NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 23, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 23, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Andrew Colin KirkEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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FRIMAR
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2025
By Boaz Moser and Jacob Reed
SATMAR
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By Katie Hoody
SUNMAR
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By Andrew Colin Kirk
MONMAR
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By Victor Schmitt
TUEMAR
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Across 61

  1. 1Capital of Western Australia ↗PERTH
  2. 6Doomed Ethiopian princess ↗AIDA
  3. 10Do some basic math ↗ADD
  4. 13Heats to just below a boil, as milk ↗SCALDS
  5. 19Setting for 6-Across ↗OPERA
  6. 20Higher in rank? ↗SMELLIER
  7. 22"Here!" ↗TAKEIT
  8. 23Stay in one's lane? ↗RESISTTHEMERGE
  9. 25One place to redeem tickets ↗ARCADE
  10. 26One might be custom-printed ↗TEE
  11. 27Target ↗SHOOTAT
  12. 28Brings in ↗EARNS
  13. 30Vehicle in 2020's "Nomadland" ↗VAN
  14. 31Like bread more suitable for panzanella ↗STALER
  15. 33Canada's ___ Nova National Park ↗TERRA
  16. 35It follows Oktober ↗FEST
  17. 36CliffsNotes version of Holmes and Watson stories? ↗MENSOLVEDMYSTERIES
  18. 42Morales of the "Mission: Impossible" franchise ↗ESAI
  19. 45Wedding cake features ↗TIERS
  20. 46Knack ↗TALENT
  21. 47"When do you need this patched up?," "Do you have the missing button?," etc.? ↗MENDERLINES
  22. 51Hockey player who wears #1, traditionally ↗GOALIE
  23. 53___ milk ↗OAT
  24. 54Slightest amount ↗LEAST
  25. 55Pentagon div. ↗DOD
  26. 56Figure on a Wyoming license plate ↗COWBOY
  27. 60Straightens up ↗TIDIES
  28. 62Neptune, e.g. ↗SEAGOD
  29. 65Weapon/fashion accessory for animation's Sailor Moon ↗TIARA
  30. 66Apt name for a car salesman? ↗OTTO
  31. 67Best impression of a Springfield patriarch? ↗FINESTHOMER
  32. 71Start to wear ↗FRAY
  33. 72Where you might walk down the aisle ↗PLANE
  34. 74The "K" of 15-Down ↗KENNEL
  35. 75Support on a lease ↗COSIGN
  36. 77Temporarily banish, as a college roommate ↗SEXILE
  37. 79Planks can build them ↗ABS
  38. 80Wire holder ↗SPOOL
  39. 82Get along in years ↗AGE
  40. 84Vivid shade of yellow ↗CANARY
  41. 86Headline about a falsely incriminated person casting a ballot? ↗VOTERFRAMED
  42. 89Beautifully emotive ↗POETIC
  43. 91Exudes ↗OOZES
  44. 92"___ we forget ..." ↗LEST
  45. 93Delivered a nasty insult with perfect timing? ↗NAILEDTHEDISMOMENT
  46. 99Word after cash or read ↗ONLY
  47. 100Toiled on a longship, maybe ↗OARED
  48. 101"Lawrence of Arabia" star ↗OTOOLE
  49. 104Cut short ↗MOW
  50. 105Grain used in Italian cuisine ↗FARRO
  51. 107Turns inside out ↗INVERTS
  52. 111Bit of concert stage equipment ↗AMP
  53. 113Liqueur in a spritz ↗APEROL
  54. 115Classic breakup excuse … or a phonetic hint to 23-, 36-, 47-, 67-, 86- and 93-Across ↗ITSNOTYOUITSME
  55. 118Claim in a courtroom ↗ALLEGE
  56. 119Dartmouth's colorful nickname ↗BIGGREEN
