NYT Crossword March 2 2025 Answers

All 145 clues from the Sunday New York Times crossword, checked against the published NYT solution. Reveal answers one at a time right in the grid, or open any clue for the full explanation.

Constructed by Adam WagnerEdited by Will Shortz“Rainbow Connection”

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Or reveal one answer at a time from the clue list below — it fills into the grid.

ALL CLUES145 CLUES

ACROSS

1ATown3 lettersBUG

4A"___ funny …" (the most exciting phrase to hear in science, per Isaac Asimov)5 lettersTHATS

9A"Don't take offense," nowadays7 lettersNOSHADE

16AN.Y.C. neighborhood where the Cronut was invented3 lettersSHO

19AMid-voyage3 lettersASA

20AMembers of a tough crowd, perhaps6 lettersBOOERS

21ASome painkillers7 lettersOPIATES

22ANeighbor of Pakistan3 lettersIAN

23AGo-ahead responses3 lettersNOS

24AThe humanities, traditionally14 lettersARTSANDLETTERS

26AMove gingerly3 lettersESE

27AH.S. exams taken for college credit3 lettersAPS

28AHockey goal scored by deflecting an incoming puck5 lettersTIPIN

29AFollower of Robespierre, in 18th-century France7 lettersJACOBIN

30AWinged pest3 lettersGAT

31AWhat a daredevil might go without3 lettersNET

32ABinary pronoun options7 lettersHEORSHE

34APhotographer Goldin3 lettersNAN

35AExpecting, informally5 lettersPREGO

37AOne of two, in this clue7 lettersANAPEST

39AMafiosi7 lettersMADEMEN

42AArmada vessel6 lettersGALLON

43ASmidgen3 lettersTAD

44AOne tapped by leadership?3 lettersSIR

45ATemper4 lettersMOOD

46ABit of smack talk3 lettersDIS

47ASacred bird of Egyptian mythology4 lettersIBIS

49AGo in circles5 lettersGRATE

51ATaiwan-based tech giant4 lettersASUS

52AFormicary residents4 lettersANTS

54APart of an underground network4 lettersROOT

55AMaritime hazard3 lettersREF

56AIt's simultaneously attractive and repulsive5 lettersMANET

58AMalty craft beer6 lettersRYEIPA

60APersonal3 lettersOWN

61AMont Blanc, par exemple3 lettersAPE

62ALike much limestone3 lettersGAY

63AGender abbr.3 lettersFEM

64AMama's mama4 lettersNANA

66AWarning letters before a link4 lettersNSFW

68ANarrative arc3 lettersPOT

69AAthletic competitions4 lettersMETS

70ABand whose name is a rhyme scheme3 lettersABA

71AVaping implement4 lettersECIG

72AOscar-winning Michelle4 lettersYEOH

73AModest bouquet3 lettersPSY

74AOn the safe side, nautically3 lettersALE

75ADerby entry3 lettersCOT

76AComedian Philips3 lettersEMO

77APompous "I"6 lettersROYALE

79AMakes mincemeat of5 lettersGRIDS

81AVerifiable3 lettersTRE

82AActor Sebastian ___ of the "Avengers" movies4 lettersSTAN

83ACapital of East Timor4 lettersDILI

84AHurt badly4 lettersMAIM

85APackaging cords5 lettersTWINS

87ASlippery4 lettersEELY

88ASloth, e.g.3 lettersSIN

89AAll-encompassing prefix4 lettersOMNI

90AGoddess of the dawn3 lettersEOS

91ASite-seeing need?3 lettersURL

92A___ Rebellion (19th-century Chinese conflict)6 lettersTAPING

95ASomething to chew on7 lettersTEETHER

97AIs too overwhelmed with emotion to speak7 lettersCANTEEN

101AShowy5 lettersORATE

102ABig name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it3 lettersPOM

103AWhat "E" on a gauge means7 lettersADDFUEL

105AiPhone speaker?3 lettersSRI

106ASpinoff of a popular lecture series3 lettersTEX

107ABeers advertised with the slogan "La vida más fina"7 lettersCORONAS

110AProp ___5 lettersPLANE

111AActress Carrie of HBO's "The Leftovers"3 lettersCON

112AFighting3 lettersATT

113ATidy way to color … and where seven words are hiding in this puzzle?14 lettersINSIDETHELINES

