Our NYT Crossword Hints for March 16, 2025 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, March 16, 2025
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 3/16/25. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- 1A. Jeans material
- 6A. Some P.D. alerts
- 10A. Leaves a relationship
- 18A. 14-line poem with only two rhymes across three stanzas
- 20A. "The African Queen" scriptwriter
- 21A. Per-hour cost to record music, say
- 22A. Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later
- 24A. Completely exclude
- 25A. Low-fat dairy desserts
- 26A. Columbus’s birthplace
- 28A. L.L. Bean competitor
- 29A. Dug through for digital analysis
- 30A. Auto racer ___ Patrick
- 32A. Subway commuters, informally
- 37A. Promoted boastfully
- 39A. Others to Ovid
- 40A. Old-fashioned garnishes
- 47A. M.L.B. V.I.P.s
- 48A. Al Capone adversary who only ever met him once in person
- 53A. Selling points
- 55A. [Boo-hoo!]
- 56A. Hamlet or Laertes
- 57A. Longtime children's clothing store with a portmanteau name
- 58A. Dabbles in
- 60A. Loads
- 61A. Ratted
- 62A. Make ready for new use
- 63A. Exhibits brilliance
- 64A. Something one might need to look good in the morning
- 68A. Article of faith
- 69A. Not-so-joltin' joe?
- 71A. ___ group (chemistry classification)
- 72A. Source of the "blood" in a meatless burger, maybe
- 73A. Good lighting?
- 74A. Spill the tea
- 75A. Playground retort
- 77A. Doses of a certain hallucinogen
- 82A. ___ breve
- 83A. Russian range
- 84A. Sounding as if the speaker has some swollen glands
- 85A. Much high school gossip
- 87A. Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy
- 89A. Got up and at ’em
- 90A. Official who reports to a president
- 91A. Reddish-brown shade
- 94A. Secretly communicating in class
- 98A. Make out
- 100A. Settings for telling some ghost stories
- 105A. Superb, in slang
- 106A. In 2021 she became the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony
- 108A. Fried fare often served with marinara
- 110A. Discards from fuzzy fruits
- 115A. Blade runner?
- 117A. Reassurance after bandaging a boo-boo
- 118A. Till bills
- 119A. Actress Richards of "Starship Troopers"
- 120A. Felt absolutely determined about
- 121A. Betting site's quote
- 122A. Like the typefaces Helvetica and Arial
- 1D. Cornrow or challah feature
- 2D. Playwright Federico García ___
- 3D. Like freshly poured concrete
- 4D. Medical buildup of fluid
- 5D. - (5 Down)
- 6D. Verbally reacts to in awe
- 7D. Links letters
- 8D. Where Waterloo is
- 9D. Picks
- 10D. - (10 Down)
- 11D. Something you might get a break with?
- 12D. Composition of Catullus in ancient Rome
- 13D. 'Les __'
- 14D. Creator of the mystery-solving C. Auguste Dupin
- 15D. Prior to, old-style
- 16D. German soccer legend Manuel who innovated the "sweeper-keeper" role
- 17D. "Abominable" ones
- 19D. Rap title?
- 21D. BART stop, for short
- 23D. Gave the go-ahead
- 27D. Scot’s denial
- 31D. Eggy holiday drinks
- 33D. Port city near Mount Carmel
- 34D. High up
- 35D. A persnickety person might pick it
- 36D. Frodo's enchanting friend
- 38D. What to do if someone makes a false accusation about you
- 40D. Alternative to net
- 41D. King of Castile
- 42D. Device whose keypad often has Braille on it
- 43D. Catch in the act
- 44D. Florentine artist known for frescoes
- 45D. “The Jetsons” boy
- 46D. - (46 Down)
- 49D. It's one thing after another
- 50D. Have as food, formally
- 51D. Former Maine senator Olympia with an apt name for her state
- 52D. Taste or touch
- 54D. Light to stop at
- 55D. Like the best bonds, perhaps
- 58D. Primps
- 59D. Slow, musically
- 63D. Brit's jolly cry of approval
- 64D. Lacking a knack for
- 65D. Zola who wrote "J'Accuse …!"
- 66D. Critic's common seating preference
- 67D. Lets go of
- 68D. Some green cars
- 69D. - (69 Down)
- 70D. Hawkeye's real first name in the "Avengers" movies
- 72D. Smile
- 73D. Bamboozled
- 75D. Boxer Roberto who fought Sugar Ray Leonard
- 76D. Chimp's cousin
- 78D. Attach, with "on"
- 79D. Attach, with "on"
- 80D. Cote quote
- 81D. __ dog
- 84D. Author Rice
- 86D. Agnus __
- 87D. Hopes that one might
- 88D. Live, in a way
- 92D. Girl who's "sweet as apple cider," per an old song
- 93D. Admission
- 94D. Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit
- 95D. What's on the fast track?
- 96D. Navy group
- 97D. - (97 Down)
- 99D. Tiny bit
- 100D. Bars of soap
- 101D. Appliance brand owned by Whirlpool
- 102D. Morning in Monaco
- 103D. Word with French or bench
- 104D. - (104 Down)
- 107D. Latvia, e.g., once: Abbr.
- 109D. Drug sold in 77-Across
- 111D. Compound found in marijuana, for short
- 112D. Start of a bray or conclusion of a giggle
- 113D. Sch. calendar abbr.
- 114D. "___ be a pleasure!"
- 116D. Call off
We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.
The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.
The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.
Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.
If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.
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