickey, maybe3 lettersCEL

20A___ Nostra4 lettersCOSA

21ALake that's largely fed by the Detroit River4 lettersERIE

22A"Red telephone," historically7 lettersHOTLINE

23ABreakfast order request8 lettersOVEREASY

25A[London Herald, 4/16/1912]12 lettersTITANICSINKS

27A[The New York Times, 8/9/1974]12 lettersNIXONRESIGNS

29A"Scarface"8 lettersALCAPONE

30ASchedule5 lettersSLATE

31ADrives off5 lettersSHOOS

32A"Catch ya later!"5 lettersADIOS

33AWee one3 lettersTOT

34AFrankincense or myrrh5 lettersRESIN

36AT-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say3 lettersANI

37APlantain lily, by another name5 lettersHOSTA

39A[Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948]18 lettersDEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN

47ACompany once called the California Perfume Company4 lettersAVON

48AWrap one's head around3 lettersGET

49APopular Hawaiian dish4 lettersPOKE

50ADriest country in sub-Saharan Africa7 lettersNAMIBIA

54AThey're below par7 lettersBIRDIES

56AChoice words3 lettersORS

57AFootwear for a sharp dresser?9 lettersSTILETTOS

59A"___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 19725 lettersSENOR

60AToward the opposing goal, in hockey5 lettersUPICE

62AGeometry calculation: Abbr.3 lettersVOL

63A"How ya doin'?"3 lettersSUP

64A[Variety, 10/30/1929]15 lettersWALLSTLAYSANEGG

70A___ Dhabi3 lettersABU

73AAlliance since 1948, in brief3 lettersOAS

74AGolf's Slammin' Sammy5 lettersSNEAD

75ABouquet5 lettersAROMA

79ASeer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed9 lettersCASSANDRA

83APoorly3 lettersILL

84AHeadwear that's stereotypically red7 lettersFIREHAT

86ABreakout performer?7 lettersESCAPEE

87AIt's blowin' in the wind4 lettersVANE

89A___ thruster (physics lab device)3 lettersION

90ACorrin of "Nosferatu"4 lettersEMMA

91A[New York Daily News, 10/30/1975]18 lettersFORDTOCITYDROPDEAD

95A"The rubber people," in Nahuatl5 lettersOLMEC

98A"Biting" characteristic3 lettersWIT

99ABig name in health care5 lettersAETNA

100ATrouble3 lettersWOE

101AFleet5 lettersRAPID

104AWhere people typically go to the mat?5 lettersPORCH

106AAttempt to tear5 lettersRIPAT

111AFool around8 lettersLOLLYGAG

113AWith 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983]12 lettersHEADLESSBODY

115ASee 113-Across12 lettersINTOPLESSBAR

117A"Jeez Louise!"8 lettersAWCOMEON

118ABoils7 lettersSEETHES

119ALatin "Look"4 lettersECCE

120AFilmmaker Johnson4 lettersRIAN

121ADegree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush)3 lettersMBA

122ADrink after a race, say7 lettersHYDRATE

123ASignaled4 lettersCUED

124AWraps up4 lettersENDS

125AThe Second vis-à-vis the First, say3 lettersSON

DOWN

1DCher and Madonna, e.g.5 lettersICONS

2DOld Scratch, with "the"5 lettersDEVIL

3DBaby name whose popularity plummeted after 20155 lettersALEXA

4DIt might be chewed in a theater7 lettersSCENERY

5DFrost4 lettersHOAR

6DTaxpayers9 lettersASSESSEES

7D9 to 5, e.g.8 lettersDAYSHIFT

8DRelease5 lettersLETGO

9DBeams5 lettersGRINS

10DParts of comedy routines4 lettersBITS

11DServing at a Chinese restaurant3 lettersTEA

12DCarolina Reaper, for one5 lettersCHILI

13DGood name for a geologist?5 lettersROCCO

14D"How sad"9 lettersITSASHAME

15DLapse4 lettersSLIP

16DSome red or white wines6 lettersPINOTS

17DPull some strings?6 lettersUNKNOT

18DOld Spanish coin6 lettersPESETA

24DWaste away3 lettersROT

26DBottom5 lettersNADIR

28DActress Skye4 lettersIONE

32DPayments made at a table5 lettersANTES

35DLeg up4 lettersEDGE

36DQuery3 lettersASK

38D"I'll get to work right now"4 lettersONIT

39DDollops4 lettersDABS

40D___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop"4 lettersEVIE

41DThreadbare4 lettersWORN

42DFund, as a college5 lettersENDOW

43DThey're known to open with some jokes6 lettersAPRILS

44DLongtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra9 lettersTOSCANINI

45DThe "U" of 60-Down5 lettersUNION

46D"Damage" director Louis5 lettersMALLE

51DK-pop septet3 lettersBTS

52DShort note?3 lettersIOU

53DCreature in the final scene of "Cleopatra"3 lettersASP

55DLong-term deposit, in brief3 lettersIRA

56DGo (for)3 lettersOPT

58DCertain spot4 lettersTVAD

60DIt once shared a land border with 16 countries4 lettersUSSR

61DDrawstring place6 lettersEYELET

65DHardly the social butterfly5 lettersLONER

66DStowed5 lettersLADED

67D___ soda3 lettersSAL

68DNeedlefish3 lettersGAR

69DMonopolist's trait5 lettersGREED

70DOne-pointer in cribbage3 lettersACE

71DSome undergrad degs.3 lettersBAS

72DTrojans' sch.3 lettersUSC

76D"Jeez, I can't catch a break"4 lettersOHME

77DCall from a crib4 lettersMAMA

78DSlightly4 lettersATAD

80DUmpire's ruling4 lettersSAFE

81DWritings of dubious authenticity9 lettersAPOCRYPHA

82DEschew5 lettersAVOID

84D"Victory is mine!," in modern lingo9 lettersFORTHEWIN

85DPrivy to4 lettersINON

88DMake a scene3 lettersACT

89D"My heavens!"8 lettersIDECLARE

92DThey can support a nest egg5 lettersTWIGS

93D48-oz. beer glass4 lettersYARD

94DService providers?7 lettersPARSONS

95DWise-appearing6 lettersOWLISH

96D___ Tunes6 lettersLOONEY

97DLike the cheese in a grilled cheese6 lettersMELTED

102DProtective tip on a lace5 lettersAGLET

103DBel ___ cheese5 lettersPAESE

104DInformal goodbye5 lettersPEACE

105DMade some waves?5 lettersOARED

107DTech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol3 lettersIBM

108DSome have meters5 lettersPOEMS

109DMexican marinade5 lettersADOBO

110D"The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film)5 lettersTYNAN

112DTolkien trilogy, for short4 lettersLOTR

113DMorehouse or Howard, in brief4 lettersHBCU

114DWhole bunch4 lettersSCAD

116DInstant3 lettersSEC

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