NYT CROSSWORD • SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2025

NYT Crossword Answers Mar 9, 2025

Complete answer list for the March 9, 2025 New York Times Crossword. Across and Down, every clue, every answer — plus the full grid below.

By Michael SchlossbergEdited by Will ShortzGrid 21×21140 clues

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Across 63

  1. 1First lady McKinley ↗IDA
  2. 4Common saltwater baitfish ↗SHAD
  3. 8Letters before Q ↗LGBT
  4. 12Become crunchy in the oven ↗CRISPUP
  5. 19Image of Mickey, maybe ↗CEL
  6. 20___ Nostra ↗COSA
  7. 21Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River ↗ERIE
  8. 22"Red telephone," historically ↗HOTLINE
  9. 23Breakfast order request ↗OVEREASY
  10. 25[London Herald, 4/16/1912] ↗TITANICSINKS
  11. 27[The New York Times, 8/9/1974] ↗NIXONRESIGNS
  12. 29"Scarface" ↗ALCAPONE
  13. 30Schedule ↗SLATE
  14. 31Drives off ↗SHOOS
  15. 32"Catch ya later!" ↗ADIOS
  16. 33Wee one ↗TOT
  17. 34Frankincense or myrrh ↗RESIN
  18. 36T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say ↗ANI
  19. 37Plantain lily, by another name ↗HOSTA
  20. 39[Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948] ↗DEWEYDEFEATSTRUMAN
  21. 47Company once called the California Perfume Company ↗AVON
  22. 48Wrap one's head around ↗GET
  23. 49Popular Hawaiian dish ↗POKE
  24. 50Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa ↗NAMIBIA
  25. 54They're below par ↗BIRDIES
  26. 56Choice words ↗ORS
  27. 57Footwear for a sharp dresser? ↗STILETTOS
  28. 59"___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972 ↗SENOR
  29. 60Toward the opposing goal, in hockey ↗UPICE
  30. 62Geometry calculation: Abbr. ↗VOL
  31. 63"How ya doin'?" ↗SUP
  32. 64[Variety, 10/30/1929] ↗WALLSTLAYSANEGG
  33. 70___ Dhabi ↗ABU
  34. 73Alliance since 1948, in brief ↗OAS
  35. 74Golf's Slammin' Sammy ↗SNEAD
  36. 75Bouquet ↗AROMA
  37. 79Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed ↗CASSANDRA
  38. 83Poorly ↗ILL
  39. 84Headwear that's stereotypically red ↗FIREHAT
  40. 86Breakout performer? ↗ESCAPEE
  41. 87It's blowin' in the wind ↗VANE
  42. 89___ thruster (physics lab device) ↗ION
  43. 90Corrin of "Nosferatu" ↗EMMA
  44. 91[New York Daily News, 10/30/1975] ↗FORDTOCITYDROPDEAD
  45. 95"The rubber people," in Nahuatl ↗OLMEC
  46. 98"Biting" characteristic ↗WIT
  47. 99Big name in health care ↗AETNA
  48. 100Trouble ↗WOE
  49. 101Fleet ↗RAPID
  50. 104Where people typically go to the mat? ↗PORCH
  51. 106Attempt to tear ↗RIPAT
  52. 111Fool around ↗LOLLYGAG
  53. 113With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983] ↗HEADLESSBODY
  54. 115See 113-Across ↗INTOPLESSBAR
  55. 117"Jeez Louise!" ↗AWCOMEON
  56. 118Boils ↗SEETHES
  57. 119Latin "Look" ↗ECCE
  58. 120Filmmaker Johnson ↗RIAN
  59. 121Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush) ↗MBA
  60. 122Drink after a race, say ↗HYDRATE
  61. 123Signaled ↗CUED
  62. 124Wraps up ↗ENDS
  63. 125The Second vis-à-vis the First, say ↗SON

