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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 26, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 26, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Nathan HaleEdited by Will ShortzGrid 16×1585 clues

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Across 41

  1. 1"Mama" of the Mamas & the Papas ↗CASS
  2. 5Swallows nervously ↗GULPS
  3. 10Motown song played at many a wedding ↗SHOUT
  4. 15"That's hysterical!," online ↗LMAO
  5. 16Paragon ↗IDEAL
  6. 17Keats and Yeats ↗POETS
  7. 18Tiny amount ↗IOTA
  8. 19"I've done this before" ↗NOTMY
  9. 20- ↗RODEO
  10. 21It doesn't pay, they say ↗CRIME
  11. 23Short retirement? ↗NAP
  12. 24Lighter giant ↗BIC
  13. 25Not so sure about a wedding, say ↗HAVING
  14. 27- ↗THOUGHTS
  15. 31She, in São Paulo ↗ELA
  16. 32N.L. East or A.F.C. West ↗DIV
  17. 34Some privately held businesses: Abbr. ↗LLCS
  18. 35Pale ↗WAN
  19. 37Yearned (for) ↗JONESED
  20. 39You might have one to pick ↗BONE
  21. 40Take care of everything … or a hint to what four squares in this puzzle do ↗COVERALLTHEBASES
  22. 45Hand or foot ↗UNIT
  23. 46Faces ↗VISAGES
  24. 47Sleep with ↗BED
  25. 48Image format, familiarly ↗JPEG
  26. 50Road repair goo ↗TAR
  27. 51Alternative to a Stella or Sam Adams ↗PBR
  28. 54Thoroughly interrogates ↗GIVESTHE
  29. 57- ↗DEGREE
  30. 59Portfolio holding, for short ↗IRA
  31. 60Popular R&B group composed of T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli ↗TLC
  32. 62Kind of pole ↗TOTEM
  33. 63Rave over, metaphorically ↗WRITE
  34. 66- ↗ABOUT
  35. 68Polo of "Meet the Parents" ↗TERI
  36. 69Pre-covenant name for a biblical father ↗ABRAM
  37. 70Up on ↗HIPTO
  38. 71West African staple crop ↗YAMS
  39. 72Frivolous ↗SILLY
  40. 73Prepare, as tea ↗STEEP
  41. 74Campus site for 30,000+ Iowa students ↗AMES

Down 44

  1. 1Hackneyed ↗CLICHE
  2. 2Lacking all scruples ↗AMORAL
  3. 3Cannabis variety ↗SATIVA
  4. 4"Likewise" ↗SOAMI
  5. 5Juniper-flavored spirit ↗GIN
  6. 6Noodle variety ↗UDON
  7. 7Set loose on ↗LETAT
  8. 8Handouts from street preachers ↗PAMPHLETS
  9. 9Like a fox ↗SLY
  10. 10Portions of parsley ↗SPRIGS
  11. 11Bootleg booze ↗HOOCH
  12. 12Ref. work that's been available electronically since 1988 ↗OED
  13. 13Great Basin tribe ↗UTE
  14. 14Historic Chinese general ↗TSO
  15. 22Forested moon in "Return of the Jedi" ↗ENDOR
  16. 24Tampa Bay N.F.L.er ↗BUC
  17. 26Actress Rodriguez of "Jane the Virgin" ↗GINA
  18. 28Timeworn ↗OLDHAT
  19. 29"Terrible" ages ↗TWOS
  20. 30Not mad ↗SANE
  21. 33Fabric that George Costanza said he'd drape himself in if it were socially acceptable ↗VELVET
  22. 36Pioneering game console, for short ↗NES
  23. 37747 or A380 ↗JET
  24. 38Tad ↗SLIGHTBIT
  25. 39___-relief ↗BAS
  26. 40Baby bear ↗CUB
  27. 41Downward force on earth, informally ↗ONEG
  28. 42"I saw," to Caesar ↗VIDI
  29. 43"My stars!" ↗EGAD
  30. 44Headwear for Emily in Paris ↗BERET
  31. 48British politico Corbyn ↗JEREMY
  32. 49Ad Council production, in brief ↗PSA
  33. 51Spin doctors ↗PRTEAM
  34. 52"I'd like a brewski" ↗BEERME
  35. 53Negligent ↗REMISS
  36. 55Like some signs ↗VITAL
  37. 56Run away (with) ↗ELOPE
  38. 58Cry after pranking someone ↗GOTYA
  39. 61Adorable ↗CUTE
  40. 63"Time ___ …" ↗WAS
  41. 64Slugger's stat ↗RBI
  42. 65Not online, online ↗IRL
  43. 66Sounds in spas ↗AHS
  44. 67Blouse, e.g. ↗TOP