  57. 1202010 comedy inspired by "The Scarlet Letter" ↗EASYA
  58. 121"Too bad for me!" ↗MYLOSS
  59. 122Mo. known for political surprises ↗OCT
  60. 123Common conjunctions ↗ANDS
  61. 124Rule the ___ ↗ROOST

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  1. 1Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin ↗PORT
  2. 2Dueling weapons ↗EPEES
  3. 3Electric appliance button ↗RESET
  4. 4Arm muscle, informally ↗TRI
  5. 5Big pain ↗HASSLE
  6. 6Noted family of New York City's Gilded Age ↗ASTORS
  7. 7"If you ask me ...," to texters ↗IMHO
  8. 8Alternative to a citronella candle ↗DEET
  9. 9___ mater ↗ALMA
  10. 10Sign at a gas station ↗AIR
  11. 11Use a Clorox wipe on, say ↗DEGERM
  12. 12Gloomy ↗DREARY
  13. 13Laurel of Laurel and Hardy ↗STAN
  14. 14They fill up a lot ↗CARS
  15. 15Org. that awards the "Paw of Courage" for canine heroism ↗AKC
  16. 16Retain ↗LEAVEIN
  17. 17Told some jokes, say ↗DIDASET
  18. 18Surgical aids ↗STENTS
  19. 21Literature ↗LETTERS
  20. 24Before now ↗THEN
  21. 29One celebrating Ethiopian Christmas (Jan. 7) ↗RASTA
  22. 32In the thick of ↗AMID
  23. 34Mag staffers ↗EDS
  24. 35It might have "-GUEST" in its name ↗FREEWIFI
  25. 37Big name in elevators ↗OTIS
  26. 38Dryer detritus ↗LINT
  27. 39Victory symbol ↗VEE
  28. 40Soft mineral ↗TALC
  29. 41"Middlemarch" author ↗ELIOT
  30. 42___ pop (hybrid music genre) ↗EMO
  31. 43Birthplace of Starbucks ↗SEATTLE
  32. 44Skeptical of big government, say ↗ANTITAX
  33. 48Yalie ↗ELI
  34. 49Ecosystem for an estimated 25% of all marine species ↗REEF
  35. 50Corrective eye surgery ↗LASIK
  36. 51Kind of boot ↗GOGO
  37. 52"Hamilton" co-star Leslie ___ Jr. ↗ODOM
  38. 55"Matilda" author ↗DAHL
  39. 57Darts or billiards ↗BARGAME
  40. 58Ambrosia salad ingredients ↗ORANGES
  41. 59"Woo-hoo!" ↗YAY
  42. 61Suffice ↗DONICELY
  43. 62IDs that will never start 000 or 666: Abbr. ↗SSNS
  44. 63Summertime in Versailles ↗ETE
  45. 64Designer's specialty ↗DECOR
  46. 66Photo ___ ↗OPS
  47. 68Warm, in a sense ↗NEAR
  48. 69Disc jockey : deejay :: nonbinary : ___ ↗ENBY
  49. 70Feature of a yurt, but not a teepee ↗ROOF
  50. 73Thrill ↗ELATE
  51. 76Camera choice, in brief ↗SLR
  52. 78Oklahoma's "Wheat Capital" ↗ENID
  53. 80Red part of rhubarb ↗STEM
  54. 81Philippine currency ↗PESO
  55. 83Summer setting in Somerset, for short ↗EDT
  56. 85Jackson or Jackman ↗ACTOR
  57. 86Nullifying ↗VOIDING
  58. 87Parts of baby wts. ↗OZS
  59. 88Member of a choir ↗ALTO
  60. 89Impressive array ↗PANOPLY
  61. 90Crude cavity ↗OILWELL
  62. 91Pablo Neruda's "___ to My Socks" ↗ODE
  63. 93Polite "I'll pass" ↗NOMAAM
  64. 94Gummy candy company ↗HARIBO
  65. 95Like the Kama Sutra ↗EROTIC
  66. 96Dunderheads ↗MORONS
  67. 97Caesar's addressing? ↗ETTU
  68. 98More intrusive ↗NOSIER
  69. 102Dogie catcher ↗LASSO
  70. 103Angela Lansbury was nominated for 18 of them (winning none) ↗EMMYS
  71. 105Obscures ↗FOGS
  72. 106Some six-packs ↗ALES
  73. 108Director Ephron ↗NORA
  74. 109Powerful engine ↗VTEN
  75. 110Kept watch on ↗EYED
  76. 112Bog deposit ↗PEAT
  77. 114___ Speedwagon ↗REO
  78. 116Army rank above cpl. ↗SGT
  79. 117Principle behind yin and yang ↗TAO