115AWord on a shoppe sign3 lettersODE

116ANike's swoosh or McDonald's golden arches3 lettersLOO

117ACourse with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"7 lettersDESSERT

118AFilmmaker John who directed the "Thriller" music video6 lettersLANDIS

119AEqual3 lettersPER

120ANot quite yet3 lettersSON

121ABig name in Western wear7 lettersSTETSON

122A"Good grief!"5 lettersMYGOD

123ASome flight tracker data, for short3 lettersEDS

DOWN

1DWord after second or before split6 lettersBANANA

2DHard court tournament6 lettersUSOPEN

3DWhat might fill you up after you fill up14 lettersGASSTATIONFOOD

4DParliamentary conservatives6 lettersTORIES

5DCuisine style that's kept simmering at the table6 lettersHOTPOT

6DPantheon of Norse gods5 lettersAESIR

7DSend8 lettersTRANSMIT

8DW-9 nine: Abbr.3 lettersSSN

9DShortened name on a Pelicans jersey4 lettersNOLA

10DWell-connected grp.?4 lettersOPEC

11DTake a breather9 lettersSITONEOUT

12DMilliners' decorations8 lettersHATBANDS

13DStayed home for dinner5 lettersATEIN

14D"Nebraska" actor Bruce4 lettersDERN

15DShape of the border between yin and yang3 lettersESS

16DLongtime host Robert of NPR's "All Things Considered"6 lettersSIEGEL

17DTries6 lettersHASAGO

18DApproximate weight of a subcompact car or a medium-size giraffe6 lettersONETON

20DCame clean?6 lettersBATHED

25DSet new records, say, informally4 lettersDJED

33D___ pants (loose-fitting garb)5 lettersHAREM

35DAmerican patriot Thomas5 lettersPAINE

36DAuthor of the "Goosebumps" series7 lettersRLSTINE

38DGone by4 lettersPAST

40DCame (from)8 lettersEMANATED

41DWalks leisurely6 lettersMOSEYS

42DSydneysider's salutation9 lettersGDAYMATES

44DTwo-point play in American football6 lettersSAFETY

47D"At a time like this, scorching ___, not convincing argument, is needed": Frederick Douglass5 lettersIRONY

48DSuper Mario character also known as King Koopa6 lettersBOWSER

49D___ hook (device attached to a rope or cable)9 lettersGRAPPLING

50DStillness6 lettersREPOSE

53DStar witness?14 lettersSPACETELESCOPE

57D16 years, for Little League Baseball8 lettersAGELIMIT

58DRisen from the ashes6 lettersREBORN

59DSloth, e.g.6 lettersANIMAL

63DLead-in to a stark reality6 lettersFACTIS

65DExtreme pain5 lettersAGONY

67DLine of questioning?7 lettersWHYISIT

69DSaltwater6 lettersMARINE

78DLetter-shaped dress style5 lettersALINE

79DSingle-player and multiplayer, for two9 lettersGAMEMODES

80DKnight's need5 lettersSTEED

82DRockefeller Plaza muralist4 lettersSERT

84DDriver8 lettersMOTORIST

86DPuns and anagrams, e.g.8 lettersWORDPLAY

91DExcept if6 lettersUNLESS

92DComes to6 lettersTOTALS

93DRetort that sounds like a "Star Wars" character6 lettersARETOO

94D"Twister" star Bill6 lettersPAXTON

96DEncryption code, in computer science lingo4 lettersHASH

97DSpanish "when"6 lettersCUANDO

98DVirgil epic6 lettersAENEID

99DWorn down6 lettersERODED

100DSome Bay Area athletes, familiarly6 lettersNINERS

102DFollowing5 lettersPOSSE

104DFun romance5 lettersFLING

107DApt letters missing from "Te_h_ology r_view si_e"4 lettersCNET

108DEmperor with a statue outside the Colosseum4 lettersNERO

109DMemo header4 lettersATTN

113DPoints the finger at3 lettersIDS

114DPopular wood for American whiskey barrels until a 20th-century blight3 lettersELM

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