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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 15, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 15, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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Across 32

  1. 1British celebrity chef Nigella ↗LAWSON
  2. 7Cozier alternatives to motels ↗BANDBS
  3. 13"Hi everyone!" ↗IMHERE
  4. 14Congolese neighbor to the south ↗ZAMBIAN
  5. 15They're sometimes seen in cameos ↗ONYXES
  6. 16Big name in electric toothbrushes ↗SONICARE
  7. 17Terrarium critters ↗NEWTS
  8. 18Coats often taken off ↗RINDS
  9. 19Something you might shield your eyes from, in brief ↗PDA
  10. 20Help line? ↗SOS
  11. 21Like unspoken understandings ↗TACIT
  12. 22Ruin a holiday surprise, perhaps ↗PEEK
  13. 23Release, in a way ↗AIR
  14. 24Drink akin to a Moscow mule ↗DARKNSTORMY
  15. 26Irish actor who was nominated for a Golden Globe for 2023's "Saltburn" ↗BARRYKEOGHAN
  16. 28Was eco-conscious with tech waste, in modern parlance ↗ECYCLED
  17. 29Best Picture winner that beat out "Boyhood" and "Selma" ↗BIRDMAN
  18. 33It's a good vacation destination, you bet! ↗CASINORESORT
  19. 35Long, curved bike features ↗BANANASEATS
  20. 38Texter's "Wow … just wow" ↗SMH
  21. 39___ group ↗USER
  22. 40Elements of some still-life paintings ↗PEARS
  23. 41Short ↗SHY
  24. 42Una hija de los abuelos ↗TIA
  25. 43Pottery piece ↗SHARD
  26. 44Like some books and ads ↗POPUP
  27. 46Casualty of file corruption, maybe ↗DATALOSS
  28. 48Where snowboard cross debuted as an Olympic event (2006) ↗TORINO
  29. 49Contemporary ↗AGEMATE
  30. 50Bit of investment intel ↗HOTTIP
  31. 51"Stay!" ↗DONTGO
  32. 52Saving oneself, in a way ↗CHASTE

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  1. 1Member of the only N.F.C. team never to have made the Super Bowl ↗LION
  2. 2One dealing with a certain absence ↗AMNESIAC
  3. 3"Don't things always turn out OK?" ↗WHYWORRY
  4. 4Awkward messages to receive in a public setting ↗SEXTS
  5. 5They can be hard to pick out ↗ORES
  6. 6Final Fantasy's original platform, for short ↗NES
  7. 7Much concert merch ↗BANDTSHIRTS
  8. 8Athos, Porthos et Aramis, par exemple ↗AMIS
  9. 9Universal partner ↗NBC
  10. 10Bum wrap? ↗DIAPER
  11. 11Javier who played Desi Arnaz in "Being the Ricardos" ↗BARDEM
  12. 12Double-dealing ↗SNEAKY
  13. 14Code group ↗ZONINGBOARD
  14. 162007 Michael Moore documentary with the tagline "This might hurt a little" ↗SICKO
  15. 18Something legally defined in the U.S. as affecting fewer than 200,000 people ↗RAREDISEASE
  16. 21Captures the moment, say ↗TAKESAPHOTO
  17. 22Chinese garden features ↗PONDS
  18. 23Prez in the ’60s ↗ABE
  19. 242016 Literature Nobelist who famously skipped the Stockholm ceremony ↗DYLAN
  20. 25Shipping container weights ↗TARES
  21. 27Miniature electronic vehicle, for short ↗RCCAR
  22. 30Slam-dancing locales ↗MOSHPITS
  23. 31Company, e.g. ↗ARMYUNIT
  24. 32Degree of uncertainty? ↗NTH
  25. 34Moves in on ↗NEARS
  26. 35Whiny comeback to a certain parent ↗BUTDAD
  27. 36Parmesan alternative ↗ASIAGO
  28. 37Smarten (up) ↗NEATEN
  29. 41"If you squint, maybe …" ↗SORTA
  30. 43Steelmaking byproduct ↗SLAG
  31. 44When doubled, dismiss ↗POOH
  32. 45Poet who wrote "To err is human; to forgive, divine" ↗POPE
  33. 47Ozs. or lbs. ↗AMT
  34. 48Psychoactive component of marijuana, for short ↗THC