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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 12, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 12, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Chandi Deitmer and Kate HawkinsEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1578 clues

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Across 36

  1. 1Exclamation before the 10th inning ↗ITSATIE
  2. 8Facets ↗ASPECTS
  3. 15Gabriel García Márquez's "Love in the Time of ___" ↗CHOLERA
  4. 16Cousin of a squadron ↗PLATOON
  5. 17Greek goddess whose namesake NASA mission plans to land the first female astronaut on the moon ↗ARTEMIS
  6. 18Folk song figure who is implored not to cry ↗SUSANNA
  7. 19Allow ↗LET
  8. 20___-ops ↗PSY
  9. 21High-traffic hosp. areas ↗ERS
  10. 22German article ↗DER
  11. 23Sierra ___ ↗LEONE
  12. 25Mall stall ↗KIOSK
  13. 27Globular regalia ↗ORBS
  14. 30Marché de ___ (French yuletide market) ↗NOEL
  15. 32The Wicked Witch of the West, in "Wicked" ↗ELPHABA
  16. 35Grammy's Album of the Year winner for 2024's "Cowboy Carter" ↗BEYONCE
  17. 39Someone with a burning desire ↗PYRO
  18. 40Uncomplicated ↗CLEAR
  19. 42Take off ↗SOAR
  20. 43Show visible disdain ↗SCOWL
  21. 45Crazy, sexy or cool: Abbr. ↗ADJ
  22. 46Place to buy a toy for a toy ↗PETCO
  23. 47Boolean operators denoted by v-like symbols ↗ORS
  24. 48Professional in risk assessment ↗ACTUARY
  25. 51"___ be my honor" ↗ITD
  26. 52Kid-lit character with telekinetic abilities ↗MATILDA
  27. 54"Brand New Key" singer, 1971 ↗MELANIE
  28. 56Sticky stuff ↗TAR
  29. 57Tool to unlock most modern cars ↗FOB
  30. 58Perform a classic magic trick that's depicted figuratively in this grid? ↗SAWAWOMANINHALF
  31. 67Target of a military hunt ↗AWOL
  32. 68Heidi Klum, for one ↗MODEL
  33. 69Birthplace of Halle Berry and Simone Biles ↗OHIO
  34. 70Ruse ↗PLOY
  35. 71Yarn spinner's tool ↗SPOOL
  36. 72Like plump peaches, typically ↗RIPE

Down 42

  1. 1Poker declaration ↗ICALL
  2. 2Kinsey scale rating for someone equally attracted to men and women ↗THREE
  3. 3___ voce (musical notation meaning "soft voice") ↗SOTTO
  4. 4Lager alternative ↗ALE
  5. 5Paint sometimes made with egg yolk ↗TEMPERA
  6. 6"Bearded" flower ↗IRIS
  7. 7Uncomplicated ↗EASY
  8. 8Part of the Hagia Sophia with a celebrated mosaic of Mary and child ↗APSE
  9. 9Curve on a score ↗SLUR
  10. 10FaceID or TouchID ↗PASSKEY
  11. 11Important info for an airport pickup, informally ↗ETA
  12. 12What an apartment may be converted into ↗CONDO
  13. 13Musical notes ↗TONES
  14. 14Mocking comments, maybe ↗SNARK
  15. 24Never ever ever ↗NOHOW
  16. 26"You win!" ↗ILOSE
  17. 28___ America, network behind "Killing Eve" ↗BBC
  18. 29Sprinkled with seasoning, in Italian ↗SALATA
  19. 30Classic arcade game in which characters can dunk at humanly impossible heights ↗NBAJAM
  20. 31Poetic preposition ↗OER
  21. 32Surrey town known for its salt ↗EPSOM
  22. 33Yoga pants fabric ↗LYCRA
  23. 34"Drink up!" ↗PROST
  24. 36Unavailable, as a doctor ↗NOTIN
  25. 37Parodia and peyote, for two ↗CACTI
  26. 38Wear down ↗ERODE
  27. 41Ending with Smith or Barnard ↗EDU
  28. 44TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence ↗LALAW
  29. 46Traffic cone ↗PYLON
  30. 49Obsolescent data storage options ↗CDROMS
  31. 50Freebie at most American diners ↗REFILL
  32. 53Country that elected its first female P.M. in 2022 ↗ITALY
  33. 55Hate, hate, hate! ↗ABHOR
  34. 58Sticky stuff ↗SAP
  35. 59Leatherworker's tool ↗AWL
  36. 60Court ↗WOO
  37. 61Swab ↗MOP
  38. 62Hullaballoo ↗ADO
  39. 63Prefix with -phyte ↗NEO
  40. 64Bigeye tuna ↗AHI
  41. 65Back talk ↗LIP
  42. 66Nemesis ↗FOE