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NYT Crossword Answers Mar 31, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 31, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

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The Grid

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Across 37

  1. 1Bowlers and sombreros ↗HATS
  2. 5Finance channel ↗CNBC
  3. 9Some toothpastes and hair goops ↗GELS
  4. 13Boy on "The Andy Griffith Show" ↗OPIE
  5. 14Wife of Jacob in the Bible ↗LEAH
  6. 15King of the gods, in Egyptian myth ↗AMON
  7. 16Bird that's the U.S.'s national symbol ↗BALDEAGLE
  8. 18___ Raton, Fla. ↗BOCA
  9. 19Make official ↗ORDAIN
  10. 20Summer zodiac sign ↗LEO
  11. 22Paving gunk ↗TAR
  12. 23Scout's shelter ↗TENT
  13. 24Debbie Downer ↗BUZZKILL
  14. 26Like good knives and pupils ↗SHARP
  15. 28Religious offshoot ↗SECT
  16. 29Org. at airports ↗TSA
  17. 32Bigheadedness ↗EGO
  18. 33Work hard ↗TOIL
  19. 35"I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order ↗ITSGROWINGONME
  20. 40Defense org. since 1949 ↗NATO
  21. 41Bovine call ↗MOO
  22. 42Section of a tennis match ↗SET
  23. 43Step on a ladder ↗RUNG
  24. 45Observes Ramadan, in a way ↗FASTS
  25. 47Basketball shot made while leaning backward ↗FADEAWAY
  26. 49Tough part of a cross-country race ↗HILL
  27. 52U-turn from WSW ↗ENE
  28. 53Word after poison or bull ↗PEN
  29. 54Feels sorry for ↗PITIES
  30. 56___ trap (part of a dryer) ↗LINT
  31. 58Like conga or mambo music ↗AFROCUBAN
  32. 60"That ___ be expected" ↗ISTO
  33. 61Thrice three ↗NINE
  34. 62Currency of Mexico ↗PESO
  35. 63Citrus peel ↗ZEST
  36. 64Ponzi scheme, e.g. ↗SCAM
  37. 65Whole bunch ↗SLEW

Down 36

  1. 1So-called "king of the road" ↗HOBO
  2. 2Not together ↗APART
  3. 3Mark over the "n" in "mañana" ↗TILDE
  4. 4Cars that typically accommodate five people ↗SEDANS
  5. 5Family group ↗CLAN
  6. 6B-___ (rare blood type, informally) ↗NEG
  7. 7Make into a wad ↗BALLUP
  8. 8___-Its ↗CHEEZ
  9. 9Yap ↗GAB
  10. 10;) and :D ↗EMOTICONS
  11. 11Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing ↗LOCALTIME
  12. 12Sound from an angry dog ↗SNARL
  13. 17Word that reverses meaning when an "n" is put in front ↗EITHER
  14. 21Fractions of lbs. ↗OZS
  15. 24Part of a face that may be furrowed ↗BROW
  16. 25Kind of diet in which carbs are frowned upon ↗KETO
  17. 27In the past ↗AGO
  18. 29Sn, chemically ↗TIN
  19. 30Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking ↗STARANISE
  20. 31Kids in the 90s? ↗ASTUDENTS
  21. 34The Beatles' "___ It Be" ↗LET
  22. 36Departed ↗GONE
  23. 37Unclear response to "Are you coming?" ↗IMAY
  24. 38Blunt refusals ↗NOS
  25. 39"American ___" (Grant Wood painting) ↗GOTHIC
  26. 44Opening, as between teeth ↗GAP
  27. 45Spinoff stories written by an author's readers, informally ↗FANFIC
  28. 46Producers of six-packs ↗SITUPS
  29. 47Happy: Sp. ↗FELIZ
  30. 48Removes a dependence (from) ↗WEANS
  31. 50Written defamation ↗LIBEL
  32. 51Rental contract ↗LEASE
  33. 54"Casey at the Bat," for one ↗POEM
  34. 55Some winter weather ↗SNOW
  35. 57Little one ↗TOT
  36. 59Genetic messenger ↗RNA