Down 77

  1. 1Cher and Madonna, e.g. ↗ICONS
  2. 2Old Scratch, with "the" ↗DEVIL
  3. 3Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015 ↗ALEXA
  4. 4It might be chewed in a theater ↗SCENERY
  5. 5Frost ↗HOAR
  6. 6Taxpayers ↗ASSESSEES
  7. 79 to 5, e.g. ↗DAYSHIFT
  8. 8Release ↗LETGO
  9. 9Beams ↗GRINS
  10. 10Parts of comedy routines ↗BITS
  11. 11Serving at a Chinese restaurant ↗TEA
  12. 12Carolina Reaper, for one ↗CHILI
  13. 13Good name for a geologist? ↗ROCCO
  14. 14"How sad" ↗ITSASHAME
  15. 15Lapse ↗SLIP
  16. 16Some red or white wines ↗PINOTS
  17. 17Pull some strings? ↗UNKNOT
  18. 18Old Spanish coin ↗PESETA
  19. 24Waste away ↗ROT
  20. 26Bottom ↗NADIR
  21. 28Actress Skye ↗IONE
  22. 32Payments made at a table ↗ANTES
  23. 35Leg up ↗EDGE
  24. 36Query ↗ASK
  25. 38"I'll get to work right now" ↗ONIT
  26. 39Dollops ↗DABS
  27. 40___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop" ↗EVIE
  28. 41Threadbare ↗WORN
  29. 42Fund, as a college ↗ENDOW
  30. 43They're known to open with some jokes ↗APRILS
  31. 44Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra ↗TOSCANINI
  32. 45The "U" of 60-Down ↗UNION
  33. 46"Damage" director Louis ↗MALLE
  34. 51K-pop septet ↗BTS
  35. 52Short note? ↗IOU
  36. 53Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra" ↗ASP
  37. 55Long-term deposit, in brief ↗IRA
  38. 56Go (for) ↗OPT
  39. 58Certain spot ↗TVAD
  40. 60It once shared a land border with 16 countries ↗USSR
  41. 61Drawstring place ↗EYELET
  42. 65Hardly the social butterfly ↗LONER
  43. 66Stowed ↗LADED
  44. 67___ soda ↗SAL
  45. 68Needlefish ↗GAR
  46. 69Monopolist's trait ↗GREED
  47. 70One-pointer in cribbage ↗ACE
  48. 71Some undergrad degs. ↗BAS
  49. 72Trojans' sch. ↗USC
  50. 76"Jeez, I can't catch a break" ↗OHME
  51. 77Call from a crib ↗MAMA
  52. 78Slightly ↗ATAD
  53. 80Umpire's ruling ↗SAFE
  54. 81Writings of dubious authenticity ↗APOCRYPHA
  55. 82Eschew ↗AVOID
  56. 84"Victory is mine!," in modern lingo ↗FORTHEWIN
  57. 85Privy to ↗INON
  58. 88Make a scene ↗ACT
  59. 89"My heavens!" ↗IDECLARE
  60. 92They can support a nest egg ↗TWIGS
  61. 9348-oz. beer glass ↗YARD
  62. 94Service providers? ↗PARSONS
  63. 95Wise-appearing ↗OWLISH
  64. 96___ Tunes ↗LOONEY
  65. 97Like the cheese in a grilled cheese ↗MELTED
  66. 102Protective tip on a lace ↗AGLET
  67. 103Bel ___ cheese ↗PAESE
  68. 104Informal goodbye ↗PEACE
  69. 105Made some waves? ↗OARED
  70. 107Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol ↗IBM
  71. 108Some have meters ↗POEMS
  72. 109Mexican marinade ↗ADOBO
  73. 110"The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film) ↗TYNAN
  74. 112Tolkien trilogy, for short ↗LOTR
  75. 113Morehouse or Howard, in brief ↗HBCU
  76. 114Whole bunch ↗SCAD
  77. 116Instant ↗SEC