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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 25, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 25, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Bob BensonEdited by Will ShortzGrid 15×1576 clues

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Across 37

  1. 1Groups of soldiers ↗TROOPS
  2. 7Initials on an invitation ↗RSVP
  3. 11Mil. installations ↗FTS
  4. 14Like Eeyore in "Winnie-the-Pooh" ↗SOMBER
  5. 15Langston Hughes poem about the hope for equality ↗ITOO
  6. 16Workout unit, for short ↗REP
  7. 17"The Lego Movie"? ↗PLASTICFILM
  8. 19Oldest Gershwin brother ↗IRA
  9. 20Lesions ↗SORES
  10. 21___ mater ↗ALMA
  11. 22Crew propellers ↗OARS
  12. 23"Star Trek"? ↗SPACEPROGRAM
  13. 26Schlemiel ↗SADSACK
  14. 29"Old Man ___ at Cloud" (bit from "The Simpsons" that became an internet meme) ↗YELLS
  15. 30Fury ↗IRE
  16. 31Perch for a plant or a pie ↗SILL
  17. 33Sends reeling with a punch ↗DECKS
  18. 36Breaks in continuity ↗GAPS
  19. 38Coped (with) ↗DEALT
  20. 41Subpar grub ↗SLOP
  21. 42Channel for the Mavericks and Cavaliers ↗NBATV
  22. 44Thorn ↗BARB
  23. 46Luau instrument, informally ↗UKE
  24. 47Tokyo-based company that produces cameras and office equipment ↗RICOH
  25. 50Political platform, perhaps ↗SOAPBOX
  26. 52"Finding Nemo"? ↗WATERFEATURE
  27. 55Second Amendment subject ↗ARMS
  28. 56Scruff ↗NAPE
  29. 57Smallest country in the European Union (122 square miles) ↗MALTA
  30. 61"That surprises me" ↗GEE
  31. 62"Planet Earth"? ↗WORLDSERIES
  32. 64Completely dominate, informally ↗OWN
  33. 65"___, Brute?" ↗ETTU
  34. 66Not filled, as a role ↗UNCAST
  35. 67Trawling equipment ↗NET
  36. 68Character name on both "This Is Us" and "The Last of Us" ↗TESS
  37. 69___ Vallarta, Mexico ↗PUERTO

Down 39

  1. 1Tbsp. divisions ↗TSPS
  2. 2Popular candy wrapped in gold foil ↗ROLO
  3. 3Minnesota representative Ilhan ___ ↗OMAR
  4. 4Have a bee in one's bonnet ↗OBSESS
  5. 5Places where puppies are pampered ↗PETSPAS
  6. 6Hindu honorific ↗SRI
  7. 7Winchester, for one ↗RIFLE
  8. 8Ren's cartoon buddy ↗STIMPY
  9. 9Hit 1958 song officially titled "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu" ↗VOLARE
  10. 10When doubled, a cheerleader's accessory ↗POM
  11. 11Locale famous for roasts ↗FRIARSCLUB
  12. 12Alternative name for planet Earth ↗TERRA
  13. 13Involuntary contraction ↗SPASM
  14. 18Laugh like a witch ↗CACKLE
  15. 22Leers at ↗OGLES
  16. 24Not a base ↗ACID
  17. 25Obsolete ↗OLD
  18. 26Communicate with the hands ↗SIGN
  19. 27Horse that excels in equestrian sports ↗ARAB
  20. 28Cabinet division ↗DEPARTMENT
  21. 32Lecture counterpart, sometimes ↗LAB
  22. 34Gorilla that famously learned to 26-Down ↗KOKO
  23. 35X-ray ___ (novelty goggles) ↗SPEX
  24. 37Complete messes ↗STIES
  25. 39Went the distance ↗LASTED
  26. 40Pants, informally ↗TROU
  27. 43Device with tracking tech ↗VCR
  28. 45Spirit guide? ↗BARMENU
  29. 48Worth mentioning ↗OFNOTE
  30. 49Game in which players tend to avoid the queen of spades ↗HEARTS
  31. 51Actor Guy of "Memento" ↗PEARCE
  32. 52Oregon Trail vehicle ↗WAGON
  33. 53"___ there yet?" ↗AREWE
  34. 54Highest grade ↗APLUS
  35. 58Whopper server? ↗LIAR
  36. 59Try, as patience ↗TEST
  37. 60Regarding ↗ASTO
  38. 62Like a fresh coat of paint ↗WET
  39. 63"How's it hangin'?" ↗SUP